Music Review: Love Is The Song We Sing: San Francisco Nuggets

San Francisco Nuggets: Love Is The Song We Sing 1965-1970
Compilation box set
Rhino Records

Remember those Fabulous ’60s? The marches, the protests, the be-ins?

Um, if you're reading this, odds are against it. I mean, I was BORN in the ’60s, but as for remembering the Summer of Love, I don't think that's possible.

Yet, I, like many other music geeks, love the music of the ’60s. The wide variety of sounds that became touchstones for a generation is incredible. And of course there are the famous ‘scenes' -- the most famous in the U.S. was based in San Francisco starting about 1965.

Most everyone knows the major songs and groups from that era. The Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, Janis Joplin, and others revered to this day as musical pioneers, even demi-gods. But there were a lot of other bands that contributed to the sound of San Francisco, even if many of them left the scene as quickly as they started...continue reading this review at Geeks of Doom!