San Francisco Jazz Festival

use. The psychedelic lifestyle had already developed in California, particularly in San Francisco, by the mid-1960s, with the first major underground LSD factory established by Owsley Stanley. In San Francisco also had an emerging music scene of folk clubs, coffee houses and independent radio station that catered to the population of students in nearby Berkeley. There was already a culture of drug use go through jazz and blues musicians. In the early 1960s, musicians began to refer to the drug and

and marijuana lead musicians to have out of body experiences, the music that was made in this world of hallucinogenic drugs, came to be known as psychedelic rock. The two hits “White Rabbit” and “Somebody to Love” defined the hippie culture of San Francisco. Some of the main features in psychedelic rock music were electric guitars and heavy drums. The Beatles put some Indian Raag in their music, which Jim Morrison enjoyed so much he added it to some of his tracks. The instruments were base

Nihonmachi, which mean Japan town in Japanese. Japan town is the neighborhood belong to San Francisco’s Western Addition, and it is one mile away from Union Square. The Haight, which is the Haight Ashbury, the neighborhood is close to Golden Gate Park and being the origin place of hippie culture. Japan town is above the Haight even though there are lying in only 10 blocks away to each other, these two areas of the city have completely different in culture, style, and background. The first Japanese

until 1967, but the decade was inspired by the Bohemian spirit which was already present in the 1950s; known as the Beat generation. The counterculture gained significant influence in liberal cities such as Berkley and San Francisco. In 1967, Scott McKenzie released his song San Francisco and with this song came rumors of a huge love-in in the summer. This is what fueled the Summer of Love. Leaders of the counterculture in the Haight-Ashbury district were anxious to start planning an

In the winter of 1954-55 America was in an economic, social, and cultural interregnum. One style of life, one mood — like Victorianism or Edwardianism — was giving way to another. The industrial age based on the mechanical exploitation of coal and iron was giving way to electronics, computers, automation — with all the social and intellectual results such a basic revolution implies — but as yet few indeed understood what was happening. The country was in a minor economic depression following the

B. King, Ray Charles, and Little Richard (Biography). In the early 60’s Carlos and his family moved to San Francisco and there he was able to see performers such as B.B. King perform live. Carlos was influenced by many musicians. Not only did he idolized Muddy Waters and B. B. King, but he loved the styles of John Coltrane, Bob Marley, Ritchie Valens and Steve Ray Vaughn. Living in San Francisco in

still credited with being the first to create music in which “uniquely blends Latin-infused rock, jazz, blues, salsa and African rhythms.” (Biography, 1) With a net worth of over 40 million dollars he can be described with many professional titles including singer, songwriter, but most widely known as a guitarist for his band Santana. Santana, described as a Latin Rock band was formed in 1966 in San Francisco, California. The band 's success would be obvious to music lovers all throughout America after

Descemer Bueno was born in Habana in 1971. He is a songwriter, musician, and singer who has worked in circles from Jazz, Hip Hop, Traditional Son, and Latin Pop. Nowadays he is recognized as one of the most important musicians of the 21st century in contemporary Latin music. He studied classical music and musical education at the musical school Amadeo Roldan where he received his degree. After finishing his musical school, he began teaching and completed his first professional work as the bassist

Informative Outline: The Evolution and Psychology of The Modern Music Festival Experience Topic: How music festivals have transformed since the 1950s and the psychology behind why Organization: Chronological/Topical Specific Purpose: To inform my audience about how modern music festivals emerged and how/why they have completely transformed globally 1. Introduction Attention Getter: When we think of the beginning of music festivals it takes us back to 1969, when 400,000 hippies gathered at a 600-acre

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