What Were You Doing In 1969?

It all began a long time ago on an autumn day at a small college on the Lake about thirty miles north of Chicago. The year was 1969 and a lot of things were changing everywhere.

There was a huge peace sign hanging on the outside wall of Blackstone dormitory at Lake Forest College and most every student was wearing overalls, hair down to their waists and a stoned look in their eyes. Remember?

It was inside this dorm that Mitch Meyerson was playing his guitar. On that day he first heard Neal Howe singing some blues down the hall. Ready to start a band as he did in high school, Mitch asked Neal if he wanted to play a few tunes.

This was the beginning... more