So, the subject is locations. I'll start in 1962 when I was 12. I met Russ Kelly (Rings and Things, Russ and Sue} at the Westmount YMCA playing bridge. I was really hoping to get his kid sister to notice me.      I grew up in NDG and the dances were in; the NDG and Westmount Y's, various churches, and 'Le Manoir', a French scool gym on Decarie a few blocks north of Sherbrooke. The Bands were the Haunted, The Monks, Bartholomew plus 5, Rabble and bunch of others. Rabble were 'counterculture'. Most of these bands did covers and a few originals. Rabble had a 45 on the radio, a first for us. The title was 'alabounty bam' and it had a reference to marajuana. It was about 1966 and these were 'heavy cats', living downtown and dressing funny.
    Out of 'Bartholomew plus 5' came Corky Laing who recorded 'Mississippi Queen' a few years later as the drummer of Mountain. On the French side of town were the 'suit bands' Caesar et les Romaines (roman soldier suits), Les Jaguars (spotted yellow & black suits), Les Classelles ( White suits & hair) and Les Eccentriques (same, but in pink). Now if that ain't counterculture, what is?? More later, I do get out of Rock & Roll later, but rock was part of it. Max