Jeff and the mud, Joni and the song.
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098: John Sebastian, ‘Younger Generation’
When I’m “trying to tell a stranger about rock and roll”, trying to explain just how wise and sophisticated it can be, I often refer to ‘Younger Generation’, an expectant father’s apprehensions about the daunting task awaiting him.
One of the best songs to come out of the world of rock.
049: Chrysalis (J. Spider Barbour), ‘Summer in Your Savage Eyes’
The greatest band no one’s ever heard of.
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51 years ago, I walked onto my deserted campus and experienced a musical hallucination. That terrible time when American soldiers killed American citizens.
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50 years ago the Woodstock festival took place in upstate New York. I was there. I got wet and muddy and cranky and went back home after one night to listen to some of the same artists on my headphones.
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