Listen to the first track from Jimi Hendrix’s upcoming release. The track is a cover of Muddy Waters’ 1955 blues classic ‘Mannish Boy’. This is just one of the many recordings taken from 1968 to 1970 sessions. They are to appear on a new Hendrix album titled Both Sides Of The Sky. ‘Mannish Boy’ was …
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Charles Manson Is Dead
The infamous ’60s cult leader Charles Manson has died at the age of 83. Charles Manson has died in Kern County Hospital in Bakersfield, California after a lingering health issue that has affected him since the 19th January 2017. This marks the end of his life sentence from his admittance on the 25th January 1971. …
Playlist: 60’s Psychedelic Rock
Discover the late ’60s with our Psychedelic Rock Playlist. During the late ’60s, bands began to throw away their uniform attire and turn to a life of sex, drugs and rock ‘n’ roll. Guitarists began to experiment with their instruments (some even set them alight) whilst producers began to push music further than it had …
60s San Francisco Travel Guide
Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, Jefferson Airplane and many more musicians flocked to the Haight Ashbury area of San Francisco in 1967. Why? Something ‘groovy’ was happening. Endless parties, drugs and music flooded the streets while free health clinics were being set up in the name of Love. Even though we couldn’t make it during the …
Grace Slick’s Summer Of Love
50 years ago today, in 1967, the Summer Of Love began. It was the rise of the hippie counterculture and a time for love to win. People flocked to Haight Ashbury in San Francisco (dubbed ‘Hashbury’ by Hunter S Thompson) to become part of the movement. Jefferson Airplane singer Grace Slick was part of it …
Watch The Doors’ Strange Days Video
https://youtu.be/eZWB0VF2vDI The Doors have re-released their 1967 video for Strange Days. This is the title track of their second album Strange Days. The record is currently celebrating its 50th birthday. There will be an anniversary edition released in November which you can pre-order below! What do you think of the video? Tell me in the …
50 Years Of The Doors’ Strange Days
“When the still sea conspires an armour And her sullen and aborted Currents breed tiny monsters True sailing is dead” – Horse Latitudes The immortal poetry of Jim Morrison was further showcased in The Doors’ second album Strange Days. With a bigger budget and new equipment, the band was free to experiment with sound in …