Eight Miles High: Folk-Rock's Flight from Haight-Ashbury to Woodstock

Eight Miles High documents the evolution of the folk-rock movement from mid-1966 through the end of the decade. This much-anticipated sequel to Turn! Turn! Turn! - the acclaimed history of folk-rock's early years - portrays the mutation of the genre into psychedelia via California bands like the Byrds and Jefferson Airplane; the maturation of folk-rock composers in the singer-songwriter movement; the re-emergence of Bob Dylan and the creation of country-rock; the rise of folk-rock's first supergroup, CSN&Y; the origination of British folk-rock; and the growing importance of major festivals from Newport to Woodstock. Based on firsthand interviews with such folk-rock visionaries as: Jorma Kaukonen, Roger McGuinn, Donovan, Judy Collins, Jim Messina, Dan Hicks and dozens of others.

• | Author: Richie Unterberger
• | Publisher: Backbeat Books
• | Publication Date: May 01, 2003
• | Number of Pages: 370 pages
• | Binding: Paperback or Softback
• | ISBN-10: 0879307439
• | ISBN-13: 9780879307431