Category Archives: youth

I Fought The Law

May 22, 2012 – 3:35 pm

On August 23, 1973 accidental actor Mark Frechette was arrested for bank robbery a few blocks away from Mel Lyman’s commune in Boston. Boston police responded to the silent alarm and shot dead of his accomplices.. Mark threw his gun on the floor. It was unloaded. Bail was set at $2500. He didn’t go to […]

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BLACK ROSES by Clear Light 1967

May 9, 2012 – 4:17 pm
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Bright Lit Blue Skies by the Rockin Ramrods 1966

April 29, 2012 – 11:44 pm
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House of The Rising Sun – Bob Dylan 1962

April 26, 2012 – 7:46 pm

Fifty years later. The LP BOB DYLAN changed our world. I was ten years old. It was arranged by Dave Van Ronk. The Pope of Greenwich Village.

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Donnie Ward 1270

April 26, 2012 – 5:35 pm

In 1971 I drove taxi to pay for my college education. The Boston Cab Company had its garage on 72 Kilmarnock St. The split was 50/50 for booking over $100 in a night. Tips added another $10 to the equation. Average income for a family of four was $10,000. I wasn’t rich, but I had […]

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