It’s Flower Power, Baby

Two months before the famous Monterey International Pop Music Festival in June 1967, there was an equally interesting concert at the Hollywood Bowl.

Representing Folk Rock was the Buffalo Springfield. There was Pop music with the 5th Dimension. For Soul, the relatively unknown Brenda Holloway was there. And for a Garage band the Seeds.

https://youtu.be/-NJ9CBixSIk

But wait, there’s more! Singer-songwriter Johnny Rivers, and from Motown the one and only Supremes. Listen to these recordings for their historical significance, not the audio quality.

https://youtu.be/-cBZwgi3Ots

Note that radio station KHJ went by the pre-groovy slang “boss.” KHJ is the same station featured in Once Upon A Time… in Hollywood, as heard in the previous post.

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