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Pete Brown: White Rooms & Imaginary Westerns, Part 2
by Duncan Heining
Part 1 | Part 2 1966 was an important year in British popular music. Bob Dylan, performing with the Hawks, was booed for “going electric" at Manchester Free Trade Hall. The Rolling Stones topped the charts for the first time with “Paint It Black." The Beatles, fresh from the John Lennon “Bigger than Jesus" controversy, released Revolver, their finest album. Jimi Hendrix was introduced to the public with the single “Hey Joe." And poet Pete Brown began a ...
read morePete Brown: White Rooms & Imaginary Westerns, Part 1
by Duncan Heining
Part 1 | Part 2 Poet, lyricist, rock musician, producer and scriptwriter—Pete Brown has covered a lot of bases in his six decades in music and literature. His career embodies that era that began with the Beatles' “Love Me Do" in October 1962 and ended in January 1969 with the band playing live on the roof at Apple Corps in Savile Row. For a brief moment anything seemed possible and, in many ways, Brown has continued to cross ...
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