Duroc: Music’s Golden Age — ‘64-‘73

Duroc: I like certain Beach Boys tracks, and the stuff Brian was doing in 1966 and 1967 (Pet Sounds and Smile), but not so much the cars and surfin’ stuff. Just when they started getting interesting, Brian lost his mojo. Based on things you’ve written here over the years, I think we’d enjoy listening to music together. My tastes run the gamut, but as I said a week or so ago, I still think from about 1964-1973 was a real golden age in rock and roll music, and I was lucky enough to hear it with fairly fresh ears despite not living through it. (I was born in the mid1970s, but my folks baptized and soaked me in the music of their era, and it’s always stuck in my consciousness). Quicksilver was some good stuff. Great music coming out of the Bay Area in those days. I still think Jorma Kaukonen is one of the most under-appreciated guitarists of the 1960s. Listen to the Airplane’s “Volunteers” or the first few “Hot Tuna” albums and tell me that man wasn’t on another level.

Question: Can anyone think of a music era that was better in this country than 1964-73?