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Topic: Do you like Rock and Roll from the 50s, 60s, and 70s?
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Moe
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posted August 15, 2015 08:29 PM
Never been there. I played in a couple of bands at POP in the summer of 1963, I think. Battle of the bands stuff. My favorite times were playing folk and bluegrass. Met a lot of nice people back then and had a lot of fun.
I actually got started in San Francisco at a coffee house named The Blue Unicorn on Hayes St about a block from my apartment. There were places you could play a set and get to eat.
I went to West Covina High. Lots of talented people came out of that school. John Rodby and Jennifer Warnes for a couple. Rodby became Dinah Shore's band leader.
Damn, I'm old.
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Leonard
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posted August 16, 2015 05:13 AM
El Monte high school used to regularly beat up on West Covina. lol
There is much to like about San Fransisco, and quite a lot that's not so good. Particularly the Liberal politics. People don't realize that where I live, what's called the West End, (of San Bernardino County) and the Inland Empire, in general, is just as conservative as Orange County.
Good hunting. El Bee
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Moe
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posted August 16, 2015 05:49 AM
Before I moved to West Covina my family lived in temporary military quarters in the same wash that the CVCA had it's meetings in in Pasadena. We'd just gotten back to the states from living in Taiwan for a couple of years. I only went to West Covina for the last half of my senior year. Then I went up to Mt Sac for a while.
I had family in the Bay Area including some in SF. I had planned to attend USF but got caught up in working for a living which wasn't turning out so pretty good so I moved back to the LA area and would up living in Whittier and working for GTE.
I met a CVCA guy named Art Parra and he got me into calling and I joined the CVCA.
I've been a conservative all of my life yet didn't even know what the term meant when I was young. SF was an eye opener. Lots to like about the city but lots to dislike, too. My dad has a monument at The Presidio Millitary Cemetery and I like to go visit.
I call San Francisco Soddom By the Bay. It's changed a lot since the 50's and none of it for the good. We enjoy going to Grotto #9 and to the House of Prime Rib but our old haunts in Chinatown are gone. You can get a great Chinese meal there, still, if you know where to go. Having lived in China for a couple of years I like good Chinese food.
BTW....my sport was basketball and I did play at West Covina. As I recall the only team that could beat us was Covina High. Just bad attitude from the players at W Covina, IMO. But remember.....there's an age difference between us. I graduated in '62. [ August 16, 2015, 05:54 AM: Message edited by: Moe ]
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Leonard
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posted August 16, 2015 06:26 AM
You know what? El Monte class of 1960 is having our 55 year reunion in Temecula September 16th. Should be fun.
Good hunting. El Bee
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Paul Melching
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posted August 19, 2015 03:57 AM
I love music , from the Brandenburg Concertos to Bonnie Rait I love music. p.s. rap/hip hop is organized noise not music , most pop is crap as well.
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Kokopelli
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posted August 19, 2015 07:36 AM
`organized noise`
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Leonard
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posted August 19, 2015 10:33 AM
....and that's giving too much credit.
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