Dimensions
247 x 292 x 25mm
Celebrate the 50th anniversary of the idquo;Summer of Loveidquo; and the revolutionary music of 1967.
During late spring 1967, tens of thousands of young people began streaming into San Francisco, kicking off a counterculture revolution and cultural explosion that was the Summer of Love. Now, on the 50th anniversary of that revolutionary event, acclaimed journalist and pop culture historian Harvey Kubernik takes us on an insiderksquo;s look at the happenings in San Francisco, Los Angeles, and beyondgdash;in the months leading up to, during, and after that seminal summerddash;through the lens of rock music. This lush volume features a trove of little-known and previously unpublished interviews with scenemakers and musicians of the time and the people who knew them; psychedelic festival posters, concert flyers, and other 1960s ephemera; and stunning images from acclaimed photographers of the era.