Exam 2 Fall 2019

Question 1

Lead Singer of the Rolling Stones

Answer 1

Mick Jagger

Question 2

who were the guitarists in the Beatles

Answer 2

John Lennon on guitar, George Harrison on electric guitar

Question 3

who was the bass player in the Beatles

Answer 3

Paul McCartney

Question 4

Who was the drummer in the Beatles

Answer 4

Ringo Starr

Question 5

Name 2 other artists who played the guitar for the Rolling stones in later eras

Answer 5

?

Question 6

who were the guitarists for the rolling Stones

Answer 6

Keith Richards and Brian Jones

Question 7

Who was the bass player for the rolling stones

Answer 7

bill wyman

Question 8

who was the drummer for the rolling stones

Answer 8

charlie watts

Question 9

the rolling stones name is taken from a song written by which blues musician

Answer 9

Muddy waters in “Like a Roiling Stone”

Question 10

Name.3 other British rock bands/artists from the 60s-70s strongly influenced by American R&B and blues

Answer 10

Beatles, Cream, Led Zeppelin

Question 11

Name the Roling stones concert/festival that was marred by violence and the film that inadvertently documented it

Answer 11

Altamont; “Gimme Shelter”

Question 12

who is the lead singer/guitarist of the Grateful Dead

Answer 12

Jerry Garcia

Question 13

How have the Grateful dead continue to influence musicians today

Answer 13

inspired todays jam band scene; business model with emphasis on touring influenced every future band to be a jam band (not rigid, playing and improvising)

Question 14

What album did “truckin” come from

Answer 14

American Beauty

Question 15

in what city and neighborhood/district was the Grateful Dead founded?

Answer 15

San Francisco; Haight-Ashbury

Question 16

at what musical festival did jimi hendrix reinterpret the star spangled banner

Answer 16

woodstock

Question 17

at what musical festival did jimi hendrix burn his guitar

Answer 17

monterey pop festival

Question 18

Name all 4 members of the Beatles

Answer 18

John Lennon (guitar)
George Harrison (electric guitar)
Paul McCartney (bass)
Ringo Starr (drums)

Question 19

Who was the Beatles manager

Answer 19

Brian epstein

Question 20

who was the Beatles producer

Answer 20

George Martin

Question 21

What distinctively British style/ musical genre influenced their sound

Answer 21

skiffle music

Question 22

who was the original drummer for the beatles

Answer 22

Pete Best

Question 23

An appearance on which TV show sparked the British Invasion in ‘64?

Answer 23

Ed Sullivan Show

Question 24

Which album of the beatles is considered to be the first rock “concept record”

Answer 24

Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band

Question 25

Name a quintessential "prog" band and describe 2 musical characteristics of that rock style

Answer 25

YES 1)virtuosic instrumentalists 2)long and complicated song structures/chord progressions

Question 26

What southern rock band recorded "Sweet Home Alabama"

Answer 26

Lynyrd Skynyrd

Question 27

NAme one of the Who's rock operas and their guitar player who wrote most of their material

Answer 27

?

Question 28

What group started their career as Linda Ronstadt's backup band

Answer 28

Eagles

Question 29

Lead singer of black sabbath?

Answer 29

Ozzy Osborne

Question 30

what glam artist created an alter ego character who was an androgynous rock star from outer space? What was the name of the character

Answer 30

David Bowie; Ziggy Stardust

Question 31

What songwriter is known for complicated guitar tunings and wrote the song "Woodstock"?

Answer 31

Joni Mitchell

Question 32

What was the name of Janis Joplin's backup band?

Answer 32

big Brother and the Holding Company

Question 33

Name the author and book that inspired the lyrics for Jefferson Airplane's "White Rabbit"

Answer 33

Alice in Wonderland

Question 34

Name the composer and classical piece that inspired the music for Jefferson Airplane's "white Rabbit"

Answer 34

Ravel's "Bolero"

Question 35

what band recorded one of the first rock/rap collaborations with a reworking of their song "Walk this Way"

Answer 35

Aerosmith

Question 36

Who was the lead singer of Queen

Answer 36

freddie Mercury

Question 37

Name all 4 members of Led Zeppelin

Answer 37

Robert Plant (lead singer) Jimmy Page (guitar) John Paul Jones (bass) John Bonham (drums)

Question 38

Who was the guitar player in Cream

Answer 38

eric Clapton

Question 39

what southern rock genius of the slide guitar died in a motorcycle accident in '71?

Answer 39

Duane Allman

Question 40

Name a band Neil Young has played in

Answer 40

buffalo springfield

Question 41

what was unusual about the instrumental lineup of the Doors

Answer 41

there was no bass player- Manzarek played the keyboard with right hand and bass notes on the organ with his left