Eight Miles High: Folk-Rock's Flight from Haight-Ashbury to Woodstock

by Richie Unterberger

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EEight Miles HighE documents the evolution of the folk-rock movement from mid-1966 through the end of the decade. This much-anticipated sequel to ETurn! Turn! Turn!E a the acclaimed history of folk-rock's early years a portrays the mutation of the genre into psychedelia via California bands like the Byrds and Jefferson Airplane; the maturation of folk-rock composers in the singer-songwriter movement; the re-emergence of Bob Dylan and the creation of country-rock; the rise of folk-rock's first supergroup CSN the origination of British folk-rock; and the growing importance of major festivals from Newport to Woodstock. Based on firsthand interviews with such folk-rock visionaries as: Jorma Kaukonen Roger McGuinn Donovan Judy Collins Jim Messina Dan Hicks and dozens of others.
  • ISBN10 0879307439
  • ISBN13 9780879307431
  • Publish Date 1 May 2003
  • Publish Status Out of Stock
  • Out of Print 6 December 2011
  • Publish Country US
  • Publisher Hal Leonard Corporation
  • Imprint Backbeat Books
  • Format Paperback (US Trade)
  • Pages 370
  • Language English