Jingle
Jangle Morning is the story of how folk and rock merged in the
1960s to create folk-rock, injecting social consciousness and poetic
lyricism into popular music to scale heights that neither folk nor rock
could have reached without blending. It draws on more than 100
first-hand interviews with key musicians, producers, promoters, and
journalists, from stars like Roger McGuinn of the Byrds, Donovan, John
Sebastian of the Lovin' Spoonful, and Judy Collins to behind-the-scenes
producers and cult artists. Starting with the folk revival of the early
1960s, it covers the folk-rock movement from the first stars to
electrify folk (especially the Byrds and Bob Dylan) to stars like
Buffalo Springfield, Joni Mitchell, and Crosby, Stills, Nash &
Young, as well as underrated greats (like Richard & Mimi
Fariña, Fred Neil, Tim Buckley, and Nick Drake to nearly unknown
cult artists.
Previously published in two separate
volumes as Turn! Turn! Turn! and
Eight Miles High, this ebook
combines those books into one, adding 35,000 words of updates and new
material. It also adds a 75,000-word mini-book with in-depth
descriptions of nearly 200 folk-rock recordings from the era, which
together would comprise the ideal 1960s folk-rock box set. All branches
of the decade’s folk-rock are covered, from early electric folk-rock,
protest folk-rock, and folk-rock-psychedelia to singer-songwriters,
country-rock, and the distinctively British form of folk-rock.
COME CELEBRATE THE BOOK RELEASE OF JINGLE JANGLE MORNING
Join author Richie Unterberger at one of San Francisco’s finest independent bookstores on the 50th anniversary of the concert that changed rock’n’roll history forever.
On July 25, 1965, Bob Dylan went electric at the Newport Folk Festival. The purists were outraged. But millions were elated, as it was the match that ignited the folk-rock revolution.
The new ebook Jingle Jangle Morning: Folk-Rock in the 1960s documents this epochal sea change. Come share an evening of music, reading, and history honoring this great moment that changed the world.
Rare film clips, pictures, and music will bring the era to life and remind us how this amazing blend of art, social consciousness, and idealism made folk-rock the voice of a generation.
Around the time Dylan plugged in, the Byrds, Simon & Garfunkel, Donovan, and Jefferson Airplane were also fusing the acoustic with the electric. Jingle Jangle Morning is the story of a movement led by hundreds of these pioneers, and their music will also be played and discussed.
Jingle Jangle Morning combines the two-volume folk-rock history Turn! Turn! Turn! and Eight Miles High into one ebook, adding hundreds of vivid pictures, several new chapters, and a bonus mini-book detailing the stories behind nearly 200 essential folk-rock classics. Original print editions of the books will be available, as well as demos of the ebook version.
Date: Saturday, July 25
Time: 7:30pm-9pm
Place: Modern Times Bookstore, 2919 24th Street, San Francisco
Info: www.richieunterberger.com/jmorning.html
Free event, no RSVP required (but appreciated)
Refreshments, anniversary cake, and desserts
Transportation: street parking (free meters) on or near 24th & Alabama
BART: 24th Street station (six-block walk)
MUNI bus: 27 Bryant, 9 San Bruno, 12 Folsom, any Mission Street bus
Nearby restaurants: Roosevelt Tamale Parlor, Pig & Pie, Kazan Japanese/Sushi, St. Francis Fountain & Ice Cream Parlor
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