This course will explore how and why the music of the 1970s evolved from the psychedelic era to a unique art form and a social force and how it expanded to radically new vistas. An era evolved to the new American attitude, away from communitarianism and toward individualism, and toward a society comprised of self-interested and largely self-sufficient individuals—the “Me Generation.” The subject matter will be explored through lectures, PowerPoint presentations, selected YouTube videos and discussion.