Sometimes...I Don't Remember Much of the '70s - Softcover

Johnson, Norman P

 
9780999099216: Sometimes...I Don't Remember Much of the '70s
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0999099213 ISBN 13: 9780999099216
Verlag: Abbey Normal Books, 2019

Inhaltsangabe

A rousing romp through the ‘70s when big Rock & Roll concerts were filling the country with superstars, nasty roadies, sexy groupies, shysters, hipsters, drug dealers, revolutionaries, and other assorted superegos—all testing the theory that Sex, Drugs, and Rock & Roll may not be right for everybody, but it might work for you. When Cowboy finds himself kicked out of graduate school by Nixon’s cuts to NASA, he turns to his first love of being a photographer and amateur filmmaker, trying to find his art in a world gone mad with Vietnam and police brutality. He also finds a way to smuggle marijuana from El Paso in a small Piper Tri-pacer airplane, and while attempting to unload a conspicuous amount of dope, Cowboy is introduced to several underground players in Ann Arbor. What ensues is the powerful one-two combo of drug money and a bunch of drop-out NASA engineers at the U of M producing the loudest PA system in the world. With this new big sound, they create the Ann Arbor Blues and Jazz Festival and the 10 for 2 concerts—marking the end of marijuana persecution and the beginning of Rock & Roll political power. Out on the road, their one-of-a-kind arena sound system opens the door for Rock & Roll anthems like, "We’re an American Band," by Michigan’s own Grand Funk Railroad. But when the war winds down, and Rock & Roll gets too slick and selfish, Cowboy is left with no place to go, looking for enough money to support the artist he wants to be.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Dr Johnson holds a PhD in Theoretical Particle Physics. He has held senior technical positions in several international telecommunications corporations as well as founding a high speed wireless internet provider serving the Seattle area. He has written several works of fiction with this book being his first non-fiction. He lives near Lake Stevens in Washington and spends his spare time traveling and rebuilding old cars, airplanes and tractors.

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Verlag
Abbey Normal Books
Erscheinungsdatum
2019
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0999099213
ISBN 13 
9780999099216
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
548
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