THE MUSIC FESTIVALS OF THE 1960s: MOMENTS THAT CHANGED POP MUSIC
& OUR CULTURE
SINGLE SESSION: Three hours
The Newport Folk Festival Series / The Monterey Pop Festival /
The Woodstock Music and Arts Festival / The Altamont Free Concert
& OUR CULTURE
SINGLE SESSION: Three hours
The Newport Folk Festival Series / The Monterey Pop Festival /
The Woodstock Music and Arts Festival / The Altamont Free Concert
GREAT LOST ROCK AND ROLL OF THE 60s AND 70s
Pop/rock music lecturer, collector and archivist Tony Traguardo talks about some of the
legendary lost and forgotten artists of the 60s and 70s. He also discusses some of the great books
and online resources that can help you to further explore this unique area of popular music.
SINGLE SESSION: Two hours
Pop/rock music lecturer, collector and archivist Tony Traguardo talks about some of the
legendary lost and forgotten artists of the 60s and 70s. He also discusses some of the great books
and online resources that can help you to further explore this unique area of popular music.
SINGLE SESSION: Two hours
POPULAR CULTURE AND THE MUSIC OF THE 1960s
Tony Traguardo presents a unique look at the music of the 1960s with an eye towards how it
affected – and was affected by – the popular culture of the times. The course lectures will be
highlighted and augmented by rarely seen footage and audio segments that will connect the
music and performers of the 60s to the ever -changing fashion, politics, and social mores of what
may have been the most exciting decade of the last century. Tony is a music historian, archivist,
member of the Board of Directors of the Long Island Music Hall of Fame and Oldies Curator for
Tivoli Radio Online Music Guide.
FOUR SESSIONS: Two hours per evening:
1) The Day the Music Died / Simple Times, Simple Tunes / The “Bobbys” /
Scopitone: Early Music Video / The Folkies / Doo Wop and Street Gangs /
Blurring Racial Lines / Chess Records / Payola
2) Motown / The Clubs / Sunny California and the Surf Sound / Dylan, The
Commies and the Missile Crisis / The Loss of JFK … and Innocence / AM
Radio / The Indy Labels
3) Phil Spector / The British Invasion / Ed Sullivan / The Garage Sound / Soul,
James Brown and Racial Awareness / Pop Grows Up
4) The Eve of Destruction / Vietnam / Rock on the Road / The Hippies & San
Francisco / FM Radio / The Woodstock Nation / Altamont / The End
Tony Traguardo presents a unique look at the music of the 1960s with an eye towards how it
affected – and was affected by – the popular culture of the times. The course lectures will be
highlighted and augmented by rarely seen footage and audio segments that will connect the
music and performers of the 60s to the ever -changing fashion, politics, and social mores of what
may have been the most exciting decade of the last century. Tony is a music historian, archivist,
member of the Board of Directors of the Long Island Music Hall of Fame and Oldies Curator for
Tivoli Radio Online Music Guide.
FOUR SESSIONS: Two hours per evening:
1) The Day the Music Died / Simple Times, Simple Tunes / The “Bobbys” /
Scopitone: Early Music Video / The Folkies / Doo Wop and Street Gangs /
Blurring Racial Lines / Chess Records / Payola
2) Motown / The Clubs / Sunny California and the Surf Sound / Dylan, The
Commies and the Missile Crisis / The Loss of JFK … and Innocence / AM
Radio / The Indy Labels
3) Phil Spector / The British Invasion / Ed Sullivan / The Garage Sound / Soul,
James Brown and Racial Awareness / Pop Grows Up
4) The Eve of Destruction / Vietnam / Rock on the Road / The Hippies & San
Francisco / FM Radio / The Woodstock Nation / Altamont / The End
