I am having trouble finding where to start with this post. We have shuffled out of the early era of Rock n’ Roll with musicians like Elvis Presley and into the hey-day of Rock n’ Roll. Thinking to the time when all of this came about, the 1960’s, provides some serious background information for this musical revolution. The beginning of the Civil Rights movement and its’ coming to fruition in 1964. The vast amount of young Americans not in support of the Vietnam war, and the explosion of the hippie counter-culture movement. This time period was not going a great period of growth and diversity in American history, but also for music. One idea that I found interesting from this weeks reading was the thought of a band as being a collective. Some examples like the Who, the Beatles, and the Beach Boys show the changing of band names, instead of having one noted musician (i.e. Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five) they began having what was thought of as a group. The ironic part being the goal not to single out any one band member, but still having most of the focus on the lead singer and guitarist. In the reading they mention such albums as the Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band and the Who’s Tommy as landmark albums creating a new sound for Rock n’ Roll. Having a concept album was definitely a new way to perform your music. Tommy, from the Who, featured that type of link between songs that helped audiences identify and remember those loud beats better. In an example from my youth, I can think of Green Day’s American Idiot album. It too was a concept album that told a story through every song, this album has been a favorite of mine for years, and seeing how green day took ques from earlier musicians is probably why it left such an impact on me as a kid. In the chapter detailing the exploits of Bob Dylan’s records, it mentions that one side of his LP is acoustic and one side is electric. This is an interesting idea that I have seen practiced in modern day rock. Jack White’s 2014 solo album, Lazaretto, has something similar to Dylan’s album. One of the songs on Lazaretto has either and acoustic or an electric introduction, depending on where the needle is placed when the record starts. Reading the section involving Bob Dylan is interesting, if you are interested in Bob Dylan. I know a lot of friends that worship his music, but in my own opinion, I don’t like the sound of his voice and I find all of his songs to be very boring. I am not the biggest fan of folk music in general, so perhaps that’s why I am not interested in Dylan’s work. The following chapter chronicling the Beatles rise to fame as well as the British invasion was much more interesting to me. The Beatles leaving such an impact even though the last show they played live was in 1966, due to the insanity that overcame fans when any of the Beatles got even close to them.