MUSIC
KEITH RICHARDS, A MASTER OF THE UNEXPECTED YET COMPELLING INSIGHT, OBSERVED THAT MUSIC RANKED – IN ORDER OF ITS PERVASIVENESS IN HUMAN ACTIVITY – THIRD, AFTER ONLY FOOD AND SEX . FOR MY GENERATION MUSIC WAS THE PLATFORM, THE GLUE THAT HELD US TOGETHER. IT SPOKE TO US, INSPIRED US. EVEN WHEN THE ALL THE PROMISES SEEMED TO FALL APART, WHILE SOME DISTANCED THEMSELVES AND OTHERS MOURNED THE PASSING, EVEN THAT WAS CHRONICLED THROUGH “THE MUSIC.” BELOW IN NO ORDER ARE LINKS TO A VAST ARRAY OF MUSIC. USE THE “SEARCH” BAR TO FIND MORE.
BOB DYLAN: ALL ALONG THE WATCHTOWER
The album “The Essential Bob Dylan” available from: This video is a link from You Tube. All copyrights remain with the original copyright holders.
SIMON AND GARFUNKEL “BOOKENDS”
The album “Bookends” available from: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOa_rPeRtn4&feature=youtube_gdata_player This video is a link from You Tube. All copyrights remain with the original copyright holders.
The Beatles – LET IT BE 1969
The album “Let It Be” available from: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kEogJacjLTE&feature=youtube_gdata_player This video is a link from You Tube. All copyrights remain with the original copyright holders. “But how could anyone have imagined it? You couldn’t have planned it, willed it, or schemed it. Even to have dreamed it would have been border-line absurd. I was a boy […]
HANK WILLIAMS JR. “THERE’S A TEAR IN MY BEER” 1989
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ALTAMONT 1969
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ELVIS PRESLEY’S DEATH
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0KtANYJNZo&feature=youtube_gdata_player The list of casualties seemed endless enough knowing just my family and searching only my own memory. The ones that came to mind, most of whom I knew or had at least worked with, included Brian Jones, Janis Joplin, Keith Moon, John Entwhistle, Jim Morrison and Jimi Hendrix. The list of casualties seemed endless […]
BRIAN JONES’ DEATH 1969
The list of casualties seemed endless enough knowing just my family and searching only my own memory. The ones that came to mind, most of whom I knew or had at least worked with, included Brian Jones, Janis Joplin, Keith Moon, John Entwhistle, Jim Morrison and Jimi Hendrix. FROM AN AMERICAN STORY This video is […]
THE EAGLES “DESPERADO” 1973
The music business had moved west, as some said civilization had, to settle in Los Angeles. I returned to L.A. quite simply because I had run short of money. From Los Angeles came the “new music,” the singer-songwriters, all American. They had been young men and women when The Beatles first appeared. Now, with The […]
