Category Archives: youth

ON THE ROAD AGAIN – Canned Heat

March 14, 2011 – 10:56 pm

The only fat person at Woodstock was Bob “The Bear” Hite of Canned Heat. everyone loved the leadman of this rock blues group out of LA. They were the real deal. Even sold drugs to support the group through bad times. Rock on ‘Bear’. It’s easy to see why they called him ‘Bear’. To hear […]

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WILD BEAR by Peter Nolan Smith

March 14, 2011 – 9:37 pm

The flatness of the Midwest dominated travel across Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, and the stunted panhandle of Pennsylvania. The great industrial cities of Gary, Toledo, Cleveland, and Erie were connected by I-90. Summer was at its height, as my good friend, AK, and I hitchhiked east from San Diego. We had experienced 135 degrees Fahrenheit in […]

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WHIPPING POST / Allman Brothers 1970

March 12, 2011 – 6:54 pm

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You Bet I Would # 5

March 6, 2011 – 7:42 pm
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THE DREAM / Orpheus

March 5, 2011 – 3:10 pm
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