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!- ä the acclaimed history of folk-rock's early years ä 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.