THE NORTH AND THE SOUTH
1. How did music affect culture after the Civil War?
After civil war was the romantic era and the birth of the rock and roll era. It helped adults clear away their mind of the war and helped teens have a chance to act like a kid again and enjoy life.
2. Who were the pioneers of this merge?
Little Richard, one of the great innovators and pioneers in 1950′s rock music, said that “Rhythm and Blues had a baby and it was named rock and roll.” Many people agreed with his statement, and there were others who took part in the start of rock and roll music. Among them were Muddy Waters with Rolling Stone, Willie Mae Thornton A.K.A Big mama Thornton with hound dog, Elvis Presley with Jailhouse rock, and Ray Charles with Georgia on my mind.
3. According to Sam Phillips of Sun records the key to record sales in rock and roll was to find a white artist that sounded black. What are your opinions about this?
Whether you are Black or White you can make good music.
HIGH AND LOW CULTURE
1. What is High Culture? Low Culture?
High culture is basically a term used to indicate some thing seen of as high value with a certain culture. In our culture today something we would consider high culture would be high-class brand names and sports cars.
2. How did Chuck Berry help merge the two?
Chuck Berry is an American guitarist, singer and songwriter, and one of the pioneers of rock and roll music. Chuck Berry used in an ingenious method to implement R&B music into Rock and Roll which in turn attracted the young people of that generation.
3. Research another merge of classes because of music and explain its influence.
Today on merge of music classes, would be rock and roll and rap/hip-hop which can be found in the music of artist like Lil Wayne and Waka Flaka.
COUNTRY AND CITY
1. What is Rockabilly? and who were the founders?
Rockabilly is the earliest style of rock and roll.
2. Why was it important that this line was blurred?
Rockabilly music integrated black and white music
3. Research urban influences on early rock.
Presley, Moore, and Black, along with drummer D.J. Fontana, toured the South almost continually in 1954 and 1955, igniting audiences. Moreover, they inspired numerous musicians to make the switch from country to rockabilly, among them Buddy Holly and Marty Robbins, already established stars. Almost all the rockabilly recorded in these early years was produced by musicians who had seen Elvis perform.
Source:
http://siobhanstephenson.wordpress.com/2013/01/06/blurred-lines-in-culture/