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Though not particularly busy , the forum itself is excellent. Some nice people , who made me feel very welcome and many interesting topics. Found the site eventually. Better late than never, ha ha.

Here's some more courtesy of Bay area tv. Lots of interesting footage. https://diva.sfsu.edu/collections/sfbatv/3005

I'm a born and bred Londoner who moved away around 20 years ago. I'm Caucasian and this site and forum is a real eye opener. Interest stems mainly from .1960s soul and rhythm n blues and also the likes of James Baldwin.

At the risk of 'jumping in', I'd like to welcome you back even though Ive only been a member for six months now. Greetings from South East England.

Giving this a whirl. I don't actually own it as yet bit it's on You Tube.

One of my favourite Joan Baez songs. https://youtu.be/g1fpDWXwfso

Just starting the second chapter. Pretty good so far.

@Kareem Joan Baez released many many albums . She was a very good friend of Bob Dylan too. I think I own about 3 of Graham's albums and they are pretty good. As for Neil Young , i prefer his early stuff and a little of what was then his previous band, Buffalo Springfield. I don't yet own Pulse. Probably prefer the short lived Syd Barrett era.

Found this via Reel Black on You Tube. All I got was audio though. https://diva.sfsu.edu/collections/sfbatv/10287 And here is the original video where I found the link. Never heard of this book. Will have to look into it.

@Kareem, I think ,at least to an extent, folk music was quite unique to Europe in particular the UK though a kind of folk at least existed in the States too. Not including Dylan, people like Davy Graham and Joan Baez. Here Bert Jansch, Fairport Convention and Pentangle reigned supreme. Lots of pubs and clubs playing host to many folk artists who quite a lot sang about old tales of old folk from rural England,Wales etc. All I can remember from the 60s themselves,musically was seeing the Beatles performing Hey Jude on tv. I was only five. I suppose I do tend to listen to the likes of the Stones, early Floyd and more obscure bands than I do of the Beatles now. Crosby,Stills,Nash and Young are great. But more recently having been trailing through the web looking for lesser known soul and funk . Hence that recent album I found,Barnyard Soul which is just superb. Add a little vino,just a little to go with the weed and some decent sounds and I bet you just might see Lucy in the sky with diamonds or a purple haze

I HAD to respond. I really didn't want you getting the wrong idea. The AALBC site and forum are great. But as I said, Lipstick Alley isn't for me.

It's the Lipstick forum in general. I just don't really feel its my bag really though Troy did mention that it has a literature section. My reply wasn't aimed at you personally at all. Honestly.

Ive read more than enough for me not to even consider applying to join this site and forum.

@ Kareem, yes I've seen that clip of Hendrix. It's excellent. As a youngster , I suppose around the age of 10, the first music that really got me was the Glam Rock bands like T Rex,Slade and the Sweet. All the rage over here in the early 70s. Wasn't long before I started listening to my brothers Beatles albums and I was hooked immediately. They were the first people i really got into in a big way. And I do mean big. Come the late 70s, punk and new wave took a hold and I got into the Jam, the Buzzcocks and the Undertones. Also, the Mod revival was upon us and through that I started listening to 60s soul and rhythm n blues along with others like The Who, the Small Faces and the Kinks. That era of music has never left me. Those fantastic soul people like Otis,the Impressions and James Brown. I do find the late 60s and early 70s time for soul as being the most interesting. Issac Hayes,Funkadelic and the like were coming out with some absolutely amazing sounds.And the blues of Little Walter, Sonny Boy Williamson, Howlin Wolf and Muddy. It was through 60s psychedelia that I got into Hendrix massively. Always aware of him, I listened very closely to his official studio albums , I now own lots of live stuff too. I've around 25 of his albums now. I'm a very proud owner. Oops, sorry for rambling, ha ha.

Just started this, the second in the trilogy though I've already read Detroit 67 and Harlem 69.

No problem,Troy.

I receive email alerts from Shakespeare and Company in Paris and this link was included in their latest newsletter. https://www.ravenbookstore.com/how-resist-amazon-and-why

You're not wrong there. Sometimes,I'm sitting there with a particular album on and I think how lucky I am. A real and authentic age of music. This baby arrived less than a week ago and I'm giving it its first airing right now. WOW.

They are indeed. The vast majority of the music I listen to cover the years, roughly 1964- 74, give or take. But blues mainly is the Chess 50s stuff.

As if I haven't got enough to read, I've just ordered this.

Not now but this crazy album helped me see in 2020.

Ok, I'll get the ball rolling. Black Fire,anthology of Afro American Writing(1969 edition), Memphis 68, Revolutionary Suicide- Huey Newton, What Happened,Miss Simone?, Jimi Hendrix,a brothers Story, Street Fighting Years- Tariq Ali, James Baldwin, the FBI Files, Home- Leroi Jones and Power to the People, World of the Black Panthers.

As I probably won't be back until at least Boxing Day ( that's the 26th), just wanted to wish you all a very merry Christmas. Post Christmas, lets all share which books we have got as gifts. (As Roland Martin says, keep it black, keep it real ).

Thanks. I'll look out for this book.

Whilst reading the autobiography of Leroi Jones, Baracka himself mentioned a David Henderson poem that he was very impressed with. The poem itself was based on the 1964 Impressions hit, Keep on Pushing. Anyway, Henderson was a co founder of the Black Arts movement and I was 'aware' of his name but couldn't quite place him. After some minor research, the penny dropped. He wrote a biography on Jimi Hendrix ( which I've just ordered) and De Mayor of Harlem. I think he was partly responsible for the 1968 book, Black Fire: an Anthology of Afro American Writing. My first port of call was here for some information on Henderson but I couldn't seem to find him in the authors section. https://diva.sfsu.edu/collections/poetrycenter/bundles/235547 http://litandthecivilrightsmovement.weebly.com/uploads/2/0/3/4/20342527/henderson-keep_on_pushing_harlem_riotssummer1964.pdf