The Flowering of the Hippies

The Flowering of the Hippies

“The hippie “scene” on Haight Street in San Francisco was so very visual that photographers came from everywhere to shoot it, reporters came from everywhere to write it up with speed, and opportunists came from everywhere to exploit its drug addiction, its sexual possibility, and its political or social ferment. Prospective hippies came from everywhere for one “summer of love” or maybe longer, some older folk to indulge their latent hippie tendencies, and the police to contain, survey, or arrest “…. Read more about the history of the hippies, straight off of San Franciscoā€™s Haight St. in The Atlanticā€™s September 1967 issue...

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Grandpa Woodstock

Grandpa Woodstock

ā€œI spread peace and love, thatā€™s what I doā€- Allyn Richardson, aka The Grandpa of Woodstock. This man epitomizes the spirit of ā€˜69. Read more about him via The New York Times here!...

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Guitar World

Guitar World

Hear the guitar heroes of Woodstock recall their moments at the worldĀ“s greatest music festival in this awesome Guitar WorldĀ article....

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