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  • #16
    Passed my copy of the Whole Earth catalog on to my eldest son a couple of years ago. That was a serious road trip! How did you manage to keep that VW on the road?
    It was a different age. I was one of those hitchhikers back in 71. Out to San Francisco via a weeks stop in Boulder. Met a lot of interesting people and had a few interesting experiences.
    There was a record store on the South side of Chicago, Hegewisch Records. You name it, they had it including imports. Whenever a bunch of us had some money stashed we'd jump in somebodies car and make the drive. Of course they were under $3.00 so we'd come back with dozens of records. I know this isn't alt. country but here's one of the British bands:

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    • #17
      Sounds like you guys took some of the trips I missed
      It's A Beautiful Day was one of those Flower Power 'Frisco bands. "White Bird" was an underground favorite in !968. I doubt it ever made the charts, but it captured the sound well. Just not as commercially big as Jefferson Airplane and similar groups.So, this remains one of the underground classics from that California culture....
      Always Loved This. K-Earth 101 The Oldies F.M. Station In Los Angeles In 1983-1984 Would Always Play This On Their Super 60's Weekends.They Would Play Everyt...

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      • #18
        That first white bird kind of sounds like the doors. :dunno:  :laugh:  Good tunes. B)
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        • #19
          gregszybala wrote:

          Passed my copy of the Whole Earth catalog on to my eldest son a couple of years ago. That was a serious road trip! How did you manage to keep that VW on the road?
          It was a different age. I was one of those hitchhikers back in 71. Out to San Francisco via a weeks stop in Boulder. Met a lot of interesting people and had a few interesting experiences.
          There was a record store on the South side of Chicago, Hegewisch Records. You name it, they had it including imports. Whenever a bunch of us had some money stashed we'd jump in somebodies car and make the drive. Of course they were under $3.00 so we'd come back with dozens of records. I know this isn't alt. country but here's one of the British bands:
            The VW wasn't much trouble: plenty of gear -and- occasional passengers inside to help with the wind and keep 'er on the road. I had a number of the Bugs (including a new then 1970, but didn't like them as much as the pre-'67 models). Hitchhiking was almost as fast as driving back then, and there certainly  was an interesting mix of folks: everything from Hell's Angles to GI's that had just returned from 'Nam - two things (?) I came away with from this trip, was that it takes all kind of people to make a world, and there's ones to avoid at all costs I guess on the Yang/flip side of that I learned you couldn't judge a book by it's cover, and needed to develop a sixth sense. It was a great trip - I'd like to do my next one by a loaded touring bicycle. 
          http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/p...id=365418&v=Oc
          My sister still goes to the Whole Earth's product soirees when they're held in VA. She usually picks me up one of their T-shirts that says "You've Got To Love Your Mother" on the front , with the Whole Earth logo on the back.
          I don't miss the tonnage of vinyl from yore (even cd's are a bit much), but do enjoy the convenience of the digital age for acquiring/collecting music - 350g of tunes on a 5x8" hard drive, with 10,000 or so on my carry about mp3 player - tough to beat! That album was from Chicago huh?  :laugh: Thanks, I'll check 'im out.
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          • #20
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            Good tune Charlie. - I always liked the cover for 'It's a Beautiful Day's' debut album - coincided perfect with their music.. It was copied from a Good Housekeeping logo from 1900. Elegant in it's simplicity!


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            • #21
              [QUOTE]Olden wrote:

              Originally posted by gregszybala post=153135
              Passed my copy of the Whole Earth catalog on to my eldest son a couple of years ago. That was a serious road trip! How did you manage to keep that VW on the road?
              It was a different age. I was one of those hitchhikers back in 71. Out to San Francisco via a weeks stop in Boulder. Met a lot of interesting people and had a few interesting experiences.
              There was a record store on the South side of Chicago, Hegewisch Records. You name it, they had it including imports. Whenever a bunch of us had some money stashed we'd jump in somebodies car and make the drive. Of course they were under $3.00 so we'd come back with dozens of records. I know this isn't alt. country but here's one of the British bands:
                The VW wasn't much trouble: plenty of gear -and- occasional passengers inside to help with the wind and keep 'er on the road. I had a number of the Bugs (including a new then 1970, but didn't like them as much as the pre-'67 models). Hitchhiking was almost as fast as driving back then, and there certainly  was an interesting mix of folks: everything from Hell's Angles to GI's that had just returned from 'Nam - two things (?) I came away with from this trip, was that it takes all kind of people to make a world, and there's ones to avoid at all costs I guess on the Yang/flip side of that I learned you couldn't judge a book by it's cover, and needed to develop a sixth sense. It was a great trip - I'd like to do my next one by a loaded touring bicycle. 
              http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/p...id=365418&v=Oc
              My sister still goes to the Whole Earth's product soirees when they're held in VA. She usually picks me up one of their T-shirts that says "You've Got To Love Your Mother" on the front , with the Whole Earth logo on the back.
              I don't miss the tonnage of vinyl from yore (even cd's are a bit much), but do enjoy the convenience of the digital age for acquiring/collecting music - 350g of tunes on a 5x8" hard drive, with 10,000 or so on my carry about mp3 player - tough to beat! That album was from Chicago huh?  :laugh: Thanks, I'll check 'im out.
                I was a grad student in History at the University of Rhode Island in 1971, when one day a caravan of VW buses arrived on campus. I listened to their leader speak and ask folks to join them. But, I stayed in school, and the caravan went their way to become The Farm. I never did commit myself to being a full time hippy
              Welcome fearless traveler. Herein there be great riches. Park your preconceptions.

              http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Farm_(Tennessee)
              "The Farm was established after Stephen Gaskin and friends led a caravan of 60 buses, vans, and trucks from San Francisco on a four month speaking tour across the US. Along the way, they became a community, lacking only in land to put down roots. After returning to California, the decision was made to buy land together. Combining all their resources would finance purchase of only about fifty acres in California. Another month on the road brought the group back to Tennessee, where they checked out various places that might be suitable to settle. They decided on property in Lewis County, about fifty miles south of Nashville.[2] After buying 1,064 acres (4.1 km2) for $70 per acre, the group began building its community in the woods alongside the network of crude logging roads that followed its ridgelines. Shortly thereafter, an adjoining 750 acres (3.0 km2) were purchased for $100 per acre."
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              • #22
                Band is definition of alternative/grunge, BUT, Sounds like country to me!
                http://https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2z0cKtSlHOU
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                • #23
                  http://https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aePWkeDxRjE
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                  • #24
                    Getting my post's in!   :laugh: 
                    http://https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CgSR4ltkDCg
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                    • #25
                      http://https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQXP6TDtW0w :dunno:
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                      • #26
                        gregszybala wrote:

                        Passed my copy of the Whole Earth catalog on to my eldest son a couple of years ago. That was a serious road trip! How did you manage to keep that VW on the road?
                        It was a different age. I was one of those hitchhikers back in 71. Out to San Francisco via a weeks stop in Boulder. Met a lot of interesting people and had a few interesting experiences.
                        There was a record store on the South side of Chicago, Hegewisch Records. You name it, they had it including imports. Whenever a bunch of us had some money stashed we'd jump in somebodies car and make the drive. Of course they were under $3.00 so we'd come back with dozens of records. I know this isn't alt. country but here's one of the British bands:
                          Mick Abrams was in Tull prior to Blodwyn Pig That was some good music man. I had that album.
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                        • #27
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                          Thanks for the heads-up Hoss. It's one I missed, although I was into 'Tull, and caught several of his shows in the '60s: maybe hearing Mick Abrahams even - the album has some good reviews. I'll give it a full listen tonight.
                          Discover Ahead Rings Out by Blodwyn Pig released in 1969. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.


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                          • #28
                            I wondered if anybody knew that! Abrams and that band had some riffs! Figured it would be Olden, Cmd or you Hoss!
                            Oh to be young and do the stuff we did back then. But I won't go into details.
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                            • #29
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                              50 Rock Albums Every Country Fan Should Own
                              Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Bad Company and 47 other rock albums every country fan should buy.

                              ♪ Whenever I hear this song I think of home. You see when I came home from the hospital, it was to my home on the bayou; the happiest place it the world. Wh...

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                              • #30
                                http://https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bu3rsha1ZtI

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