Research Findings

“All the truth in the world adds up to one big lie.” - Bob Dylan

“But the situation was very open and very Renaissance like, a Leonardo da Vinci kind of time, in the sense of just opening up all those arts and letters and hedonism and sex-drugs-rock ‘n roll and freedom. It’s the American ideal gone bonkers.” - Paul Kantner of Jefferson Airplane

“I try to use my music to move these people to act.” - Jimi Hendrix

“Why enter this closed society and make an effort to liberalize it when that's never been its function? Why not leave and go somewhere else?” - Jerry Garcia of The Grateful Dead

Social issues of the 60s & 70s:
Women's Rights, Feminism - Janis Joplin
break out female artist, solo & white, of a rough background

Political issue of the 60s & 70s:
Vietnam War - The Doors
voiced opinions against political policies

Entertainment isssue of the 60s & 70s:
Changes in Pop music due to technology - Jimi Hendrix
sustained guitar feedback over a bass thumping out 1-4-5 note progressions
Interactive performances and Music Festivals - The Doors, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, The Grateful Dead

I found information on Janis Joplin by reading The Night I Met Janis Joplin by Jeffery Beyl who found on a website for a group of writers named HackWriters.

An old Blues radio program called The House of Blues had a series on Jimi Hendrix. I listened to an old episode and learned a few things about Jimi using technology in order to create his own style of music.

Reason Magazine published an article titled, Come Here Uncle Sam's Band: The hippie capitalism of the GratefulDead which went into detail about the band and it's cultural influence in the 60s & 70s, not necessarily political nor social.

I read another college student's research paper online, which focused on The Doors.