It's going to be a long year.

Protesters used to have a sense of humor. I saw Country Joe and the Fish perform "Fixin to Die Rag" at the Newport Pop Festival in 1968...

 

In an argument with his wife, Sandra Dee, he said, "In here, I'm just a short, fat, balding, little man named Waldo Cassotto, but out there, (pointing to the front door).......I'm Bobby Darin."

 

Morris Day and The Time...

 

Deep Purple featured one of the greatest guitar players of all-time: Ritchie Blackmore.

 

I sing Highway Star on occasion..... great song.

 

Astrud Gilberto and Stan Getz had a huge hit in 1964...

 

Canned Heat

 

I prefer;

 

Seems appropriate today;

 

Grace Slick was the rudest performer I ever saw. She abused her audience with vulgarities' and obscene gestures. A guy sitting in front of me said, "I love you!" to which she replied "F-you punk!" She admitted to taking a lot of LSD and it showed...

 

OK children of the '80's...here you go.

 

Are you ready for Freddy?

 

This was sent to me by one of my baseball friends on Facebook.

 

Regis Philbin conducts the Notre Dame Fight Song at Carnegie Hall.

 

80 years ago JO'Co's buddy, Bugs Bunny, made his first appearance in a cartoon...as the wascally wabbit.

 

Local band "We Five." The lead guitar was from Damien High School. Forty years later the lead singer was one of my professors in graduate school at Cal State University @ San Bernardino.

 

Frankie Lymon was a huge star at age 13, married three times, then died of a heroin overdose at age 25.

 

The Who and the Rolling Stones regarded them as equals: Jethro Tull.