Folk-Rock
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Folk-Rock melds folk's lyrical urgency and topicality with the rhythms and noise of rock. Jangle Pop architects the Byrds unquestionably kickstarted Folk-Rock's mid-'60s heyday by applying the intensity of rock to folk material by Bob Dylan and Pete Seeger. Dylan's own incendiary performances with the Band in '66 -- when he shocked his folk audience by plugging in his guitar and cranking it up -- did as much as anything else to merge the two genres. And as the '60s wore on, Folk-Rock took on a variety of guises, from the urban lushness of Simon and Garfunkel to the California sprawl of the Mamas and the Papas, and the ragged tension of Neil Young; each of whom sought to expand on the standard set by the Byrds and Dylan only a few years before. In the '70s, Folk-Rock found niches in unlikely places, not the least of which was on Hard Rock legends Led Zeppelin's third album. The Folk-Rock tradition continued into the '80s, as the second wave of Jangle Pop bands like R.E.M. and cult favorites Toad the Wet Sprocket, revisited the Folk-Rock of the Byrds. Today, the influence of folk on rock continues to be felt, not the least in the mainstream success of Singer-Songwriters like Tori Amos, Paula Cole, Sheryl Crow and Beck, who play folk-tinged rock to audiences of thousands.