>>>>In those years my family had a little band. We used to get together with friends at our house and play all that old music (that and a lot of blues and jazz). (That was in my Boulder, CO new age religion, vegetarian, no sugar, health nut phase)
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>>>Not sure if the rest of the book would be your cup of herbal tea, but you might enjoy this http://headhunterjazz.com/hippies.htm
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>>I still remember the first time I saw "King Crimson" live. They were the warm-up act for "Procol Harum". They couldn't have found two more different groups if they'd scoured the planet. The first set was rockin' and the second set; well, you'd have thought everyone was asleep until each number ended and the place erupted.
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>The show I saw that most resembled that was Fleetwood Mac opening for the Eagles at Foxboro Stadium in about 1975, The Eagles were rock royalty at the time so were the headliners and the group most people were there to see. Fleetwood Mac, who were just starting to get huge after the release of their white album, came on first. Since their recorded songs were so tight and radio friendly, it was a revelation to people to see them cut loose on the stage. Stevie Nicks was pretty hard to take your eyes off back in her heyday. And Lindsey Buckingham, the guitarist, was the biggest scene stealer. A great guitarist trapped in a singles band. The guitar solos that were about 16 bars long on record could be stretched out to 5 minutes, with the crowd going nuts.
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>It wasn't until later that they were all on drugs and practically emblematic of the excesses of rock bands of the 80s. At the time they were still on the way up, like a rocket. I'm glad I got to see them then.

They were great days. I remember going to see James Taylor, and his warm-up was a little known (at that time) song writer and singer named 'Carole King'. I remember going to the first 'Beggars Banquet', which, if I remember correctly was held at Varsity Stadium. The lineup included Procol Harum, Melanie, Poco (I wish I'd ever seen Buffalo Springfield live), Crowbar and others I can't really recall. I do recall that there was a duo called 'God and I', but I don't remember much about them. We never came to any kind of consensus as to which one was God, and anyway, you'd have thought that any group with God in it would have been more memorable. At other venues; "Sly and the Family Stone" (jerks - very late and very short show), "Paul Butterfield Blues Band" (great show - in fact, 'Crowbar' was their warmup), Santana (fantastic show). And on. Yep, they were great days.