MET BERT SOMMERS, IN 1966, (BERT WAS 17Y.O.) OUT IN HAMPTON BAYS, ON TIANA BEACH, DUNE ROAD....NEXT TO A CLUB. CALLED "THE EYE" WE HAD CAMP FIRES......ON THE BEACH... BERT WAS a SONG WRITER....HAD PAGES OF THEM....BUT HE WAS VERY SHY.... WEEK AFTER WEEK EVERYBODY GOT TO KNOW EACH OTHER, AND PETER SABINTINO..AND LARRY WEST FROM THE "THE VAGRANTS" GOT BERT TO DO A SONG HERE AND THEIR..ON STAGE.. ..HE HAD A VERY PLEASENT WAY ABOUT HIM...GOT ALONG WITH EVERY BODY .. HE STOOD OUT IN A CROWD, BECAUSE HE WAS VERY TALL......AND BACK IN MANHATTAN, EVERY BODY ON WEST 4TH STREET (TONY PASTORS lOUNGE)NEW BERT, BERT SOMMERS NEW EVERYBODY.....IT WAS 1966 AND THE HIPSTER BECAME A HIPPIE........( BERT SOMMERS ALSO WROTE A LOT OF SONGS WITH BOB DYLAN.....) YES, THE TIMES WERE A CHANGING ... NOW IN, 2008 WE WANT MORE CHANGE.......lol www.tommycrown@aol.com ( you want to here more..? )
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