THE 1960s IN ROCK AND ROLL
2016-03-07“Rock and roll is the most brutal, ugly, degenerate, vicious form of expression – lewd, sly, in plain fact, dirty – a rancid-smelling aphrodisiac and the martial music of every side-burned delinquent on the face of the earth” – Frank Sinatra (1957)
The 1960s were a turbulent time in American history. The Vietnam war and youth disillusionment with the status quo were two polarizing factors that helped breed the evolution of a rock and roll counter-culture. The founding of Rolling Stone magazine in 1967 helped spread visual images of that message.
This exhibition features iconic photographs taken in the 1960s of the prominent musicians who brought rock and roll into American culture: Johnny Cash, Jimi Hendrix, Bob Dylan, Janis Joplin, Mick Jagger, The Beatles, The Who, The Grateful Dead, Led Zepplin, Pink Floyd, Jim Morrison, Tina Turner, Frank Zappa and others.
Opposite – Jim Morrison, American Poet by Joel Brodsky
Exhibition runs through till April 5th, 2016
Duncan Miller Gallery
Bergamot Station arts complex
2525 Michigan Ave, Unit A7
Santa Monica
CA 90404
