Musings on the byways of popular culture
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This letter to Graham Parkes, who I presume was the Ents officer of Queen’s College Oxford from 1969 has a rather interesting list of bands and prices, free on the 24th June. So what bands would you book for the 24th?
Me, I like the popsters so it would be Timebox, Bonzos, Vanity Fare and definitely the Flirtations featuring Pearly Gates. So my bill would be £750, which is about £10500 in today’s money.
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I spent a hugely enjoyable week in the Catskills region of upstate New York this month, the focal point of which was my time at Bethel Woods for the 50th anniversary of the Woodstock Festival. You can read about it on my blogsite. Hopefully the link works. Let me know if it doesn’t.
https://bangnzdrum.blogspot.com/2019/08/my-woodstock-50th-anniversary-diary.html
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1969 isn’t the best for albums, at least not compared to the previous four years, but its singles are plenty and very wonderful.
We did a thread on the singles of 1968 last year but I reckon 1969 could be even better. Then, I started off with Simon & Garfunkel. I’ll do same now.
The Boxer, featuring Hal Blaine.
