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Country Joe looks back on his career and the significance of Woodstock and the sixties..

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Country Joe McDonald reflects on the 40th anniversary of Woodstock, how he came to write the famous

Fixin to Die Rag,  his European tours, his place on Nixon’s enemies list, his role in the Chicago 7 Trial

and the legacy of the 1960s…

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Jack Engelhard has written many novels and among his most compelling is the Paramount Movie that was created starring Robert Redford and Demi Moore from his book, “Indecent Proposal.” In this first of a two part interview, Laurence discusses with Jack his fascinating life story and the sources for the inspiration for the movie. In part 2, Jack will discuss the connections he sees between the culture that gave birth to “Indecent Proposal” and the 1960s through the reference point of his later novel, “Days of the Bitter End” which uses a JFK impersonator to bring to dramatic life the consequences of the Kennedy assasination on US society.

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Accomplished BBC film director and author, Chris Hale talks to Laurence Peters about the Obama Inaugural from a British Boomer perspective.

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Brad Auerbach, music and film critic for TimeOut and Village Voice reviews the current crop of boomer musician who will not quit–from Dylan to the Stones and lots of them in between.

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Prize winning author Rick Perlstein talks to Laurence Peters about the way Nixon exploited the Viet Nam war and the generational divide to gain and keep power.

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Laurence Peters talks to writer and film director Christopher Hale concerning Suze Rotolos’ Memoir about Greenwich Village and of course her great love affair with Bob Dylan. The conversation reflects on Bob’s muses, her role as an early feminist and the complex relationship that may help illuminate Bob’s darker side.

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This is the first of a series of interviews with David Hajdu noted author and biographer of Dylan, Baez, the Farinas The book came out in 2001 and still causing ripples –the depth of Hajdu’s research is truly amazing. He started work on this book in 1976. A truly remarkable piece of writing about artistic struggles in the 1960s. You will see from this interview we are just getting started…

You can also review my review of Hajdu’s book at  http://www.babyboomreview.com/wiki_books.php?cellId=56c762ea9e1f23c122139d46a768437365171c833

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