Rock music performed in and around San Francisco from the mid 1960s to the early 1970s
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San Francisco sound
San Francisco in 2009
Stylistic origins
Rock
psychedelia
Cultural origins
Mid-1960s, San Francisco, California, U.S.
Other topics
Acid rock
California sound
Haight-Ashbury
Psychedelic rock
The San Francisco sound refers to rock music performed live and recorded by San Francisco-based rock groups of the mid-1960s to early 1970s. It was associated with the counterculture community in San Francisco, particularly the Haight-Ashbury district, during these years.[1] San Francisco is a westward-looking port city, a city that at the time was 'big enough' but not manic like New York City or spread out like Los Angeles. Hence, it could support a 'scene'.[2] According to journalist Ed Vulliamy, "A core of Haight Ashbury bands played with each other, for each other"[3]
According to an announcer for a TV show that Ralph J. Gleason hosted: "In his syndicated newspaper column, Mr. Gleason has been the foremost interpreter of the sounds coming out of what he calls 'the Liverpool of the United States.' Mr. Gleason believes the San Francisco rock groups are making a serious contribution to musical history."[4]
Ralph Gleason became one of the founders of what would become the rock-scene fan journal, Rolling Stone.
^Reasoner, Harry & Wallace, Warren 1967. ""The Hippie Temptation" (segment) CBS News report on Haight-Ashbury". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-21. Retrieved 2013-04-12.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^Stanley, Bob 2013 Yeah, Yeah, Yeah: The Story of Modern Pop. London: Faber and Faber.
^Vulliamy, Ed "Love and Haight". The Guardian / The Observer. 20 May 2007. Retrieved from Web October 1, 2013
^Gleason, Ralph J.; et al. (6 April 2013). "April 8, 1967: Ralph Gleason TV Interview". Retrieved 2013-05-21.
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