Listen to Classic Rock! Exploring a Musical Genre

Melissa Ursula Dawn Goldsmithauthor

Melissa Ursula Dawn Goldsmith, PhD, is visiting lecturer/associate professor in the Music Department and College of Graduate and Continuing Education at Westfield State University in Massachusetts.

Listen to Classic Rock! Exploring a Musical Genre

20191130

Greenwood

Pages	336
Topics	Aerosmith and Guns N' Roses;David Bowie's "Space Oddity" and Harry Chapin's "Taxi";The Doors;Fleetwood Mac's Rumours and Tusk;Joplin, Janis;The Mamas and the Papas;Led Zeppelin;Monterey Pop Festival and Woodstock;Queen;The Rolling Stones and The Animals;The Arts

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9781440865794

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Listen to Classic Rock! Exploring a Musical Genre provides an overview of this diverse and complex musical genre for scholars of classic rock and curious novices alike, with a focus on 50 must-hear musicians, songwriters, bands, and albums.

• Explains classic rock composition and songwriting techniques as well as studio production values

• Considers the vast array of classic rock styles as well the diversity of artists who recorded classic rock

• Includes often overlooked contributors to classic rock such as Jim Croce, Marvin Gaye, Tina Turner, and The Ventures as well as overlooked subgenres such as soft rock

• Covers rock and roll's precursors that helped give rise to classic rock as well as how classic rock has continued as a popular music genre from the late 1970s into the present

• Offers historical context of the development of classic rock, discussing its lasting impact on popular culture and its legacy

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