Gerry Colvin: Revolution [it's a creative commons download] I am writing/posting once again about The Age of Aquarius at this l...

Merle Haggard : Okie from Muskogee [ purchase ] No compilation of hippie music is complete without acknowledging its counterpart, the...

The Youngbloods : Get Together [ purchase ] Talk about a period piece. It's hard to imagine "Get Together" making a ma...

Di Leva : Vi Har Bara Varandra [ purchase ] Funny thing about hippies: they tend to be right.  Oh sure, it's easy to sneer at the ea...

Quicksilver Messenger Service : Fresh Air [ purchase ] In the late 1960’s, Quicksilver Messenger Service was a popular Bay Area band, bu...

Blind Faith: Do What You Like [ purchase ] I happened to be in Seattle in the summer of 69, and although I was just barely a teen (14...

Crosby, Stills, and Nash: Almost Cut My Hair [ purchase ] Yes, that's me up there, in 2002: prep school teacher, daddy, and long hai...

David "Honeyboy" Edwards: Catfish Blues [ purchase ] My wife's diet changes in the past year or so have meant that we ...

A Tribe Called Quest : Ham ‘n’ Eggs [ purchase ] So, when was the last time you heard a rapper worrying about cholesterol?  Back in the ...

Meat Puppets : Enchanted Pork Fist [Purchase] Before Star Maker Machine looks like a series of Yesterday and Today  Butchers Cover ou...

Don Dixon & Marti Jones : Praying Mantis [ purchase studio version ] I just finished spending the day smoking a pork butt, creat...

Ry Cooder: Pigmeat [ purchase ] A belated start to this week's theme, but not as late as all that, really, given how closely connected...

Little Feat: Dixie Chicken  [ purchase ] While we're stuck on the animal kingdom and temporarily focused on fowl (and the plural...

Tom Russell : Gallo del Cielo [ purchase ] Due to my love of country and folk music, I have 68 horse mp3s in my collection. But since I...

Los Lobos: Will the Wolf Survive? [ purchase ] Time flies. Los Lobos -- "The Wolves" -- formed in 1976. For a band that...

The Tokens: The Lion Sleeps Tonight (Wimoweh) [ purchase ] My favorite football team has always been the Detroit Lions. When I was lit...

The Suburbs : Cows [ purchase ] I lived in Minneapolis back in the 80’s, so I am familiar with the Purple One. The album that includ...

The Cure : The Caterpillar [ purchase ] Skittering sticky sweet and sensual from the close confines of The Top , perfect pep deception f...

Original Dixieland Jass Band : Tiger Rag [ purchase ] For some reason, this post was out of place, requiring me to delete the original a...

Johnny Cash : Boa Constrictor [Purchase] For his 23rd album, 1966's Everybody Loves A Nut, The Man In Black took his cue from R...