If you were over 30 years old at that time, you were OLD...not trusted...and you were part of the "establishment!" You were...what Bill Cosby calls, "OLD PEOPLE!"

But, rock and roll was and IS here to stay! In the early 1960's, Mo-Town came onto the scene, which included greats like Smokey Robinson; Marvin Gaye; the Supremes; the King of Soul; the Queen of Soul and the Everybody of Soul. I remember Little Stevie Wonder, when he was only ten years old, singing Fingertips (1&2). Singer/songwriters had block-busters at that time, and they were so young! How could so much talent exist throughout the 1960's? The television shows "Shin Dig" and Solid Gold added to the popularity of rock and roll. Spreading the word about rock and roll as well, was the long time running...the Ed Sullivan Show, where many newcomers got their start, including Elvis and the Beatles!

It was 1964...and the British Invasion...I was a freshman at the University of New Mexico. Rock and roll continued to dominate the airwaves, but now, it was more accepted, and along with Elvis...it was the Beatles and the Rolling Stones who topped the charts. And, the Monkees, were one of the few groups that rivaled the Beatles in the late 1960's in popularity!

As kids, we couldn't afford (45 rpm records), but we had a friend down the street, whose parents bought their daughter records, and we went over there all the time to boogie to the latest hits! I learned to take wax off the dance floor at a young age! In the early 1960's, dance partners split apart, and danced on their own! At that time, the dance was called the "slop," and in 2006, the "slop" is still around, it's just called by a different name!

American Music Awards: Throughout the 1960's and 70's, I loved to see the American Music Awards, because there were all the "biggies" who lead the way in rock and roll. Gladys Knight; Linda Ronstadt; John Denver; Barbara Strisand; Peter, Paul and Mary; The Jackson Five; Bobby Darin; the Carpenter's; Three Dog Night; the Moody Blues; Fleetwood Mac; the Bee-Gees; Neil Diamond; CCR; Herman's Hermits; the Dave Clark Five; and on and on and on! Even Bill Cosby had a hit song in the late 60's, with "The LIttle Old Man!"!

Woodstock? A big orgy...if you like orgies! A huge slumber party of love and drugs...over 500,000 people in New York! It was a time of free-love; dope and alcohol. Like the song says...everybody gets stoned... There was one famous band member who said, "If you remember the 60's...you wern't there!" Well...to this dope head I say...I remember the 60's because I WAS there!

And, the 1960's were violent and turbulent times...not only because of Viet Nam, but because the 60's were a time of CHANGE in America! The civil rights movement; women's lib; equal rights for all. Civil disobedience; rebellion; cities burned...during, what was called at the time, "the long hot summers? The Congress didn't get it...the United States of America was and is NOT a government of the Congress...or a government of the Republicans...or the government of the Democrats...it's the government of the PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES...AND CITIES BURNED TO GET THE MESSAGE ACROSS TO THE DOPE HEADS IN CONGRESS...CITIES BURNED EVERY YEAR UNTIL CONGRESS GOT THE MESSAGE! After Watergate, in the early 1970's, the DOPE HEADS in the Congress FINALLY got the MESSAGE...and now...OWNERSHIP OF AMERICA WAS RETURNED TO THE PEOPLE...WHERE IT WILL REMAIN FOREVER!