Wowie Zowie, you folks sure know how to make one middle-aged hippie feel welcome! Thanks so much--esp. to my brother, chanteyranger, who is an amazing singer and musician and an all-around groovy guy. (He remains the only family member who can carry a tune.) Michaelr, thanks for the suggestion re: Ben Fong-Torres. I've been peppering him with questions for awhile now, and he's been gracious enough to set me straight quite a few times on The Way Things Were. Crazy! Brucie, I was at all the Peoples' Park Demonstrations--even got CS-gassed the one day that Reagen ordered that extra-toxic tear gas from Vietnam dropped by helicopter on his own citizens. (There was so much public outrage that he was forced to order the National Guard to go back to regular-strength, hand-held tear gas.) PoppaGator: Alas, I wasn't at Pepperland. That must have been a fabulous set. I did see and hear Janis at the Monterey Pop Festival and at the Avalon, and heard the Dead innumerable times. The ethic was that music should be free and for the people, so top bands played for free in the parks of SF, Berkeley and Marin every weekend. Banjo-flower: Translation please: "BTW 'sixtieschick' Haira Mai." I did lose a few brain cells back then....Thanks to everyone. Glad to be part of the tribe.