Transcript The British Blues Revival (Stones-Type)

THE BRITISH BLUES REVIVAL
(STONES-TYPE)
• Bad boys, in contrast to the Beatles-type image
• Followed the lead of the Rolling Stones
• Drew on tradition of Chicago electric
blues from 1950s
• Spawned a wave of enthusiasm for collecting and performing
American blues
ROLLING STONES, ZURICH, 1967
THE BRITISH BLUES REVIVAL
(STONES-TYPE)
• Rolling Stones, 1962–1966
• Formed by guitarist Brian Jones as a blues band
• Managed by Andrew Loog Oldham and Eric Easton, 1963
• Started move toward pop in 1963
• Early recordings
• Covered songs by American artists
• “I Wanna Be Your Man” by Lennon and McCartney
• Jagger and Richards achieve success as songwriters in 1964
• Did not achieve widespread success in America until 1965
• Preferred contrasting verse-chorus rather than AABA
THE BRITISH BLUES REVIVAL
(STONES-TYPE)
• Yardbirds
• Guitarists included Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, and Jimmy Page
• Used studio musicians on early records
• Recorded in Chicago at Chess
YARDBIRDS
THE BRITISH BLUES REVIVAL
(STONES-TYPE)
• Animals
• Reputation from wild stage act
• “House of the Rising Sun” (1964)
• Bassist Chas Chandler became manager for Jimi Hendrix in
1966
• Spencer Davis Group
ANIMALS (ERIC BURDON)
THE BRITISH BLUES REVIVAL
• Other British groups did not fit into Beatles/Stones
categories
• Kinks
• Formed in 1963
• Aggressive pop approach
• “You Really Got Me” (1964)
• Mirrored the Beatles move into artistic songwriting, 1965
THE KINKS
THE BRITISH BLUES REVIVAL
• Who
• Not influential until the late 1960s
• Never made the U.S. Top 40 during the mid-1960s
• Representative of the Mod subculture in London
THE WHO, 1967
TRANSFORMATION OF AMERICAN
POPULAR MUSIC
• Rise of the Beatles transformed popular music
• Opened doors for British acts within the UK
• Opened new opportunities for British acts outside the UK
• British Invasion established a cross fertilization between U.S.
and UK