Good Old Bob, Bob Stroud that is, is doing 3 hour Time Warps on his Rock and Roll Roots Show on Chicago's WDRV, the Drive, back to that date in 1968 for the next three months. This will be the songs on AM, FM, and on the albums in your collection.
This past Sunday, June 1, 1968 was up. Not sure whether we were out of school yet or not, so might have been suffering through Flo Baby's English class at dear old Pal High. However, there was my favorite subject, Mr. McKinley's (no relation to the president) history class. I had been appointed Cutlass (school newspaper) Sports Editor and Sports Editor of the yearbook.
We were juniors getting ready for a great senior year. I was flipping 49 cent Whoppers at Burger King for a tad over a buck an hour and Liz was working at General Finance in Evanston next to Dyche Stadium (Home of the Hapless Northwestern Wildcats) with her dad. We had been officially "going together" since I gave her my ID bracelet December 15th in the laundromat at Palatine Plaza. We had gotten our high school rings, but hadn't exchanged them yet.
We both lived in Winston Park, a huge Winston-Muss subdivision on the east side of town. We lived in Phase 3 and Liz was in Phase 4, across Palatine Road from me. Sammie, the Siamese cat ruled the roost. Mom was teaching at Jane Addams and Dad was working at Quaker Oats and commuting to the office at the Merchandise Mart by way of the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad.
The show streams live on the internet at www.wdrc.com. Well worth a listen.
A Long Time Ago and Far, Far Away in a Distant Galaxy. --RoadDog
Being an account of some things I'm interested in, what I'm doing, and reflections on my past, especially music.
Listen to this man. Seven years of college, you know. Trying to reason with 2020 and, now, 2022.
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