Editing Folk rock (section)

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[[File:SimonandGarfunkel.jpg|thumb|left|Folk rock musicians Simon & Garfunkel performing in Dublin]]

Music critic Richie Unterberger has noted that the commercial success of the Byrds' [[cover version]] of Dylan's "[[Mr. Tambourine Man]]", along with Dylan's own contributions to the genre on the albums ''[[Bringing It All Back Home]]'', ''[[Highway 61 Revisited]]'', and ''[[Blonde on Blonde]]'', initiated an explosion of emulators and imitators.<ref name="unterberger"/><ref name="allmusic2">{{cite web|title=Mr. Tambourine Man review|website=[[AllMusic]]|url={{AllMusic|class=song|id=t1991558|pure_url=yes}}|access-date=15 March 2010}}</ref> Their success led record producer [[Tom Wilson (producer)|Tom Wilson]] to add electric guitar, bass, and drums overdubs to "[[The Sounds of Silence]]", a song which had been recorded by the folk duo [[Simon & Garfunkel]] in 1964 and first released on their album ''[[Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M.]]''. The reissued single rose to number 1 on the ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' pop chart in late 1965, became a hit around the world, and set the duo on one of the most successful careers in pop and rock music.{{sfn |Gilliland |1969 |loc=show 36}}  Simon and Garfunkel have been described as "folk-rock's greatest duo, and one whose fame and influence would persist well beyond folk-rock's heyday."<ref name="turnSG">{{cite book|author=Unterberger, Richie.|page=[https://archive.org/details/turnturnturn00rich/page/178 178]|year=2002|title=Turn! Turn! Turn!: The '60s Folk-Rock Revolution|publisher=Backbeat Books|isbn=0-87930-703-X|url=https://archive.org/details/turnturnturn00rich/page/178}}</ref>

One of the first bands to craft a distinctly American sound in response to the British Invasion was [[the Beach Boys]]; while not a folk rock band themselves, they directly influenced the genre and at the height of the folk rock boom in 1966 had a hit with a cover of the 1920s [[West Indies|West Indian]] folk song "[[Sloop John B]]", which they had learned from [[the Kingston Trio]], who had learned it from [[the Weavers]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Unterberger|first=Richie|author-link=Richie Unterberger|title=Great Moments in Folk Rock: Lists of Author Favorites|publisher=richieunterberger.com|url=http://www.richieunterberger.com/turnlists.html|access-date=26 January 2011}}</ref>

Much of the early folk-rock music emerged during a time of general global upheaval, the [[Vietnam War]], and new concerns for the world by young people. In the United States, the heyday of folk rock was arguably between the mid-sixties and the mid-seventies, when it aligned itself with the [[hippie]] movement and became an important medium for expressing radical ideas. Cities such as San Francisco, [[Denver]], [[New York City]] and [[Phoenix, Arizona|Phoenix]] became centers for the folk rock culture, playing on their central locations among the original folk circuits. The "unplugged" and simplified sound of the music reflected the genre's connection to a critical view of a technological and consumerist society. Unlike pop music's escapist lyrics, arguably a fantasy distraction from the problems in life, folk artists attempted to communicate concerns for peace, global awareness, and other touchstones of the era. Bands whose music was significantly folk rock in sound during the mid-to-late 1960s included [[Donovan]],{{sfn |Gilliland |1969 |loc=show 48}} the Lovin' Spoonful, the Mamas & the Papas,{{sfn |Gilliland |1969 |loc=show 33}} [[the Youngbloods]], [[Love (band)|Love]], and, in their early years, [[Jefferson Airplane]].

In the mid-1960s, singer-songwriter [[Gordon Lightfoot]] began moving his folk songs into a folk-rock direction with recordings such as the percussion-driven "Black Day in July" about the [[1967 Detroit riot]]. He would rise to top the charts in the 1970s with a number of his folk-rock recordings such as "[[Sundown (Gordon Lightfoot song)|Sundown]]" and "[[Carefree Highway]]" and eventually become known as a folk-rock legend.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/ent/stories/DN-lightfoot_0823gd.ART.State.Edition1.358653d.html|title=Concert review: Folk-rock legend Gordon Lightfoot &#124; Dallas Morning News}}</ref> Some artists who originally produced with a harder edged rock sound found the ability to communicate more easily and felt more genuine in this method of delivery. In this category was [[Cat Stevens]], who began in London much like the Byrds did in the United States but toned down the sound more frequently with acoustic instruments. He performed songs that contained concern for the environment, war, and the future of the world in general. The Canadian singer-songwriter [[Joni Mitchell]] won many [[Grammy Awards]] with her folk rock/pop songs.