... but their songs ended up widening the rift even further. Some artists even went so far as to accuse the older generation through their lyrics. Whatever the intentions of the artist, music acted more as a social divisor then anything else during the 1960s. Due to the consensus era ... eyes, communists. "Hootenanny," a popular television show, would not play anything by Pete Seeger, Phil Ochs, Bob Dylan, and countless other artists with controversial lyrics. In 1963, the FBI began investigating Dylan, Ochs, Seeger, and Jim Morrison of the Doors for anti-patriotism. In addition to banning f...

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