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A roadmap that reveals the highways, byways, ley lines and subterranean tunnels connecting rock, soul, pop, folk rock, R&B, garage, punk, funk, jazz, world music, and soundtracks from the twilight of the 1950s to the dawn of the 1970s. Larry Grogan is a DJ, writer, podcaster, collector, and the man behind Funky16Corners.

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Favoriting September 12, 2024: Testify! - March of the Flower Children

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Artist Track Album Label Year Format Approx. start time
Funky16Corners  Testify! Intro   Favoriting Best of Funky16Corners Volume One  Funky16CCorners  2017  MP3  0:00:00 (Pop-up)
The Cowsills  The Rain, The Park & Other Things   Favoriting 45RPM Single  MGM  1968  45  0:01:26 (Pop-up)
Lynn Castle and Last Friday's Fire  Rose Colored Corner   Favoriting 45RPM Single  LHI  1967  45  0:04:23 (Pop-up)
Joyfull Noise  Animals, Flowers And Children   Favoriting Joyfull Noise  RCA  1968  LP  0:06:51 (Pop-up)
Johnny Diamond  Our Dream (Song of the Flower Children)   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Columbia  1967  45  0:09:31 (Pop-up)
Steve Allen and the Gentle Players  Flowers and Love   Favoriting Songs for Gentle People  Dunhill  1967  LP  0:11:33 (Pop-up)
Joe E Young and the Toniks  Flower In Your Hand   Favoriting Soul Buster  Toast  1968  LP  0:15:42 (Pop-up)
Morning Glories  Love In   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Warner Brothers  1967  45  0:18:15 (Pop-up)
 
Marcia Strassman  The Flower Children   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Uni  1967  45  0:26:23 (Pop-up)
The Osmonds  Flower Music   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Uni  1967  45  0:29:26 (Pop-up)
Shillings  Children and Flowers   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Three Rivers  1966  45  0:31:52 (Pop-up)
Cobblestones  Flower People   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Mobie  1967  45  0:34:36 (Pop-up)
Pleasure Fair  Morning Glory Days   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Uni  1967  45  0:37:00 (Pop-up)
Association  Rose Petals, Incense and a Kitten   Favoriting Birthday  Warner Brothers  1968  LP  0:39:47 (Pop-up)
Strawberry Alarm Clock  Pretty Song From Psych-Out   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Uni  1968  45  0:42:24 (Pop-up)
Holy Mackerel  Wildflowers   Favoriting Holy Mackerel  Reprise  1968  LP  0:45:43 (Pop-up)
Idy Lynn  Children of the Flower Song   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Columbia  1968  45  0:49:32 (Pop-up)
Sodom and Gomorrah  Flower Children   Favoriting 45RPM Single  CEI  1967  45  0:52:29 (Pop-up)
Lainie Kazan  Flower Child   Favoriting Love Is Lainie  MGM  1968  LP  0:55:15 (Pop-up)
Rose Garden  Flower Town   Favoriting Rose Garden  Atco  1968  LP  0:59:04 (Pop-up)
Seeds  March of the Flower Children   Favoriting Future  GNP Crescendo  1967  LP  1:02:06 (Pop-up)
Pasternak Progress  Flower Eyes   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Original Sound  1967  45  1:03:52 (Pop-up)
Jimmy Caravan  Look Into the Flower   Favoriting Look Into the Flower  Tower  1968  LP  1:06:20 (Pop-up)
The Move  Flowers In the Rain   Favoriting 45RPM Single  A&M  1967  45  1:09:52 (Pop-up)
 
Everly Brothers  Talk To the Flowers   Favoriting Everly Brothers Sing  Warner Brothers  1967  LP  1:19:57 (Pop-up)
Rejoice  Gardens of Chelsea   Favoriting Rejoice  Dunhill  1969  LP  1:22:45 (Pop-up)
Mickey Newbury  Flower Man   Favoriting Better Days  Drag City  2011  LP  1:26:44 (Pop-up)
The Zodiac  Libra - The Flower Child   Favoriting Cosmic Sounds  Elektra  1967  LP  1:30:48 (Pop-up)
Rajput & The Sepoy Mutiny  Flowers Flowers Everywhere   Favoriting Flower Power Sitar  Design  1968  LP  1:34:09 (Pop-up)
Eternity's Children  Flowers   Favoriting Eternity's Children  Tower  1968  LP  1:36:25 (Pop-up)
Anita Kerr and Rod McKuen  Flower People   Favoriting The Earth  Warner Brothers  1967  LP  1:38:13 (Pop-up)
Big Jim Sullivan  Flower Power   Favoriting Sitar A Go Go  Mercury  1967  LP  1:40:29 (Pop-up)
Moby Grape  Rose Colored Eyes   Favoriting Wow  Columbia  1968  LP  1:43:57 (Pop-up)
Sounds of Our Times  The Flower Children   Favoriting Music of the Flower Children  Capitol  1967  LP  1:47:50 (Pop-up)
 
Rex Garvin and the Mighty Cravers  I Gotta Go Now (Up On the Floor)   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Like  1966  45  1:54:45 (Pop-up)

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Yvang:

Larry! Testifyers!
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Funky16Corners:

↳ Yvang @3:01
Yvang!
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WLSClark:

↳ Song: "The Rain, The Park & Other Things" by "The Cowsills"
Love that Flower girl!
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Erica:

Hey Larry
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Funky16Corners:

↳ WLSClark @3:02
Hey Clark!
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Funky16Corners:

↳ Erica @3:02
Hi Erica!
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Yvang:

↳ Song: "The Rain, The Park & Other Things" by "The Cowsills"
Such a lovely tune
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doctorjazz:

↳ Song: "The Rain, The Park & Other Things" by "The Cowsills"
Love this!
Hi Larry, Testifiers!
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Funky16Corners:

↳ doctorjazz @3:03
Hey Doc!
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Brian in UK:

Hello Larry. Oh the sunshine will carry you home.
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Funky16Corners:

↳ Brian in UK @3:04
Hi Brian!
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WLSClark:

Hi Larry, Erica, Yvang, drJ, Brian!
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Yvang:

↳ WLSClark @3:05
Howdy WLSClark!
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Brian in UK:

↳ Erica @3:02
Erica, how are you doing?
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Brian in UK:

↳ WLSClark @3:05
Hello old bean.
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WLSClark:

↳ Brian in UK @3:07
Since you're in the UK, that's "MR> BEAN" to you! ;)
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Erica:

↳ Brian in UK @3:06
Hi Brian.
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Mxter Baba:

digging these sounds! hey Larry and folxes!
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Mxter Baba:

Um, I actually know the woman in that photo!!!! Psylvia!
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WLSClark:

Hi Mxter baba!
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Brian in UK:

↳ WLSClark @3:08
I like Rowan Atkinson but Mr Bean is a step too far.
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Funky16Corners:

↳ Mxter Baba @3:09
Hey Baba!
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Funky16Corners:

↳ Mxter Baba @3:09
Really!?!?
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Mxter Baba:

↳ Mxter Baba @3:09
she’s STILL groovy!!!! Flower Child for LIFE!!!
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Funky16Corners:

↳ Mxter Baba @3:10
Where was that taken? Be-IN in LA?
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Mxter Baba:

↳ Funky16Corners @3:10
yes, that was her moment of fame, at Woodstock!
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Funky16Corners:

↳ Mxter Baba @3:11
Oh ok, cool!
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Brian in UK:

It was around this time of year that the Diggers held the Death of the Hippy March in SF in 1967.
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WLSClark:

↳ Brian in UK @3:10
I loved that show!
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Mxter Baba:

Psylvia Woodstock search reveals! duckduckgo.com...
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Mxter Baba:

↳ Funky16Corners @3:11
We were in an experimental theatre company together in SF called Gray Area Ensemble (formerly Electra Theatre Co)
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Funky16Corners:

↳ Mxter Baba @3:12
That's wild. I just did a search for "flower child" and I liked that pic the best.
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Brian in UK:

↳ WLSClark @3:12
His facial work is above & beyond.
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Mxter Baba:

↳ Funky16Corners @3:13
she has the true spirit
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doctorjazz:

↳ Song: "Flowers and Love" by "Steve Allen and the Gentle ...
Steve Allen!!! THAT Steve Allen?
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Funky16Corners:

↳ doctorjazz @3:15
Yes indeed, with Gabor Szabo and Hal Blaine
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David Shortell:

↳ Brian in UK @3:10
Blackadder rules.
The millennial special "Back and Forth" was shown on New Jersey public television once. I don't think it was ever repeated.
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Funky16Corners:

↳ David Shortell @3:16
Hi David!
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Funky16Corners:

↳ doctorjazz @3:15
See this show for much more info on Steve's far-out period! wfmu.org...
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David Shortell:

↳ Song: "The Rain, The Park & Other Things" by "The Cowsills"
I saw Susan sing this at the Toms River library in 2015.
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Mxter Baba:

this link ought to go to a flickr page with photos of Psylvia with her daughter in one of our productions www.flickr.com...
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Brian in UK:

This is a priceless show. Highly recommended for later. Rowan appears at the end.
www.google.com...
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WLSClark:

↳ Brian in UK @3:20
I think I've seen it! Thanks, I will look later!
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David Shortell:

↳ Song: "Flowers and Love" by "Steve Allen and the Gentle ...
Who invented the term "flower child"? Does it really mean anything? I suspect it's used pejoratively but nobody ever used the term to describe oneself.
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WLSClark:

I thought Hal Blaine's solo 45s were often more bizarre than Steve Allen's.
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David Shortell:

↳ Brian in UK @3:20
1979. That's when "Not the Nine O'Clock News" started, right?
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WLSClark:

↳ Song: "The Flower Children" by "Marcia Strassman"
Huge LA hit! Great stuff!
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Funky16Corners:

↳ David Shortell @3:23
Oh, I think lots of people used it sincerely, and as self-identification
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doctorjazz:

↳ Funky16Corners @3:17
I see I was on that chat board, but that was your late night days, long ago, and my memory is going to hell!
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Funky16Corners:

↳ doctorjazz @3:28
I was surprised at how long ago it was!
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Funky16Corners:

↳ Song: "The Flower Children" by "Marcia Strassman"
BTW, this is Mrs Kotter
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doctorjazz:

↳ David Shortell @3:23
Wasn't there a thing of hippy girls giving police flowers?
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Hubig Pie:

↳ Song: "The Flower Children" by "Marcia Strassman"
Listen to the flower people.
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Funky16Corners:

↳ doctorjazz @3:29
Putting flowers in the gun barrells of National Guardsmen at various protests,most famously at the Pentagon
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David Shortell:

↳ Funky16Corners @3:29
I thought it was Nurse Cutler!
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Funky16Corners:

↳ Hubig Pie @3:30
Hey Hubig Pie! I was tempted to include that one, but wanted to keep it contemporaneous
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Funky16Corners:

↳ David Shortell @3:31
What's that from?
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Brian in UK:

↳ David Shortell @3:27
David, yes it was around that time.
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WLSClark:

↳ Song: "Children and Flowers" by "Shillings"
Best version for my money!
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Vincent The Soul Chef:

Late pass in hand, because the delivery was about five hours late lol... good afternoon everyone :)
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Funky16Corners:

↳ WLSClark @3:32
Agreed. I have a British version somewhere
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Funky16Corners:

↳ Vincent The Soul Chef @3:33
Hi Vincent!
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Funky16Corners:

↳ Song: "Flower People" by "Cobblestones"
Clark, this is on a Chicago label. Do you remember it?
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Vincent The Soul Chef:

↳ Funky16Corners @3:33
Taking notes as per usual... :)
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David Shortell:

↳ Funky16Corners @3:31
The first season of the TV sitcom "M*A*S*H". She appeared in 6 episodes.
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WLSClark:

↳ Funky16Corners @3:35
Yes, I never had it tho. I only had tape of it.
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Funky16Corners:

↳ David Shortell @3:36
I forgot all about that!
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WLSClark:

↳ Song: "Morning Glory Days" by "Pleasure Fair"
David Gates early days, right?
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Funky16Corners:

↳ WLSClark @3:37
It charted on a couple of Wisconsin stations, I wonder if they were from there?
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WLSClark:

↳ Funky16Corners @3:38
I have some info on that, but not handy.
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David Shortell:

↳ Brian in UK @3:32
It used to be shown in America on PBS. Is it still rerun in the UK? Probably not the first season with child-porn crook Chris Langham.
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WLSClark:

↳ Song: "Pretty Song From Psych-Out" by "Strawberry Alarm ...
B side of their giant!
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Andrew in Toronto:

Hi there, Larry, and all other listeners!
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WLSClark:

Hi Andrew!
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Funky16Corners:

↳ Andrew in Toronto @3:45
Hi Andrew!
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Andrew in Toronto:

↳ WLSClark @3:45
Hi, Clark!
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Funky16Corners:

↳ Song: "Wildflowers" by "Holy Mackerel"
Young Paul Williams here
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WLSClark:

↳ Funky16Corners @3:47
Cool! No idea on that one!
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Funky16Corners:

↳ WLSClark @3:47
They made a fantastic album, too
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WLSClark:

↳ Funky16Corners @3:48
Interesting. I did a little work on Now Sounds Paul williams CD but dont remember any of this group on it.
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WLSClark:

I dont suppose Grocer jack gets lamented today here?
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Funky16Corners:

↳ WLSClark @3:49
One album for Reprise and a few non-LP 45 tracks. His brother Mentor Williams was in the group, too
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David Shortell:

↳ Funky16Corners @3:47
I just watched him in "Phantom of the Paradise" last night.
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Funky16Corners:

↳ WLSClark @3:50
Not today
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WLSClark:

↳ Funky16Corners @3:50
Interesting. Sorry, gotta go now (to quote someone in an hour). Great stuff, larry!
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Funky16Corners:

↳ WLSClark @3:51
Thanks Clark! Take care!
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Erica:

↳ Andrew in Toronto @3:46
Hey Andrew!
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David Shortell:

I'm reminded of "Love Power" by Lorenzo St. DuBois in "The Producers". Mel Brooks wrote/directed the movie, but I wonder if actor Dick Shawn had the greater hand in creating that scene.
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Funky16Corners:

↳ David Shortell @3:55
It certainly had his energy. I was watching him in Its a Mad Mad Mad World the other day. He was nuts (in the best way)
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dutchtheo:

Hey Larry and flowerfolk!
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Funky16Corners:

↳ dutchtheo @3:58
Hey Theo!
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Erica:

*Whip*
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David Shortell:

↳ Funky16Corners @3:56
A special up-tempo version of the Shirelles' "31 Flavors" was used in that “It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World” scene. I wish it existed in phonographic form.
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Yvang:

↳ Song: "March of the Flower Children" by "Seeds"
No flower without the Seeds.
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Funky16Corners:

↳ David Shortell @4:03
SYLVESTAAAAAAHHHHH!!
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Funky16Corners:

↳ Yvang @4:04
Sky Saxon was an OG Flower Child!
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Yvang:

↳ David Shortell @4:03
I need to rewatch it...for the 1001th time.
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David Shortell:

↳ doctorjazz @3:29
Robert Crumb depicted something like that in 1970:
copronason.com...
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Funky16Corners:

↳ David Shortell @4:19
I think the hateful old man was standing in for Crumb himself!
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Fred R:

Hey Larry and everyone! Nice show
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Funky16Corners:

↳ Fred R @4:23
Hi Fred!
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Brian in UK:

↳ WLSClark @3:50
Funny you should mention Grocer Jack. Saw this recently.
www.youtube.com...
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Discotech Underground:

Happy Flower Power! Stay tuned for Discotech Underground NEXT on Drummer Radio!

wfmu.org...
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Funky16Corners:

↳ Discotech Underground @4:41
Hey Kip!
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WTF_Chuck:

Diggin the Flower Power!! 🎵 Sitar is just alright with me… 🎵🎵
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Funky16Corners:

↳ WTF_Chuck @4:44
Hey Chuck!
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WTF_Chuck:

↳ Funky16Corners @4:45
Hi Larry! Fun show! And Hi to Kip too. Will have to catch D.U. in the archive this time.
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David Shortell:

↳ Song: "Flower Power" by "Big Jim Sullivan"
I read that Allen Ginsberg coined the term in a 1965 issue of the Berkeley Barb. It caught on!
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Funky16Corners:

↳ David Shortell @4:49
I mentioned him during the first break
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David Shortell:

↳ doctorjazz @3:29
upload.wikimedia.org...
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doctorjazz:

↳ David Shortell @4:50
;- )
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doctorjazz:

Thanks, Larry.
Love Peace Hugs and Kisses all, may your Lava Lamp never stop burning!
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Vincent The Soul Chef:

Thank you for the education, Larry. I'm off to do my homework now :)
Have a good one, everybody...
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Yvang:

Thanks for the perfumed garden of sonic delights' visit, Larry!
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Erica:

Groovy show Larry! Sorry for not chatting much. I've been busy setting up my new phone.
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WR:

Thank you! Larry!
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Funky16Corners:

Thanks for listening everyone!
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