"If
hippie was a religion, it's primary ritual was the psychedelic rock
concert.
These
were not so different from the rituals of many sacred traditions:
for centuries people have ingested psychoactive plant substances
and then danced in trance to loud music.
The hippies were intuitively following this time-honored method
of escaping ordinary reality and contacting a different one.
Beginning
at the Avalon and Fillmore ballrooms in San Francisco,
the psychedelic rock concerts provided a setting for visionary journeying,
or "tripping."
In
the rock show you were in a vibrating universe,
an aural space that drove everything out of your mind except the
moment.
All boundaries and distinctions of oneness, as real as any that
happened to any mystic who ever lived.
We
were part of a new culture, a new world dawning:
we were a force to be reckoned with.
Welcome
to a 60s & 70s Music Realm This
has been a huge project for me..taking about 1 year and half so
far.
It will probably take another 2 years to complete.
I totally realize there are a plethora of 60s Rock n Roll Bands
websites...
I hope that I can offer you something fresh and also educational...
There
will be no more decades like this one-ever.
So let's preserve what we can of our culture.
I am committed to creating this here at 60s & Further.
With
each band page I am featuring a
biographies or history of the bands, CDs,
DVDs if any, lyrics, qioutes, and photographs.
I have
split up many of the stores in genres to keep my sanity.
There will be a list of bands and musicians below...
Those that are linked I have finished...
I
am using AmazonDOTcom for my primary source.
And you can always click on the albums to hear cuts and then
hit your back button to return here.
I have really researched this folks, so I
truly hope that you
Enjoy the Journey'
LionHeart
August 2007
Led
Zeppelin
Eric
Clapton
The
Rolling Stones
The
Grateful Dead
Jefferson
Airplane
Canned
Heat
Traffic
Donovan
Joni
Mitchell
Crosby,
Stills & Nash
Neil
Young
Country
Joe & the Fish
The
Who
Stevie
Ray Vaughn
Van
Morrison
Blind
Faith
Santana
Buffalo
Springfield
The
Band
Tim
Buckley
Frank
Zappa
Jackson
Browne
Ten
Years After
Simon
& Garfunkle
Shawn
Phillips
James
Taylor
Paul
Butterfield Blues Band
Johnny
Winter
Fleetwood
Mac
Stevie
Nicks
The
Doobie Brothers
Jeff
Beck
Creedence
Clearwater Revival
Steppenwolf
Alice
Cooper
Mountain
Judy
Collins
The
Mama's & Papa's
George
Thorogood
Jefferson
Starship
Hot
Tuna
Leon
Russell
Dr.
John the Nightripper
Arlo
Guthrie
Quicksilver
Messenger Service
The
Fugs
Elton
John
Spirit
Joe
Cocker
Tom
Waits
Buffy
Sainte- Marie
Gordon
Lightfoot
Steve
Miller Band
Journey
Laura
Nyro
Heavy
Metal Friends 1-3
60s
Bards 1-3
Rock
Blues 1-2
Motown
Black
Blues Musicians
Reggae
& Rasta
GROUPIES
A groupie
is a person who, while he/she may be a fan at some level,
seeks intimacy (most often physical, sometimes emotional) with a famous
person.
Groupie is derived from group, meaning a musical band, but now has
more general application.
The term "groupie" is often used derogatorily.
Female groupies in particular are known for a long-standing tradition
of being available
for sexual intercourse with celebrities, rock stars, professional
athletes, politicians, and other public figures
regardless of the fact that the objects of their obsession may already
be married, have children, or otherwise already in a committed relationship.
There are other male dominated professions and occupations that appear
to attract groupies as well,
such as law enforcement and firefighters (especially after 9/11),
the military (these women are sometimes referred to as "Allotment
Annies",
"debs", "badge bunnies", camp followers, or EIB's
[Everyone In the Barracks]),
preachers and ministers. Even convicted criminals sometimes have followers
– see hybristophilia.
In
the book Hammer of the Gods (Stephen Davis, 1985),
Led Zeppelin singer Robert Plant is quoted making a distinction between
fans
who wanted a brief sexual encounter with a musician,
and "groupies" who adopted a musician for the duration of
the tour,
acting as a surrogate girlfriend or mother, often taking care of the
musician's valuables, drugs, wardrobe, and social life.
The GTOs (Girls Together Outrageously) who were associated with Frank
Zappa & The Mothers of Invention
and other late 60s and 70s stars, are probably the best known groupies
of this types.
'Zappa's
GTO's'
Motives
of Groupies
While perhaps only a small number of groupies are truly promiscuous
in that they are willing to
trade sexual favors for attention (and often expensive gifts),
the tradition of "rock and roll groupies" continues to the
present day,
contributing to the image of the rock-and-roll lifestyle as one where
sex and drugs are readily available at any time.
The techniques used by groupies to get close to their targets vary
almost as much as the groupies themselves.
Certainly, female groupies can wear clothing that highlights their
physical attributes—or remove clothing, for that matter.
Sometimes their availability and dogged persistence at pursuing their
lust object are enough.
Some groupies go so far as to create an imaginary world wherein they
would be
the replacements for their targets’ primary relationships (marrying
them, or at least becoming their "road wife"),
with some making themselves available to any famous celebrity (any
rock band that rolls into town),
while others focus closely on one particular target (and becoming
a "regular").
(Sourced by Wikipedia)
