I was born in 1957 and lived through the later part of the 1970s in a small village called Rosendale in Upstate NY. I turned 12 years old in 1969 and instantly became hooked on that time frame in my life. I have 9 brothers and sisters 8 of which who are older than I am. I am the second youngest out of ten kids.
The closest in age to me is my brother John who is 3 years older than me. He was 15 and already living the life of peace and love and introduced me to many wonderful people. I used to listen to his records and found I loved this stuff. I started listening to everything I could and before I knew it I had a guitar and started to learn.
It was the biggest thing to go out camping with all your friends, grab a few guitars; a couple of cases of bud, a quarter pound or two and your favorite girl friend and you have the makings of a memory. I don’t know if it was the smoke but sometimes the music we created was awesome. I don’t know if that word is even used anymore but that is the only way to describe it.
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I am saddened by how the world has changed. The people growing up in the late 60s and early 70s realized that peace, love and happiness was much more enjoyable and productive than war and violence. Although we did have our moments, the price of peace cost us dearly.
What was growing up in the 70s like? For me it was about the music. Music in the 70s shaped the decade into the most historical time frame of the modern age. People found a way to get their point across to the world and opened the eyes to many different things that we were blind to. We managed to stop a war that we had no business being a part of. We proved we could gather into a crowd of over 500,000 people for 3 days and not kill each other, try that now.
If you are a 70s teenager or even have parents and heard stories from them, comment here I would like very much to hear from you.
