Jimi Hendrix and Eric Burdon Friendship – the Animals Connection
Jimi Hendrix: The Man in the Music (Part 5) Jimi Hendrix and Eric Burdon – the Animals Connection Early in 1966 at the Cheetah Club on West 21st Street, in…
60s Activist is a Boomer Medical Hero
(completely revised and updated February 2021) The Making of a 60s Activist Larry Brilliant was a former hippie, a follower of a Hindu Guru, a buddy of Wavy Gravy, and…
Jimi and Bob Dylan: A Cosmic Friendship
Jimi Hendrix knew good lyrics when he heard them. When Richie Havens gave Jimi the lyrics to All Along the Watchtower, an epic inter-racial music exchange took place, the likes…
Rediscover Ravi Shankar and the Hippies
(revised and updated October, 2020) I knew nothing of Ravi Shankar before Woodstock. I imagine that I am not alone in that regard. Before we go on to his relationship…
5 Melancholy Hits that Soothed Me Today
Melancholy say the experts is sadness, depress, feeling low. I often use the word to describe the feelings I have about the past, wanting to recapture it or sad that…
Was Jimi Hendrix Arrested?
(updated May, 2021) Jimi Hendrix Arrested Was Jimi Hendrix arrested? Yes! The celebrated 60’s rock star was busted On May 3rd, 1969 at 9:30 am in Toronto, Canada. Checkout this…
Free Clinics – 60s Healthcare Experiment Still With Us
Haight Ashbury Free Clinic Haight Ashbury Clinic is an example of the kind of medical care this country needs to improve the health of the uninsured. The Free Clinic was…