Ashgrove c2021 B. Greene The ash grove, how graceful, how plainly to speaking The harp through it playing has language for me; Whenever the light through its branches is breaking, A host of kind faces is gazing on me… -The Ashgrove Traditional Welsh Folk Song It’s often said if you can remember the 60s then you weren’t there. I was there and I remember most everything. The music, the sit-ins, the love-ins, and the marches are all vivid in my mind. The political assinations, the incense, the hair length, and the Black Panther Party were all part of my higher education. The bell-bottoms, the Army surplus store shirt selection, the Indian moccasins, and Wellington boots were all in my closet. Dylan and Donovan, and Baez albums huddled around a portable record player with Albert King and a blues anthology or two. I spent most of the late 60s days on the UCLA campus. Working part time in the research libr...
Personal observations of one writer. Frequent references to pop culture, blues music and lifetime truths.