GENERATIONS
WHEN ASKED IF HE WAS WORRIED ABOUT HIS PLACE IN HISTORY WINSTON CHURCHILL REPLIED NO SINCE HE PROPOSED TO “WRITE IT MYSELF.” YOU MAY NOT BE INTERESTED IN HISTORY (TO PARAPHRASE TROTSKY) BUT HISTORY IS INTERESTED IN YOU. GENERATIONS ARE THE THROUGH-LINE. IT’S YOUR HISTORY. HELP WRITE IT.
TOMMY “LISTENING TO YOU” 1969
And because they just wanted to, at least in my opinion, although they were unlikely to say that. The Sixties had been so incredible. The once scruffy, outcast, and marginal Rolling Stones were now mainstream heroes to an entire generation. It was not The Stones’ image or inclination to say publicly that they dug what […]
THE ROLLING STONES “JUMPING JACK FLASH” 1969
Onstage Sam Cutler announces, speaking above the high-pitched squeals of amplifier feedback, “Everything seems to be ready. .Are you ready? . . . We’re sorry for the delay … “Is everybody ready for the next band? . . . Are you ready. New York? The biggest band to visit New York in a long time […]
JOHN C ELLSWORTH – WASHINGTON POST 1979
The Washington Post December 2, 1979 pg G1 The Mysterious Connections of John Ellsworth IT WAS AT a White House Christmas party in 1977 that First Lady Rosalynn Carter, standing beside the holly-decked mantle in the State Dining Room, was first introduced to a 300-pound, self-proclaimed Santa Claus named John Ellsworth….felon, forger and government informer […]
JIMI HENDRIX “STAR SPANGLED BANNER” 1969
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMhq1L0cJf0&feature=youtube_gdata_player At the close of the festival, we saw a subdued Jimi Hendrix, intensely concentrating, perform a solo rendition of The Star-Spangled Banner on electric guitar, single notes arcing into feedback, howling, crackling with the noise of all that amplified electricity. The old anthem newly played for the half a million gathered and for all […]
GEORGE HARRISON “ALL THINGS MUST PASS” 1970
http://youtu.be/tT7IKoleDfA When it was announced that The Beatles were breaking up, it caused a great sadness to a great many people. As only music can (especially our age of music), The Beatles’ songs had marked the times through which we had passed. The Beatles had written and performed so many songs that there was always […]
MICK JAGGER READS SHELLEY “PEACE, PEACE” 1969
Mick, Keith, Charlie, Bill, and the new one, Mick Taylor, come out on stage. Brian’s death is on everyone’s mind. Mick pauses and asks for silence. He quotes Shelley: “Peace, peace! he is not dead, he doth not sleep — He hath awakened from the dream of life.” So, Mick, no doubt unwittingly, adds to […]
JOHN LENNON “MORE POPULAR THAN JESUS” 1966
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LITTLE RICHARD “LUCILLE” & “GOOD GOLLY MISS MOLLY” 1966
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ELVIS PRESLEY “DON’T BE CRUEL” 1957
Then The Beatles go to work. They play endless tunes, theirs and others. Early American rock and roll is ever present; “Stand By Me,” “Blue Suede Shoes,” “Johnny B. Goode,” “Sweet Little Sixteen,” “All Shook Up,” “Don’t Be Cruel,” “Lucille”, “Good Golly Miss Molly.” FROM AN AMERICAN STORY. This video is a link from […]
THE BEATLES “SWEET LITTLE SIXTEEN”
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