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A Folkrocker's Guide A FOLKROCKER’S GUIDE – FOLKROCKENS FRAMVEKST 1965–1975 «The eletricifcation of all this stuf was A FOLKROCKER’S GUIDE some thing that was waiting to happen» TO THE UNIVERSE •1965–1975 – Martin Carthy «Folkrock» ble først brukt i 1965 som betegnelse på på Framveksten av folkrock i USA I Storbritania, i motsetning til i USA, kom «folkrock» til amerikanske musikere som The Byrds, den elektrifserte Bob og UK i tiåret 65–75 skapte Dylan, Simon & Garfunkel og – pussig nok – Sonny & Cher. mye av inspirasjonen for den å betegne elektrisk musikk basert på tradisjonell folke- Likevel er det i større grad møtet mellom rock og folkemusikk moderne visebølgen i Norden. musikk. i Storbritannia ca 1969–70 som ble bestemmende for hva vi Vi har bedt Morten Bing om å skrive om dette. Han er kon- på 1970-tallet kom til å legge i begrepet her hjemme. servator ved Norsk Folkemu- som hadde bakgrunn i folkrevivalen, en sanger og en felespiller – Sandy seum og var initiativtaker til men som allerede hadde forlatt Denny og Dave Swarbrick – som MORTEN BING Norges første folkrock gruppe tradisjonell folkemusikk til fordel for begge hadde bakgrunn i den Folque i 1973. egenskrevne låter. britiske folkrevivalen. Det var denne rdet «folke-rock» kombinasjonen, og resultatet, LP’n ble brukt første gang Dylan og Byrds Gruppa har sin kanskje siste På mange måter kan en si at den konsert på Rockefeller i Oslo Liege & Lief (1969), som var begyn- i Billboard 12.06.1965, engelske utviklingen gikk mot- nelsen på den britiske folkrocken. i en artikkel om Bob En viktig katalysator for framveksten 18. april 2015. satt vei av den amerikanske. Den Dylan og the Byrds. av den amerikanske «folk-rocken» britiske folkrocken forholdt seg til Forløperene var folkartister med OAllerede to uker senere dukket det var the Beatles’ USA turné i 1964. og denne versjonen ble sluppet på et folkemusikkmiljø som fortsatt var vilje til å gå nye veier, ikke minst opp i VG (30.06.65), som skrev at The Beatles fkk stor innfytelse på single i april. Den toppet snart hitlis- vitalt og på ingen måte hadde forlatt Shirley Collins som først samar- dette er en stil «som kombinerer de yngre folk-musikerne og 1965 ble tene både i USA og i England, og ble på Bookends (1968) og Bridge Over tradisjonelt materiale. Mens de ame- beidet med blues/jazz-gitaristen folkemusikkens ord med steinhard et vendepunkt: I mars hadde Dylan også tittellåta på debut-LP’n deres, Troubled Water (1970). Dylan skulle rikanske «folkrockerne» var ‘folkniks‘ Davy Graham og senere med Early rytme». VG-journalisten hadde tyde- gitt ut LP’n Bringing It All Back Home utgitt i juni. etter Blonde On Blonde (1966) og som begynte å spille elektrisk gitar, Music-revitalisten David Munrow. ligvis oversatt fra Billboard. – på den ene siden av plata hadde motorsykkelulykken sin, vende hadde mange i det engelske miljøet I samarbeid med Fairport-bassisten han fullt rockekomp. En av låtene 20. juli slapp Dylan singlen «Like a tilbake til et tydelige folkrock uttrykk vokst opp med «skife» – det britiske Ashley Hutchings skulle hun også fra albumet, «Mr. Tambourine Man», Rolling Stone». Fem dager etter gikk med John Wesley Harding (1967), svaret på rock’n’roll – og beveget seg bli hovedperson på en av de beste var allerede spilt inn av the Byrds, han på scenen på Newport Folk Fes- mens the Byrds forlot folkrockfor- derfra til folkemusikk. folkrockalbumene på tidlig 1970- tival med Stratocaster og med med- matet og forsvant inn i den psyke- tall, Albion Country Band: No Roses lemmer av Paul Butterfelds Blues deliske stratosfæren, før de landet I Storbritania, i motsetning til i (1971) Band, og sjokkerte folkfans’en med igjen med Sweethearts Of The Rodeo USA, kom «folkrock» til å betegne å spille tre låter elektrisk! I august (1968), som var med å legge grunn- elektrisk musikk basert på tradisjo- Stor betydningen hadde også Ian fulgte Highway 61 Revisited, et enda laget for en ny retning: countryrock. nell folkemusikk. For å sitere Ashley Campbell Folk Group med felespil- mer elektrisk album, i september Hutchings, bassist i Fairport singelen «Positively 4th Street». Også vestkystband som Bufalo Convention, Steeleye Span Springfeld, Jeferson Airplane og Albion [Country] Band: I 1964 ga Simon & Garfunkel ut og Grateful Dead er blitt betegnet «Folk-rock over here means LP’n Wednesday Morning, 3 AM, som som folkrock, men selv om mange traditional folk music rocks på ingen måte var noen suksess. av disse musikerne hadde bakgrunn up. Music that has been cal- Inspirert av Dylan og the Byrds – og i folkrevivalen, er det å trekke begre- led folk-rock in America, we uten at Paul Simon og Art Garfunkel pet altfor langt. don’t consider to be folk-rock viste det – la produsenten høsten at all over here.» 1965 elgitar, bass og trommer oppå Slutten av 1950-tallet tallet hadde Simons akustiske gitar på «The Sound vært en nedgangstid for rock’n’roll, of Silence», en av låtene fra LP’n. samtidig ble dette begynnelsen Fairport Innen året var omme toppet den på det amerikanske folkrevivalens Billboardlista! storhetstid fram mot midten av Convention og 60-tallet. Washington Square Park «Mr. Tambourine Man», «Like a Rolling i Greenwich Village i New York var «electric folk» Stone», «The Sound of Silence» ble bevegelsens arne. Her samlet det Den engelske folkrocken den amerikanske «folk-rockens» seg unge musikere som hentet inspi- eller «electric folk» oppsto i gjennombrudd – og kanskje dens rasjon fra Woody Guthrie og Pete møtet mellom et rockeband høydepunkt? Simon & Garfunkel Seeger, fra sørstatsblues og ballader – Fairport Convention – hadde langt på vei funnet sitt ut- fra Appalachene. Den amerikanske inspirert av amerikansk rock trykk, selv om instrumentering og «folkrocken» var skapt av musikere og singer/songwriters og arrangementer ble mer komplekse 8 VISER VISOR 9 A FOLKROCKER’S GUIDE – FOLKROCKENS FRAMVEKST 1965–1975 sansemusikk. Sammen med nebesetning som dessverre ble et spille inn Fairports andre sangeren Jaqui McShee og engangsfenomen. folkrock-klassiker, Full to jazzmusikere, bassisten House (1970). Danny Thompson og trom- Liege & Lief består av åtte spor: fre meslageren Terry Cox, dannet tradisjonelle viser, tre nyeskrevne Thompson gikk ikke til- gruppa Pentangle – riktignok sanger og en instrumentalmed- bake til amerikanskinspi- mer jazz enn rock. ley. Albumet omfatter med andre rert rock, men begynte ord de tre typene låter som har på en lang karriere som Selv om det var fere forlø- kommet til å defnere sjangeren i komponist, tekstforfatter pere til folkrock på de britiske Storbritania og Europa: folkeviser, og gitarist. Han skapte leren Dave Swarbrick, og Swarbricks øyer, vil jeg likevel argumen- Lief, som ble spilt inn noen måneder nyskrevne låter som bygger på en mer «rocka» sound, selv om de av et nytt tonespråk og samarbeid med sangeren og gitaris- tere for at Fairport Convention seinere. Med Sandy Dennys fantas- folkevisenes tonespråk og feiende fram til 1974 fortsatt greide seg uten nyskrevne låter basert på møtet ten Martin Carthy. Selv om de alle og Liege & Lief var det egentlige tiske stemme, Dave Swarbricks fele feleinstrumentaler. Fairport hadde trommer. mellom rock og en engelsk tradisjon, spilte helakustisk, instrumenterte startpunktet: (Ashley Hutchings: «The most infu- i utgangspunktet ment at Liege & først med soloalbumet Henry The Hu- Lief skulle være et konseptalbum, Ashley Hutchings prosjekter etter man Fly (1971), deretter i samarbeid og arrangerte de folkemusikken på I 1969 inviterte Fairport Dave Swar- ential fddler in this country – ever!»), nye måter. Dette skapte grunnlag for Richard Thompsons virtuose gitar ikke en ny vending for bandet til et Fairport beveget seg stadig nær- med kona, Linda. brick med som studiomusiker på sin folkemusikkbasert repertoar, men mere folkemusikk og samarbeid holdninger som gjorde at spranget tredje LP, Unhalfbricking, og «Sailor’s og en rytmegruppe bestående av Si- Etter at Thompson sluttet, fortsatte til elektriske instrumenter og trom- mon Nicol (gitar), Ashley Hutchings bordet fanget. – Fortsatt, etter 45 med musikere med bakgrunn i Life» som avslutter den første siden år er det folkemusikk og nyskrevne folkmiljøet: I Steeleye Span, på Fairport Convention som kvartett mer ikke ble så radikalt og skrem- på LP’n, kan regnes som den aller (bass) og Dave Mattacks (trommer), med Swarbrick, Nicol, Pegg og Mat- mende. var Liege & Lief-Fairport en stjer- låter i samme tonespråk som utgjør No Roses med Shirley Collins, på første engelske folkrock-innspillin- Fairports repertoar. prosjektet Morris On (1972) med tacks. De ga ut to album i 1971, før Interessant var også den nyska- gen. Den peker fram mot Liege & bl.a. trekkspilleren John Kirkpatrick også Simon Nicol forlot Fairport (i pende irske gruppa Sweeney’s Men Etter innspillingen av Liege & Lief og felespilleren Barry Dransfeld, på 1977 var han riktignok tilbake). som på sin første LP besto av Johnny sluttet Ashley Hutchings og Sandy Albion Country Band: Battle Of The Denny i Fairport. Hvis man sammenligner de to Moynihan (tinnføyte/bouzouki), Field (innspilt 1973, utgitt 1976) med store engelske folkrockbandene i Terry Wood (gitar/banjo) og Andy Ashley Hutchings vei videre ble å bl.a. Carthy og Kirkpatrick. første halvdel av 1970-tallet, kunne Irvine (mandolin/gitar/munnspill). utforske folkemusikken, først med Steeleye, etter min mening, aldri Da Irvine sluttet i gruppa etter Etter Fairport ønsket Sandy Denny Steel eye Span. Han hadde først å utvikle seg som singer/songwri- overgå Fairport på det beste. Men innspillingen av debutalbumet, ble kontakt med Carol og Bob Pegg mens Fairport led under stadige han erstattet av Henry McCullough, ter, men fortsatt i et bandformat i (som isteden skulle danne Mr. Fox), gruppa Fotheringay. Under innspil- personendringer – aldri mer enn to som spilte el.gitar, noe som gjorde men endte med å få med seg ekte- album med samme besetning – var at Sweeney’s Men – under tvil– kan lingen av det andre albumet deres, paret Gay og Terry Wood og duoen ble Sandy Denny presset av kontinuitet en styrke for Steeleye fra regnes som den første irske folkrock- Maddy Prior og Tim Hart.
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