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by Bob Spitz


  Guthrie, Arlo, 100, 159, 367, 381

  Haight-Ashbury, 79

  Hallendale, Otis, 144

  Hammond, John, Sr., 10

  Hanley, Bill, 51–52, 62, 86, 316, 329–30, 355, 387

  Hanley Sound, 330

  Happy Avenue, 250–53, 258

  Hardin, Tim, 15, 73, 159, 335, 363, 367, 372, 377–78

  Harris, David, 381

  Hart, Malcolm, 312

  Hartley, Keef, 392–93

  Havens, Richie, 30, 60, 159, 160, 335, 363–67, 369–70

  head shops, 32–33, 68, 238, 308–9

  helicopters, 95, 102, 204, 288–89, 349, 362, 366, 372, 379, 390, 394, 396, 411, 418–19, 420, 426, 432

  Hell’s Angels, 121

  Hendrix, Jimi, 34, 47, 55, 73, 100, 162, 163, 165, 334–35, 425, 432, 434–35

  hippies, 15, 25, 32, 42, 46, 48, 60, 68–69, 76, 85–86, 88–90, 94, 111, 121–23, 126–29, 132–33, 135, 137, 138–39, 146, 152, 166–67, 169, 173, 175–77, 189–92, 193, 194, 198, 200–204, 205, 209, 219, 220–21, 227–28, 231, 239–40, 260, 266, 276, 278, 282–83, 285–86, 290, 294, 299, 303, 308, 312, 315, 320, 322, 326, 338, 342–44, 353, 357, 359–60, 363, 380, 384, 388, 393, 397, 407, 415, 417

  Hirsch, Howard, 310

  Hite, Bob “The Bear,” 402, 412

  Hoffman, Abbie, 83, 133, 146–50, 159, 404, 409, 414–15

  Hoffman, Judge Julius, 146

  Hog Farm, 79–81, 172, 177, 194–99, 215, 233, 276, 293–99, 308, 324–25, 328, 352–55, 358, 378–79, 386, 394, 405–6, 407–8, 416, 426, 433

  Holiday Inn, 235, 334–35, 350, 356, 366, 372, 375–76, 393, 400

  Holly, Buddy, 22

  Holzman, Jac, 213

  Hooker, John Lee, 34

  Horton Memorial Hospital, 290, 418

  Howard, Lee, 230–31, 325–26, 332–33, 341, 352

  Howard Johnson’s, 98, 420, 426

  Hubbard, L. Ron, 59

  Humphrey, Hubert H., 113

  Hurd Road, 268, 273, 276, 285, 288, 302, 303, 318, 327, 384, 433

  “If I Were A Carpenter,” 378

  Incredible String Band, 100, 159, 335, 367, 372, 376–77

  Indian artists, 293, 295, 310, 318, 358

  Ingrassia, Louis, 206, 208–9

  Institute of Indian Art, 215

  Intermedia Systems, 217, 287, 317

  International Association of Police Chiefs, 75, 108

  Iron Butterfly, 20, 60, 131, 366–67

  It’s a Beautiful Day, 160

  Itzla, Henry, 206, 209

  Ivy 3, The, 23

  Jefferies, Michael, 162, 335, 432

  Jefferson Airplane, 46, 55, 59, 73, 87, 159, 160, 382, 412, 415

  Joerger, Jeffrey, 230–31, 324–25, 332–34, 341–42, 352, 361, 395, 404

  Johnson, Lyndon B., 7, 75, 113, 358

  Joint Productions, 34

  Jones, Brian, 211

  Joplin, Janis, 73, 159, 310, 334, 375, 411–12, 435

  Joshua Light Show, 376–77

  Juke Savages, 79, 197

  Kapralik, David, 413–14

  Kaukonen, Jorma, 415

  Keiter, Don, 28, 34–35

  Kenmore Hotel, 282–83

  Kennedy, Sen. Edward, 256

  Kennedy International Airport, 57, 62, 163, 289, 293–94, 366

  Kesey, Ken, 79, 172

  Kettle, 80

  Kimble, Joseph, 176–77, 200, 202, 204, 320

  King, Carole, 23

  King, Martin Luther, Jr., 291

  Kingston Trio, 434

  Kirshner, Don, 23

  Knapp, Whitman, 200

  Komancheck, Louis, 282

  Kooper, AI, 124

  Kopechne, Mary Jo, 256

  Koppelman, Charles, 23–24

  Koppelson, Arnold, 103

  Kornfeld, Artie, 4, 14–30, 35–36, 40, 42, 44, 46–48, 52–54, 64, 68, 69–72, 83–85, 90–91, 100–108, 148, 162, 214, 230, 232, 239, 258–59, 278, 281, 312, 314, 320, 389–90, 394, 420, 431–32, 438

  Kornfeld, Linda, 27, 30, 399

  Kramer, Eddie, 355

  Kutcher’s Hotel, 245

  LaGuardia Airport, 109–10, 289, 385–86

  Landlord, The, 11

  Lang, Michael, 4, 14–21, 25–40, 42–50, 52–55, 57–58, 62–63, 67–73, 78, 80, 83, 85, 87–94, 96, 98–111, 112–16, 121–24, 128, 130–32, 141, 143, 146–50, 153–62, 165–66, 172–73, 178–81, 182, 185, 188–89, 191, 194, 201, 204–6, 210, 212–17, 225–27, 229–32, 235–37, 238–40, 242, 243–47, 250–60, 261–65, 269–70, 271, 278, 279, 282, 304, 307–8, 312–13, 314–16, 319–20, 324, 328, 332–36, 340–42, 345, 352, 356, 360, 363, 365, 370, 377, 386, 389, 391–92, 394, 397–99, 402, 404, 413, 425, 432, 438

  Langhart, Chris, 92, 99, 155–58, 172–73, 269, 272–76, 277–78, 289, 297, 300–301, 303, 310–11, 316–17, 321, 328, 386, 391, 399

  Law, Tom, 358

  Lawrence, Mel, 58–63, 66, 70, 89–91, 93–101, 120–32, 144, 152–53, 155, 158, 166, 170–71, 188–89, 190, 192, 198–99, 205–6, 207, 217, 224, 232–33, 235–36, 238, 241–42, 243–46, 251–55, 265, 267–71, 272, 274, 276–77, 302–3, 305, 317, 319, 321–22, 328–32, 350–51, 355–57, 383–84, 386–88, 390, 396–97, 402–4, 419–20, 426, 433

  Lax, George, 81

  Leary, Commissioner Howard, 203, 322–24, 337

  Led Zepplin, 219

  Lee, Alvin, 163, 431

  Leeds, Peter, 181, 310

  Lembke, AI, 176

  Lemon, Burton, 282

  Lennon, John, 93, 162

  Lenox, Bob, 53–54

  Lettermen, 25, 27, 30

  Levine, David, 158, 356, 378

  Levine, Renee, 82–83, 90

  Levitt, John, 97

  Lewis, Mort, 159

  Liberty, N.Y., 266, 375, 389, 393, 400, 406, 417

  Liberty Hospital, 379

  Life magazine, 178, 339, 412

  lighting, 48–49, 56, 62, 76, 86–88, 96–98, 122, 124, 143, 155, 269–73, 301, 322, 335, 364

  Liis, Ron, 172–73, 268, 359

  Lincoln Tunnel, 194

  Lindsey, Mayor John V., 173, 324

  Little Richard, 22

  Live Adventures of Mike Bloomfield and Al Kooper, The, 392

  Livingston, Alan, 24–25

  Los Angeles, Calif., 47, 53, 60, 95, 175, 215, 402

  Lourie, Felix, 142

  Lourie, Miles, 4–5, 13, 20, 37, 40, 42, 45–46, 52, 64, 69, 97–98, 100, 103, 141–42, 185–86, 228–29

  Love, 388

  Lovin’ Spoonful, 15, 372

  Macaluso, Charles, 302

  Mackler, Lee, 121, 130, 190, 232, 285–86, 322–23, 337, 350, 355, 362, 374, 375, 389, 393–94, 399, 424, 428, 433

  Madison Square Garden, 57, 225

  Makeba, Miriam, 86

  Mamas and the Papas, 373, 434

  Mandor Beekman, 35

  Mann, Barry, 23

  Margetz, Michael, 312

  Marshall, Paul, 100, 186, 228–31, 278, 279, 281, 375, 383–84, 389, 394

  Mayall, John, 60

  Mayall’s Bluesbreakers, John, 393

  Maysles Brothers, 281

  McDonald, Country Joe, 334, 368–72, 430

  McManus, George P., 201, 203, 218

  Media Sound, 4, 13, 17, 103, 320

  medical, 139, 143, 176–77, 192, 195, 204, 234, 269, 287, 290–92, 297, 303, 330–31, 352–55, 376, 378–79, 385–86, 396–97, 405–10, 414, 417–18, 423, 433

  Big Pink, 297, 352–55, 408–9

  Medical Committee For Human Rights, 385, 409

  Melanie, 335, 381

  Melton, Barry, 430

  Mercury Records, 24

>   Meredith, James, 291

  Merry Pranksters, 79, 172, 233, 296

  Metromedia Studios, 432

  Meurice, Bob, 313

  Miami, Fla., 20, 26, 28, 32–34, 47, 58, 60–61, 129, 198, 238, 268, 290, 357–58, 392, 408

  Miami Herald, 61

  Miami Pop. See rock festivals

  Michaels, David, 293

  Middletown, N.Y., 41, 64, 95, 98, 100, 120, 126, 127–28, 131, 135, 141, 151–52, 173, 185, 188, 192, 199, 218, 223, 233, 256, 286, 291, 299, 353

  Middletown Fire Dept., 226

  Middletown State Hospital, 216, 379, 418

  Mills, Howard, 41–45, 64, 65, 70, 95, 97–99, 121, 125, 127, 130–31, 135, 137, 140, 141, 143–45, 153, 156, 167–69, 187–88, 221, 236–37, 243, 257, 279

  Mills, Jacob, 43

  Mills, Pat, 144, 167–69

  Mills Heights, 42–44, 95, 99, 121, 125–28, 135, 144, 150, 153, 156, 167, 172–73, 174, 188–89, 192, 210, 217, 221, 222, 233, 238, 240, 242, 244, 255, 269, 273, 276, 285

  Minker, Jules, 145–46, 150, 208, 221, 237

  Mitchell, Jim, 212, 232, 234, 269, 279, 289

  Mitchell, Joni, 60

  Mitchell, Joyce, 91, 93, 164, 232

  Mitchell Samuel, 206, 208–9

  Mizsik, Raymond, 390

  Monahan, John A., 327

  Monck, E. H. Beresford “Chip,” 62, 86–92, 97, 99, 155–58, 189, 215, 232–33, 269, 270–73, 300, 322, 335–36, 364, 373, 383–84, 393, 427, 434–35

  Monterey Pop. See rock festivals

  Monticello, N.Y., 216, 247, 315, 318, 327, 331, 339, 344, 350, 399, 417–18

  Monticello General Hospital, 292, 379

  Monticello High School, 175

  Monticello Jewish Community Center, 419

  Monticello Raceway, 262, 389–90

  Moody Blues, 100, 131, 161–62

  Morales, Hector, 55, 72, 87

  Morris, Betsy, 331

  Morris, John, 87–89, 90–94, 99, 102, 121, 156, 158–62, 163–65, 213–15, 232, 234–35, 269, 271, 301, 310, 315, 330, 334–36, 344–45, 360–61, 362–73, 376, 391, 399–401, 404, 408, 412–14, 420–23, 428–29, 432, 434–35

  Morrison, Jim, 61

  Mothers of Invention, 34

  Mountain, 393

  Nashville, Tenn., 100

  Nathan’s Famous, 98, 225

  Nation, 189

  National Guard, 349–50, 379, 397

  Neuwirth, Bobby, 409

  Newburgh, N.Y., 224, 228, 232, 366, 418, 420, 426

  Newport Jazz Festival, 19, 220

  Newsweek, 7, 178

  New York Carting, 302

  New York City, 5, 9–10, 13, 23, 41, 47–48, 62, 66, 74, 79, 81, 90, 128, 141, 145, 146, 150, 155, 161, 166, 173, 177, 194, 200–201, 213, 217, 221, 244, 258, 274, 285, 293, 298, 311, 329, 385, 396, 405–7, 432–33

  New York Daily News, 295, 396

  New York magazine, 343

  New York Police Department (NYPD), 200–203, 218–19, 234, 285–86, 288, 320, 322, 326, 337–38

  New York Post, 295, 335, 342, 345, 378–79, 396

  New York Quickway, 41, 119, 152, 249–50, 281–82, 288, 344, 406, 433

  New York State Council on the Arts, 142

  New York State Department of Transportation, 222–24, 287–88

  New York State Police, 224, 318, 326–27, 337, 343, 379, 419, 433

  New York State Thruway, 39, 40, 326, 362, 399

  New York Times, 12, 103, 160, 211, 220, 344, 417

  New York University, 31, 92, 156, 173, 248, 278

  Nixon, Richard, 61, 75, 207, 220, 358

  No Vietnamese Ever Called me Nigger, 313

  Nowack, Mr. and Mrs. Martin, 150

  O’Connor, Keith, 83, 86, 99

  Odetta, 86

  O’Gorman, Judge Edward M., 232, 237, 266

  “On the Road Again,” 402

  Orange County, N.Y., 62, 96, 141–43, 150, 175, 188–89, 193, 208–9, 227, 237, 267, 407

  Orange County Fair, 65, 153, 188–89

  Osborne, Lee, 355

  Owen, Joseph, 143, 207, 237–40

  Pacific Gas and Electric, 219

  Palisades Parkway, 62

  Papuga, Mr. and Mrs. Adam, 150

  Paramount Pictures, 315

  parking, 98, 122–23, 143, 171, 186, 199, 202, 217, 223–24, 233, 270, 287–88, 318, 327–28, 339, 343

  Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association, 218

  Paul, Steve, 73

  Peace Service Corps, 171–72, 182, 202, 204, 218, 234, 284, 321, 338, 388

  Pentagon, 96, 417–18

  Peoples Park, 400

  performers’ pavilion, 157–58, 234–35, 305, 325, 329, 330, 356, 363, 367, 372, 378, 402, 412, 430, 435

  Peter, Paul and Mary, 86, 434

  Philadelphia Folk Festival, 156, 271

  Pinkerton guards, 395

  Plastic Ono Band, 93

  Plaza Hotel, 62, 328, 374

  Pomeroy, Wes, 74–78, 108–14, 115–16, 128, 131, 133–34, 138, 165–66, 168–72, 176–77, 181–83, 185, 193, 194–95, 198–206, 216–18, 222–24, 227, 232, 234, 265–66, 271, 285–88, 290, 294, 296, 302, 320, 323–24, 327, 336–37, 343, 351–52, 383, 389, 393, 410–11, 429, 433

  Pompili, Jerry, 99

  Port Authority Bus Terminal, 344

  Premier Talent, 163

  Prince, Charlie, 410–11

  Princeton Club, 148

  Princeton Trio, 10

  Princeton University, 9–10

  “Proud Mary,” 72

  publicity, 58, 81, 91, 101, 102–3, 121, 141, 176–80, 185, 212–13, 219, 230, 255–56, 269–70, 278–79, 295, 334, 362

  Public Service Commission, 301

  Puff, Arnold, 199, 224

  “Purple Haze,” 435

  Queens, N.Y., 23, 432

  Queens College, 23

  Quicksilver Messenger Service, 25

  Quill, 216, 392

  “Rain, the Park, and Other Things,” 24

  Rat, 177, 183, 381

  Ratner’s Dairy Restaurant, 161

  RCA Records, 46

  Realist, 177

  Red Cross, 379, 433

  Red Top, 189–90, 192, 262, 276

  Reischman, Barry, 82

  Republican National Convention, 75, 111, 115

  Restaurant Associates, 225, 229

  Reynolds, Bill, 384, 396

  Reynolds, Cliff, 145–46, 150, 176, 204, 210, 221–22, 235, 237, 240–41, 244

  Righteous Brothers, 373

  Rismiller, Brent, 145

  Roberts, Alfred, 5–6, 257, 319, 437–38

  Roberts, Elizabeth, 5–6

  Roberts, John, 3–21, 36, 39–46, 48, 53, 55, 64–66, 68–72, 81–84, 89–91, 100–108, 131, 141–42, 143, 150, 166, 172, 180, 185–88, 190, 205, 210, 227, 236, 239, 244, 251, 255–59, 261–62, 278, 281, 311–15, 318–23, 332–34, 336, 339–41, 350–52, 356–57, 361, 374, 388–91, 393–94, 397–400, 424–25, 427–30, 433–34, 437–38

  Roberts, Keith, 5–6

  Roberts, William, 5–6, 12, 71, 318, 437–38

  Rockefeller, Nelson D., 142, 324, 350, 385, 397, 404

  rock festivals, 59–60, 66, 68, 93–94, 95–96, 138–39, 219, 234, 383

  Atlanta Pop, 219

  Atlantic City Rock Festival, 392

  Fantasy Fair and Magic Mountain Music Festival, 59

  Fort Lauderdale, 139

  Miami Pop, 47, 60–62, 63, 66, 97, 125, 155–57, 162

  Monterey Pop, 19, 60, 86, 281, 381

  Newport Folk Festival, 363

  Northridge, 175–76, 179

  Rolling Stone, 412, 431

  Rolling Stones, 211,
377

  Romm, AI, 174–75, 188

  Romm, Ethel, 359

  Romney, Bonnie Jean, 235–36, 296–97

  Romney, Hugh, 79–80, 194, 196–98, 295–97, 383, 404–5, 408, 416

  Rosenberg’s, 120, 125, 127, 189

  Rosenman, Douglas, 6, 8

  Rosenman, Joel, 3–6, 9–21, 36, 39–46, 48, 52–53, 55, 64–70, 72, 82–84, 89–91, 100–108, 131, 141–42, 147–49, 166, 172, 187–88, 190, 205, 210, 227–28, 230, 232, 236, 238–39, 255, 261, 278, 281, 285, 287, 297, 311–13, 320, 322–23, 338–40, 362, 374, 388–90, 394, 398–401, 410–11, 414, 424–25, 428–30, 433–34, 437–38

  Ross, Jewell, 202, 285, 320

  Rounds, Tom, 59, 62–63

  Sainte-Marie, Buffy, 60

  Salvation Army, 433

  Sanderson, Rikki, 331, 354, 423–24

  San Francisco, Calif., 24, 59–60, 75, 86, 114–15, 133, 159, 161, 285, 320

  sanitation, 39, 56–57, 95–97, 139, 143, 152–53, 187, 198, 210, 234, 282, 284, 297, 302, 305, 340, 384, 395–97, 417

  clean-up, 96, 171, 293, 302, 387–88, 406, 433

  Santana, 160, 162, 392–93, 397

  Santana, Carlos, 392–93

  Saugerties, N.Y., 39

  Schadt, Frederick W. V., 266, 281

  Schenectady, N.Y., 273

  Schlosser, Jack A., 132, 134–37, 139–40, 151, 153–54, 173, 186, 189, 206–9, 279

  Scotchtown, N.Y., 131–32, 188

  Sebastian, John, 372–73, 376, 378, 409

  security, 76–79, 80, 108–9, 110, 113–14, 115–16, 135, 138, 143, 150, 165–66, 168, 169–71, 176, 182, 193, 199–200, 202–5, 210, 211, 216, 218–19, 222–24, 233, 239, 269, 284–87, 288, 290–91, 293, 295, 300, 319–24, 327, 336–38, 343, 350–51, 355, 360, 362, 366, 372–73, 376, 388–89, 393, 397–98, 399–400, 404

  policemen, 33, 61, 108–11, 113–14, 129, 138–39, 166, 175–76, 182, 187, 191, 244, 268, 331, 336–38, 343, 368, 389, 401, 428–29

  Sedaka, Neil, 23

  Seger, Bob, 25

  Shaler, 39–40

  Sha Na Na, 432, 434–35

  Shankar, Ravi, 100, 159, 367, 380–81

  Shea Stadium, 225

  Sheehy, Gail, 342

  Shirelles, 23

  Short Line Bus Company, 344

  Simon, Paul, 4

  Simon and Garfunkel, 159, 434

  Sinclair, John, 415

  Skolnick, Arnold, 212–13, 279

  Slick, Grace, 375, 411–12, 415, 435

  Sly and the Family Stone, 29, 124, 162, 220, 235, 411–14

  Smokey Robinson and the Miracles, 220

  “Somebody To Love,” 415

  Sommer, Bert, 335, 367, 372

  “Soul Sacrifice,” 393

  sound, 48–51, 76, 86, 97, 254, 269–71, 305, 316, 329–30, 355, 364–65, 387

 

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