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Folk and Soul. Tape 10-A. Take Me Back to the Sweet Bye & Bye. Mr. Tambourine Man Bob Dylan. Like A Rolling Stone - Bob Dylan.
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Folk and Soul Tape 10-A
Donovan (Donovan Philips Leitch, born May 10, 1946, in Maryhill, Glasgow) is a Scottish popular singer, songwriter and guitarist. Emerging from the British folk scene, he developed an eclectic and distinctive style that blended folk, jazz, pop, psychedelia and world music. Donovan was one of the most popular British recording artists of his day, producing a series of hit albums and singles between 1965 and 1970. He became a close friend of many leading pop musicians including Joan Baez, Brian Jones, Bob Dylan and The Beatles, and was one of the few artists to collaborate on songs with the Beatles. He influenced both John Lennon and George Harrison when he taught them his finger-picking guitar style in 1968. Donovan's commercial fortunes waned after he parted ways with Most in 1969, and he left the music scene for a time. Sunshine Superman Donovan Leitch
Lyrics The lyrics for "Puff" were based on a 1959poem by Leonard Lipton, a nineteen-year-old Cornell student. Lipton was inspired by an Ogden Nash poem titled "Custard the Dragon," about a "Really-O, Truly-O, little pet dragon." Lipton passed his poem on to friend and fellow Cornell student Peter Yarrow, who created music and more lyrics to make the poem into the song. In 1961, Yarrow joined Paul Stookey and Mary Travers to form Peter, Paul and Mary. The group incorporated the song into their live performances before recording it in 1962. [1] Puff holding Jackie Paper from the 1978cartoon. The lyrics tell a bittersweet story of the ageless dragon Puff and his playmate Jackie Paper, a little boy who grows up and loses interest in the imaginary adventures of childhood and leaves Puff alone and depressed. The story of the song takes place "by the sea" in the fantasy land of Honah Lee. [edit] Urban legend Believed by some people to refer to smoking marijuana, due to references to paper, dragon ("draggin'") and puff (of smoke?) -- and a rumor later incorporated into the film Meet the Parents -- the song became a hippie anthem. The authors of the song have repeatedly and vehemently denied any intentional drug reference. On stage, they have often ridiculed that idea by comparing it to songs such as "The Star-Spangled Banner" that could also be construed as drug songs if the listener were of a mind to do so.[2] Lost in this controversy is the point of the song -- that whatever the dragon may have stood for symbolically, the child of the song abandoned it once he became an adult. Nevertheless, the song was banned in Singapore in 1963.[3] Singapore has also banned other songs associated with "drug culture" like "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds", and "Yellow Submarine".[citation needed] Beginning in 1978, a short series of 30-minute animated television specials based on the song were produced with Burgess Meredith in the title role. The series included Puff the Magic Dragon, Puff The Magic Dragon and the Land of the Living Lies, and Puff and the Incredible Mr. Nobody. The phrase "Puff the Magic Dragon" is also American militaryslang for the AC-47 and AC-130 gunship airplanes used in Vietnam, so called because the planes' Gatling guns fired red tracers that gave the appearance of breathing fire. Puff the Magic Dragon-Peter, Paul & Mary
Legendary soul singer Wilson Pickett died of a heart attack today in Virginia at the age of sixty-four. The singer, who earned the nickname "Wicked Pickett" due to his fiery vocals and masculine persona, was best known for such high-energy soul hits as "In the Midnight Hour," "Mustang Sally" and "Land of 1000 Dances." As a performer and interpreter, Pickett was generally considered to be the equal of such great soul men as Otis Redding and Sam Cooke. He was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1991. In The Midnight Hour Wilson Picket
