Posted by David Webster on October 30, 2009 · 2 Comments
(Oct. 30, 2009) In the summer of 1965 The Doors formed amid the turbulence of the era with music that was as intense and complex as the times that spawned them. They derived their name from references to “the doors of perception” in works by William Blake and Aldous Huxley.
The Doors had a dark, brooding personality that came largely from singer Jim Morrison. Musically, other members of the Doors combined a jazzy improv style that allowed Morrison to sometimes write poetic lyrics on the spot coming across to audiences as quit profound and deep. Morrison, like several other influential artists of the sixties, died at the age of 27 and left behind a musical legacy from a tragic time in rock and roll history.
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Posted by David Webster on October 18, 2009 · Leave a Comment
(Oct. 18, 2009) Mary Travers ( Peter Paul and Mary) died last month at age of 72. Her beautiful spirit touched all of us who grew up in the 60's. Peter, Paul, and Mary were one of the best folk-singing groups of the 1960s. The trio was composed of Peter Yarrow, Noel "Paul" Stookey, and Mary. Peter Paul and Mary took their message of peace around the globe and were activists whose songs of freedom touched hundreds of millions of people.
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