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By Tony Bove

ISBN-10: 0998933406

ISBN-13: 9780998933405

"A deeply provocative trade examine the 1960s."
-- Michael Gosney (Digital Be-In, eco-friendly Century Institute, and Synergetic Press)

Cornell Woodrow, keeper of the secrets and techniques of the blues, taught a number of the widespread Sixties rock musicians that our so much non secular impulses are guided via song. "We aspire towards whatever unreachable, out on the limits of topic and effort. We play song so that it will faucet into the vibrations of the planet and the vibrancy of our lives. We interact in a grand experiment."

Part allegory, half satire, half fable, half heritage, and all fiction, The test sheds new gentle at the rock song revolution of the Sixties and plenty of of its heroes and villains. the unconventional lines the evolution of rock, and unveils the voodoo that offers this track a unique strength. it all started as a seed planted by means of excessive John the Conqueror, the rolling stone who carried the traditions and ancestor spirits to the hot global. opposed to all odds, excessive John tricked his enslavers and the Corporation's ministers to develop a brand new, strong tune that will encourage a cultural revolution.

The homicide of a well-liked radio character, and the looks of the mysterious Cornell, galvanizes 3 youngsters right into a uprising that pits father opposed to son and unites them in a quest for solutions. jointly they shape the Archetypes, with Reggie because the leftist radical, Johnny B because the influential guru of the bass guitar, and Gilbert as Gilgamesh the Digger and way of life artist. they assist the Beatles and the Rolling Stones locate their musical voices, express Bob Dylan the way in which into electrical folks, and be in agreement to Cornell's wide-ranging experiments with Robert Johnson proteges within the Sixties rock scene. alongside the best way they meet Timothy Leary, arrange an LSD manufacturing unit, march at the Pentagon, and rescue a unique stash from dagger-wielding Manson women in demise Valley, simply in time to save lots of the Woodstock pageant from drowning in undesirable acid.

All the whereas they're dogged by means of brokers of the company, who're accomplishing a counter-experiment opposed to Cornell to forestall the unfold of tune and enlightenment, or in some way keep an eye on it, via espionage, subterfuge, and homicide. one in all them has Reggie and Gilbert considering that adolescence and attempts to recruit them to infiltrate radical teams. on the finish of the Sixties the musicians became distracted, the radicals have became violent, and the company is poised to deprave Cornell's noble experiment...

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