Gregg Allman said the term “Southern Rock” was redundant since rock was born in the south in the first place.

EXTRA CREDIT: “THE STONES AND COCK ROCK.” When author Terry Southern showed this bit of weirdness to him, he replied, “It’s a drag, man, the way people dig evil — not evil itself, but the idea of it … grooving on the vicarious notion of it … it’s their fascination with evil that locks us into this projection of it.”

Graham Nash was a member of this British Invasion band before forming the supergroup Crosby, Stills & Nash.

In the documentary seen in class, Todd Rundgren called Dark Side of the Moon the Sgt. Pepper of the Seventies.

Denny Laine was a founder of two major rock bands: the Moody Blues in the 1960s and Wings in the 1970s. 

I don’t really need to worry about the lectures in this class. If I do the readings, I should be fine. 

Roger Waters of Pink Floyd wrote in his Immortals essay that “Along with the Beatles, they gave those of us entering the business at that time something to aspire to that wasn’t pop, but was still popular.”

Despite the acknowledged importance of rock music, determining exactly what “rock” means is NOT easy.

Honorlock, the online proctor for our exams, works with any browser I choose.

Elton John played piano and sang harmony on this John Lennon song. He bet Lennon it would top the charts, and if it did, Lennon promised to join him on stage. Lennon honored his promise and performed three songs at Elton’s Thanksgiving Show at Madison Square Garden on November 28, 1974, marking his last major concert performance.