San Francisco Sound
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The San Francisco Sound is a distinctive style of rock music that emerged in the mid-1960s Bay Area, characterized by psychedelic influences, improvisational jams, and bands like the Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, and Janis Joplin’s Big Brother and the Holding Company.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| San Francisco Sound canonical | 3 |
| San Francisco psychedelic music scene | 1 |
Statements (54)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
regional music scene
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rock music style ⓘ |
| associatedArtist | Janis Joplin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedBand |
Big Brother and the Holding Company
NERFINISHED
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Country Joe and the Fish NERFINISHED ⓘ Grateful Dead NERFINISHED ⓘ It’s a Beautiful Day NERFINISHED ⓘ Jefferson Airplane NERFINISHED ⓘ Moby Grape NERFINISHED ⓘ Quicksilver Messenger Service NERFINISHED ⓘ Santana NERFINISHED ⓘ Steve Miller Band NERFINISHED ⓘ The Charlatans (San Francisco band) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedEvent | Summer of Love NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedFestival | Monterey Pop Festival NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedNeighborhood | Haight-Ashbury NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedVenue |
Avalon Ballroom
NERFINISHED
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Fillmore Auditorium NERFINISHED ⓘ Winterland Ballroom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithCity |
Berkeley
NERFINISHED
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Oakland NERFINISHED ⓘ San Francisco NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characteristic |
collective ensemble playing
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communal ethos ⓘ experimentation with sound and form ⓘ extended improvisational jams ⓘ long live performances ⓘ loose song structures ⓘ politically aware lyrics ⓘ use of feedback and distortion ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| culturalContext |
counterculture of the 1960s
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hippie movement ⓘ |
| developedFrom |
beatnik culture
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folk club scene in the Bay Area ⓘ |
| emergedInDecade | 1960s ⓘ |
| emergedInPeriod | mid-1960s ⓘ |
| influenced |
jam band scene
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later psychedelic revival bands ⓘ progressive rock ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
LSD use
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blues music ⓘ folk music ⓘ jazz improvisation ⓘ psychedelic culture ⓘ |
| locatedIn | San Francisco Bay Area ⓘ |
| mediaCoverage |
FM freeform radio
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underground press ⓘ |
| musicGenre |
acid rock
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blues rock ⓘ folk rock ⓘ psychedelic rock ⓘ |
| recordIndustryCenter | San Francisco Bay Area independent labels ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfProminence | late 1960s ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
San Francisco psychedelic music scene