Summer of love

[Beachboy]

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I never took to Janis till well after she was gone, Jimmy to, as well with Morrison, Zeppelin was my neighborhoods favorite band, but not necessarily mine. Beatles didn't Ring with me with exception of a few top ten hits. To young, to dumb to ignorant, to be a hippie, but a fashion of the time..

Besides, surfing was in me dreams, so be it the hippies, I'd rather be at the beach, ha. There was nothing like the early sixties, driving down Beach Blvd, to Huntington beach, beach boys screaming out the radio, Beatles or the like, in me grandmothers 1957 Chevy convertible to go body surfing all day.. Was nothing like that, not for me..

I don-know beach, maybe 300, perhaps as much as 500, hard to count but surly not to many, moreover just enough..

Was just a few miles past Pahoa, "follow the signs" at "The Shire" as we discovered it in a small article a week or two before, in the Puna news.

And yeah, what cat said, ha.. tried to leave them out, but they was blah.. However on the positive note, true to the day, they added today's emulation, sorrowful as they were.. However, banjo guy took his cue near our camp, and with his "where in the heck did this guy warp from" style, drown out that band when they seemed to be unable to carry a beat. jazz, reggie, modern beat-nic or whatever they were playing, They added some type or modernization to the hippie thing.
Edited by - Jeffhale on 07/30/2007 10:58:49

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To bad Jeff, to me those were the stars of our time. Jimi Hendrix I had the pleasure to see 3 times in my lifetime, Ventura Fairgrounds, Newport Pop Festival, and Rainbow Bridge on Maui. Only the Ventura show stunk! I saw the Doors at the Long Beach Arena with the 'Flying Buritto Brothers', and Albert King. Never got to see Janis live, but I sure loved her music! Today, "Cheap Thrills" remains one of my all-time favorite LP's
But for my surf style/culture, I probably enjoyed southern rock sound more than the SF sound. I was soooo into the Allmond Bros"Live at Fillmore East", or "Eat a Peach". Lynard Skynard, was another favorite of mie back then too. But that was music I really enjoyed with the "guys" if you know what I mean. When I was in a romantic mood I'd bust out my Van Morrison collection, and looked for Moondance & Into the Mystic to start things off.
But I also had my Super guitar stag too. I loved guitar players like Alvin Lee of 'Ten Years After, Johnny Winter,Rick Derringer. Plus everything inbetween too like 'LOVE', the Chamber Brothers, Sons of Chaplin, Cold Blood, Tower of Power, and the list goes on. Was there truly and decade better than the 70's for rock or music in general?