Music of the Counterculture Era

by James E. Perone

Book Overview

The late 1960s and early 1970s saw the flourishing of an American counterculture that affected many walks of society. The movement's music provided the soundtrack for this bellwether time in American cultural history. Such performers as Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Phil Ochs, Arlo Guthrie, The Doors, John Lennon, James Brown, Jimi Hendrix, and The Grateful Dead ushered in new sounds, as well as new attitudes and philosophies for an emerging generation...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313326894
• ISBN13: 9780313326899
• Release Date: May 2004
• Publisher: Greenwood
• Length: 226 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"