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ROCKUMENTARY: APRIL 6, 1969

Where were you on Sunday, April 6, 1969?

When you’re in a five year course, what do you call the third year? At the little engineering college I attended in Philadelphia, it was called “pre-junior”. I was in one of those six-month “industry” periods working at a lab. I was also watching to see if Richard Nixon’s “secret plan to end the war” was going to materialize. It didn’t. At ROTC, we were beginning to realize that we were going to be sent into combat, not to win, but to preserve Nixon’s negotiating position in Paris. That didn’t sit well with the corps of cadets.

So let’s cue the Rockumentary theme!

San Remo Golden Strings: “Festival Time”

They labeled themselves “Rock, Southern Style”, although they were all from the San Francisco Bay Area. Producer Saul Zaentz asked them to change their name from the Golliwogs, and this was to be their third single and first real hit. It came in at #10 this week.

Creedence Clearwater Revival: “Proud Mary”

Where was I? In Germany...trying to raise my first (and only) baby! :)

It was a very good year. A few months later man walked on the moon. The Beatles were big...Carnaby Street was the place to be in London...and everyone got the London flu, including all of us. Ugh!

"Where were you on Sunday, April 6, 1969?"

Field Medical Service School, Camp Pendleton, California!

Oorah and Semper Fi!

"Riamh nár dhruid ó sbairn lann!"

Genuflectimus non ad principem sed ad Principem Pacis!

Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)

April 6, 1969? The Drumbo archives say I was finishing a three night stand at Peobody's Warehouse in Virginia Beach with Headstone Circus, opening for The Whole Damned Family. Was I playing in an adult beverage establishment at the tender age of 14? You bet I was, lol. What a summer 1969 was! My folks shipped me off to Hargrave Military Accademy that June to "straighten me out", where I joined the ancient and accepted "Hargrave Combo" which we renamed "Third Stone From The Sun" and cranked out Hendrix and Cream tunes!