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Category Archives: Folk Rock
“For What It’s Worth” – Buffalo Springfield (1966)
Have you ever asked a serious songwriter what a given song is “about”? I’ve tried a few times and I can’t say I’ve ever come away particularly satisfied. More often than not the response is some form of asking me … Continue reading
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“San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Some Flowers in Your Hair)”- Scott McKenzie (1967)
Someone once called this song the “the unofficial anthem of the counterculture movement of the 1960s,” and that sounds about right – I mean it’s got “flowers in your hair” right there in the title. An interesting fact about this one, … Continue reading
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Tagged John Phillips, Scott McKenzie
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