Category Archives: 1960s

Santa visits the old Royal Theater in Baltimore, 1963

Posted on December 9, 2013 by atomictv

Photo via  Cezar Del Valle, Theatre Talks, on Flickr.com.

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Celebrating Jimi Hendrix’s 71th Birthday

Posted on November 5, 2013 by atomictv

Crosstown Traffic Alert: Train A Comin! by Tom Warner and Scott Huffines (November 5, 2013) – Tonight at 9 p.m. on PBS, American Masters will present a new two-hour documentary on pioneering rock guitarist Jimi Hendrix (Nov. 27, 1942 – … Continue reading →

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Dylan’s Baltimore Song Still Raising Cane 50 Years Later

Posted on October 23, 2013 by almosthipguy

by Tom Warner (Baltimore Or Less) (October 23, 2013) – The northwest corner of Baltimore and Calvert streets, where the main office of the SunTrust Bank now stands, was the setting for one of Bob Dylan‘s best songs and one … Continue reading →

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Whaddya mean you don’t know George & Ben

Posted on October 1, 2013 by almosthipguy

By Tim Perlich (The Perlich Post, 5/30/2012) Back in 1968, Baltimore’s George Figgs and Ben Syfu recorded a brilliantly bent psych curio called Boa Constrictor & A Natural Vine for the Vanguard label’s newly minted Apostolic subsidiary. At the time … Continue reading →

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