From the 60's -> The Pretty Things

I like the whole scene, the world they were. In 1968.

This video is a movie scene, but the band is just these guys jamming, how they actually were.

And the people are all acting how people did.

And those aren't costumes. Those were the cool threads people wore,

when life was a celebration

and room was still made for magical mindedness and circumstance.

Groovy baby.  Right on.  Solid.

Besides, look at that drummer's hat. You can't tell me you dont want that hat! Oh, you WANT that hat! 

Okay, it's me that wants the hat!!  *YOINK*  

Oh, ere's a groovy band!  ("They're cookin!")

See what I mean?  These people had a strong sense of what's cool. Very cool.

Ya know I dont usually go this far back. The music I like is mid-70's.

But I'm always looking at new youtube posts of old music still being made available.

The more I make the history of it all part of my awareness, the more I love every beautiful thing that happened along the way.

The decades..the genres & venues of each.  (From radio in the 50's, to outdoor concerts (60's), then taped TV shows (70's), and finally MTV (80's), and the death of radio (90's).)

The birth, life and demise of genres,

the history of guitar itself,

the start of distortion and effects,

the life of rock n roll,

to know guitars and amps, enough to listen to any rig and get it.

and please

being told told to be scared of hippies, by the adults who were frightened of them,

by their long hair, and calling themselves freaks.

The TV said hippies were scary,

So at 8 years old I had nightmares about a Chevy full of hippies terrorizing me.

But at least the adults were at the helm.