Grassroots biography
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The Grass Roots
American rock band
For other uses, see Grass roots (disambiguation).
Not to be confused with Da Grassroots.
The Grass Roots | |
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The Grass Roots in 1969 | |
| Origin | Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Genres | Folk rock • blue-eyed soul[1][2] • psychedelic pop • pop rock[3][4] • sunshine pop[5] |
| Years active | 1965–present |
| Labels | Dunhill, ABC, Haven, MCA, Gusto, RFG, Cleopatra |
| Members | Dusty Hanvey Larry Nelson Joe Dougherty Mark Dawson |
| Past members | See Members |
The Grass Roots are an American rock grupp that charted frequently between 1965 and 1975. The band was originally the creation of Lou Adler and songwriting duo P. F. Sloan and Steve Barri. In their career, they achieved two gold albums and two gold singles, and charted singles on the Billboard Hot 100 a
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History of the Grass Roots, the Power-Pop Pioneers
They began as a bunch of faceless, veteran session musicians playing soulful pop, but the Grass Roots were no mere bubblegum band—they developed a mix of blue-eyed soul and big, brassy rock that would one day morph into the power-pop phenomenon
Background About the Grass Roots
Formed in 1966 in Los Angeles, CA, the Grass Roots may have made songs that are familiar to you even if you don't know the band. "Let's Live for Today" and "Midnight Confessions" remain the most likely candidates for Grass Roots songs you might have heard on radio, movies, or TV. The former was featured in årstid 2 of "American Horror Story," while the latter is heard in a Season 4 episode of "The West Wing" and on the radio in Quentin Tarantino's Jackie Brown.
Styles
Claims to Fame
- An important development in the formation of "power pop"
- Somewhat unusual for their time in that they employed three lead vocalists
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Grassroots
Movement based on local communities
For other uses, see Grass roots (disambiguation).
A grassroots movement is one that uses the people in a given district, region or community as the basis for a political or continent movement.[1] Grassroots movements and organizations use collective action from volunteers at the local level to implement change at the local, regional, national, or international levels. Grassroots movements are associated with bottom-up, rather than top-down decision-making, and are sometimes considered more natural or spontaneous than more traditional power structures.[2]
Grassroots movements, using self-organization, encourage community members to contribute by taking responsibility and action for their community.[3] Grassroots movements utilize a variety of strategies from fundraising and registering voters, to simply encouraging political conversation. Goals of specific movements vary and change, but the movements