ALBUM COVER ART: 12 x 12 MASTERPIECES! A TRIP THROUGH THE BEST (AND WORST) OF POPULAR MUSIC IMAGES
(SINGLE SESSION: 90 minutes / Two hours)
Popular culture has always been reflected in the images that have created the packages surrounding the music of the past fifty-plus years. Tony Traguardo takes you on a unique, genre-hopping journey through the best, the worst and the most influential images that have been used on long-playing album covers since the medium came into being in the 1950s.
Tony is a music historian, archivist, lecturer, and founding member of the Board of Directors of the Long Island Music Hall of Fame.
(SINGLE SESSION: 90 minutes / Two hours)
Popular culture has always been reflected in the images that have created the packages surrounding the music of the past fifty-plus years. Tony Traguardo takes you on a unique, genre-hopping journey through the best, the worst and the most influential images that have been used on long-playing album covers since the medium came into being in the 1950s.
Tony is a music historian, archivist, lecturer, and founding member of the Board of Directors of the Long Island Music Hall of Fame.
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
(SINGLE SESSION: Three hours)
The Newport Folk Festival Series / The Monterey Pop Festival /
The Woodstock Music and Arts Festival / The Altamont Free Concert
POPULAR CULTURE AND THE MUSIC OF THE 1960s
(FOUR SESSIONS: Two hours per evening:)
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 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, and a founding member of the Board of Directors of the Long Island Music Hall of Fame.
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
(FOUR SESSIONS: Two hours per evening:)
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 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, and a founding member of the Board of Directors of the Long Island Music Hall of Fame.
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
POP CULTURE: MUSIC ON THE TUBE
(SINGLE SESSION: Two hours)
Years before there was an MTV, our televisions were continuously filled with images of musical groups and artists performing the popular songs of the day. Join Tony Traguardo for a nostalgic look back at the major TV musical events and the weekly and daily programs like ‘Shindig!’, ‘Shivaree’ and ‘Where The Action Is’ that brought the sounds of the times into our living rooms.
Tony is a music historian, lecturer, archivist, and a founding member of the Board of Directors of the Long Island Music Hall of Fame.
(SINGLE SESSION: Two hours)
Years before there was an MTV, our televisions were continuously filled with images of musical groups and artists performing the popular songs of the day. Join Tony Traguardo for a nostalgic look back at the major TV musical events and the weekly and daily programs like ‘Shindig!’, ‘Shivaree’ and ‘Where The Action Is’ that brought the sounds of the times into our living rooms.
Tony is a music historian, lecturer, archivist, and a founding member of the Board of Directors of the Long Island Music Hall of Fame.
