Eight Miles High: Folk-rock's Flight from Haight-Ashbury to WoodstockEight Miles High documents the evolution of the folk-rock movement from mid-1966 through the end of the decade. This much-anticipated sequel to Turn! Turn! Turn!(00330946) - the acclaimed history of folk-rock's early years - portrays the mutation of the genre into psychedelia via California bands like the Byrds and Jefferson Airplane; the maturation of folk-rock composers in the singer-songwriter movement; the re-emergence of Bob Dylan and the creation of country-rock; the rise of folk-rock's first supergroup, CSN&Y; the origination of British folk-rock; and the growing importance of major festivals from Newport to Woodstock. Based on firsthand interviews with such folk-rock visionaries as: Jorma Kaukonen, Roger McGuinn, Donovan, Judy Collins, Jim Messina, Dan Hicks and dozens of others. |
Contents
FolkRock to Acid Rock The San Francisco Sound | 11 |
Forever Changes FolkRock Psychedelicized From Sunset Strip to Outer Space | 39 |
FolkRock Grows Up The SingerSongwriters | 77 |
In Thyme British FolkRock Finds Its Voice | 133 |
The New Dylan and CountryRock | 171 |
FolkRock Superstars and Supergroups | 203 |
Liege Lief A Truly British FolkRock | 233 |
FolkRock From Newport to Woodstock | 265 |
Discography | 305 |
Interviewees | 325 |
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Acknowledgments | 333 |
About the Author | 335 |
Photo Credits | 336 |
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FolkRocks legacy | 289 |
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