Author-humorist Willie G. Moseley, with whom I shared this page in The Tribune for several years, often says the period of popular music recorded and released between 1967-1973 is without peer.
This fertile and creative period is remembered fondly for many reasons. It began with the Summer of Love and Sgt. Pepper, reached its zenith with Woodstock and Altamont and ended around the same time as the Vietnam War and Watergate.
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