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Mar. 20th, 2008 03:20 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bardiphoukaAs the British Invasion gained momentum, they were not always welcomed with open arms, at least not at first. The truth is that they did have a negative impact on the American scene in the beginning.
And what was the American music scene? Fragmented. The Boston-New York corridor was home to folk,avant guarde jazz and tin pan alley. Blues musicians gravitated to Chicago and Memphis. Nashville was home to what was becoming Country. You have to remember that Country and Rock and Roll were actually the same thing in the beginning. Detroit and Cincinnati were the main points for R&B. New Orleans was the home for traditional jazz. Texas and the bordering states to the nortn and west were home to Cowboy music. Cowboy music, with its emphasis on story driven lyrics would soon become the Western of Country and Western.
And in California were the reigning champions with their Fender guitars,madras shirts, infectious lines and tight harmonies. The Beach Boys, Jan and Dean, the Safaris, there was a whole school that had been ruling much of the charts (remember there was no FM music yet). But the Californians had two secret weapons that would help even the balance..Sun and Beaches.
And what was the American music scene? Fragmented. The Boston-New York corridor was home to folk,avant guarde jazz and tin pan alley. Blues musicians gravitated to Chicago and Memphis. Nashville was home to what was becoming Country. You have to remember that Country and Rock and Roll were actually the same thing in the beginning. Detroit and Cincinnati were the main points for R&B. New Orleans was the home for traditional jazz. Texas and the bordering states to the nortn and west were home to Cowboy music. Cowboy music, with its emphasis on story driven lyrics would soon become the Western of Country and Western.
And in California were the reigning champions with their Fender guitars,madras shirts, infectious lines and tight harmonies. The Beach Boys, Jan and Dean, the Safaris, there was a whole school that had been ruling much of the charts (remember there was no FM music yet). But the Californians had two secret weapons that would help even the balance..Sun and Beaches.
