Dial back in time . . .

. . . to February 1964‚ the night the Beatles first appeared on the Ed Sullivan Show.

. . . to 1966‚ when I went to my first rock concert to see the Lovin' Spoonful at the Indianapolis Coliseum.

. . . to 1973‚ when‚ as record reviewer for my college newspaper‚ I received my first cardboard box of free vinyl LPs to review.     

. . . to 1976‚ living in England‚ when I saw the Kinks‚ Tammy Wynette‚ Patti Smith‚ the Stranglers‚ and the Stones all in the same short spring.

. . . to 1980‚ standing with the grieving crowds in Central Park after John Lennon's death.

. . . to 1984–2004‚ The Wilderness Years.

. . . to 2005‚ when the iPod and the internet brought me back to rock.