BABY BOOMER REWIND
GROWING UP IN THE 60'S
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… [Day 2] was fairly quiet, as most Woodstockers slept in, working off a hangover of one kind or another. Drug use seemed quiet, as everyone was reloading for the afternoon and evening activities.
The music started on Saturday, August 16, 1969, at about noon. For the next 24 hours, Woodstock fans were treated to what I believe was the best and most monumental musical show in the history of popular music, not just in America, but in the world… things ramped up considerably when Country Joe McDonald took the stage…Instead of starting with his usual “gimmie an F-I-S-H chant”, he engaged his audience to chant “gimmie an F, gimmie a-U, gimmie a -C, gimmie a-K “, to which the audience responded in kind. “What’s that spell, what’s that spell?”... This was all met with a roar from the crowd, after which the familiar stench of pot quickly filled the air. Even better, Country Joe followed this with his iconic Vietnam protest song, “I -Feel -Like-I’m-Fixin’-To-Die, which, at 500,000 strong, was possibly the largest sing-a-long ever…
…This song and lyrics captured the mood and emotions of the Woodstock Generation, as it was to be called, just perfectly. A combination of anger, despair, and fear of the future, all rolled into one song. I and everyone else sang along to the lyrics at the top of our lungs, to protest this seemingly purposeless war.
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This is the story of the Boomer Generation and what it was like growing up during the 1960s, arguably the most exciting and momentous time in our nation’s history. Over 77 million Baby Boomers witnessed the Cold War, the threat of nuclear war, the moon landing, Vietnam, the civil rights movement, the women’s movement, the sexual revolution and so much more! Whether it was school air raid drills, a first kiss, surfing escapades, Italian Sunday dinners, Christmas Eve celebrations, visits to Brooklyn relatives, cross-country trips, high school proms, part-time jobs, college applications, sexual encounters, or family funerals, we all went through some variation of these adolescent experiences, all delightfully described in Baby Boomer Rewind in a series of entertaining stories. There will never be another Woodstock, nor another Beatles. The author recounts these and other memorable events as well as his personal experiences growing up in the 1960s with amusing stories that reveal what life was like in those amazing times, and how different life was then from now.
About the Author
Mario Russo was born in Brooklyn and raised in a second-generation Italian-American family on Long Island, New York. A successful attorney and real estate entrepreneur for more than forty-five years, he is a longtime professional writer. He is married with two children and enjoys golf, tennis, boating, and the beach, sharing his time between West Palm Beach, Florida, and Westhampton, New York.