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Edwird -> RE: Hippie music (6/7/2016 7:03:58 PM)
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All the set list above was indeed before the term "Hippie" ever made its way to public consciousness, even before the Hippies themselves knew what they were supposed to be called (except maybe the last one). That's half the point. I'm always more interested in the transition to something (cultural transition, especially) than whatever it eventually became.
But for historical purpose, this (my set list) is what proto-Hippies had available in the earliest days. All that and the Beatles' Rubber Soul and Revolver albums, along with the standard Dylan albums, at least those who didn't scream at him for picking up a Stratocaster guitar at the time.
No question, Big Brother & The Holding Company, The Doors, Jefferson Airplane, Steppenwolf, Jimi Hendrix, Cream, etc. got well into the mix once things came full on board. And vice versa. "The People!" inspire culture, and culture inspires the people. But don't forget Buffalo Springfield (Neil Young, Steven Stills) as part of the transition from '65 to '67. Nor The Yardbirds (Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, and Jimi Page).
Oh, did I forget this one? ~Late 1966, right on the cusp of it. Don't you find that interesting?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktIiuPzTgcc
And then this, just a bit over a year later, early '68.
The Status Quo - Pictures of Matchstick Men
The latter being a "made for the masses" representation (almost a "bubblegum" version) of a deeper cultural foundation behind it, but there we are.
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