1960-1969
1960-1969 STATIC TEXT
THE BEATLES “PENNY LANE” 1967
Pictures of The Beatles at the time show them as having changed once again. No longer are they the four jolly moptops. Now all have mustaches. John appears with his distinctive glasses. Film of them at the time shows them walking down a Liverpool street following the release of “Penny Lane.” They move […]
JEFFERSON AIRPLANE “WHITE RABBIT” 1967
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THE LITTLE ROCK NINE 1960
In the beginning of 1957 when I was 11 – still trying to smile like Elvis – nine black students – the Little Rock Nine – had to be escorted by 101st Airborne to gain entrance to the school. Eisenhower announced that it was impermissible for a state to defy the orders of the U.S. […]
RUBY BRIDGES 1960
In the beginning of 1957 when I was 11 – still trying to smile like Elvis – nine black students – the Little Rock Nine – had to be escorted by 101st Airborne to gain entrance to the school. Eisenhower announced that it was impermissible for a state to defy the orders of the U.S. […]
THE BYRDS “EIGHT MILES HIGH” 1966
From Ron Coro (then the art director at CBS) came the phone call. Roger McGuinn needed a cover and would I be interested? Though not as radically as, let’s say. Lew Alcindor or Cassius Clay, Roger McGuinn had changed his name (God knows why) from Jim. Jim McGuinn had been the lead guitar player for […]
“A TASTE OF HONEY” RITA TUSHINGHAM 1961
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THE BYRDS “CHIMES OF FREEDOM” 1965
http://youtu.be/opqjh2jjIM0 When Dylan sang Chimes of Freedom (covered by The Byrds, my favorite) they tolled – it seemed to me – for everyone, “Tolling for the aching whose wounds cannot be nursed, for the countless confused, accused, misused strung-out ones, and worse. And for every hung up person in the whole wide universe.” (FROM AN […]
BUKKA WHITE 1969
Inside the Forum, the energy is intense. As the Stones walk in all eyes follow them. They disappear up the long concrete corridor, back to the dressing rooms. Inside it is reasonably calm. Gram Parsons and Stanley Booth are there, as is Glyn Johns. Hovering near the Stones is a black man I don’t recognize […]
THE MAMAS AND THE PAPAS “CALIFORNIA DREAMING” 1966
As we gain elevation, the fog starts to thin, the redwoods are below us, and the vegetation changes — becomes California oak, madrone, poison oak, and brown, dry grass. The jeep climbs over a ridge, out into brilliant sunshine. Below, the coastline is covered with an endless layer of fog. “Here, take this,” says my […]
