>for every Yes there were a dozen Star Castle's.

Ya, well, Star Castle was on tour the other year....<g> by the way, were they anything like Captain Beyond?

>The social changes of the late 60's inspired one movement in art as did it's aftermath. A decade later ushered in MTV and whole new type or music came along that hadn't been possible prior.

Well thank god for the internet... it's totally put me back on track with music! Trust me.. Houston is no musical hub.. and neither is Austin, despite it's claim as the music capital of the world... anyway you actually think MTV created the new sound? you don't think that it wouldn't have evolved naturally???