AMST 211 1st Edition Lecture 22Outline of Current Lecture 1. Folk Revival2. Role of Folklorists3. Newport Folk Festival4. Key FiguresCurrent LectureBob Dylan’s Southern JourneyEngaged in high school with rock and roll. Exposed to record collection, he begins to discover the world of folk music. Makes his way to NYC in 1960.The South is a source of musical traditions that he emulates. It is an object of scrutiny and mystery. It is the source of formal inspiration and historical reference. In constant shift that is changing, remade again and again. 1. Folk Revival His first album contains covers. Only one song that he writes. By 1962 he began writing. *Harry Smith and anthology: film maker and record collector. Collection of song *Left wing politics in the US looking for social and economic justice. 2. Role of Folklorists Seeking to document musical styles to various communities. They were chasing American pasts by finding old musicians. They want to preserve something that they feel has been lost. 3. Newport Folk Festival 1959 Pete Sever and Albert Grossman 4. Key Figures Pete Seger Woody Roots like Almanac Singers and the Weavers. Broad Side Magazine: clearly stated a philosophy that politics and the peoples music went together. Topical songsThese notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.A Southern writer: you use the Southern scene and you are thought to be writing about the South even if you are writing about something else all together. There is this external view about many Souths. There is something in us as storytellers that demands that what falls, be offered a chance to be restored. -Henry Conner. Bob Dylan has many voices within his performances. His songs were repudiations that question authenticity. Achieved not through reputation but revolution. Dylan is a historian of Southern music that writes history through his music.Dylan’s engagement with evangelical Christianity: taps into traditions of gospel, but remakes
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