[Zeke]

Born in '45 and I was 17 when I graduated HS in '63. I was the right age for being whatever change I felt like and there were a lot of things starting up. People weren't yet flocking to SF as in the fad to do so. I made it up there but I was an observer. I went to the Filmore West and saw the Grateful Dead before they knew much other than jamming on LSD, which they served free out of water coolers.

On the other side of things, hot rodding and drag racing were becoming professional as in they sold tickets to the races. The circle dirt tracks had been around for awhile but attendance was growing.

Concerts, mygod there were concerts ALL the time. Surf music every night down near the beaches or any auditorium. The Beatles were doing stadiums and Sunset Strip had so many acts all there at once it was the writing of the book how on they all came up.

Then you had VW's that could do a 12 second 1/4 mile then 10.

But the British Invasion and Acid Rock buried a lot of traditional culture and everything you can think of changed on the 2 coasts. It was hard to make choices then if you had the presence of mind for choices.

And just like that, you were 10 years older and it was over for us in our mid to late 20's taken completely over by the new crop of 14 YO's.