Eight Miles High: Folk-Rock's Flight from Haight-Ashbury to Woodstock

Richie Unterberger

Eight Miles High: Folk-Rock's Flight from Haight-Ashbury to Woodstock
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Hal Leonard Corporation
Country
United States
Published
1 May 2003
Pages
370
ISBN
9780879307431

Eight Miles High: Folk-Rock’s Flight from Haight-Ashbury to Woodstock

Richie Unterberger

EEight Miles HighE documents the evolution of the folk-rock movement from mid-1966 through the end of the decade. This much-anticipated sequel to ETurn! Turn! Turn!E a the acclaimed history of folk-rock’s early years a portrays the mutation of the genre into psychedelia via California bands like the Byrds and Jefferson Airplane; the maturation of folk-rock composers in the singer-songwriter movement; the re-emergence of Bob Dylan and the creation of country-rock; the rise of folk-rock’s first supergroup CSN&Y; the origination of British folk-rock; and the growing importance of major festivals from Newport to Woodstock. Based on firsthand interviews with such folk-rock visionaries as: Jorma Kaukonen Roger McGuinn Donovan Judy Collins Jim Messina Dan Hicks and dozens of others.

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