The Road to Woodstock (13 page)

Elvis is king—me at about age twelve

My parents, Harry and Sylvia Lang, and my sister, Iris, circa 1941

My parents and me, circa 1949

Iris and me in Bensonhurst, circa 1949

Ric O’Barry serenading a killer whale, Seaquarium, Miami, 1968
COURTESY OF RIC O’BARRY

Behind the head shop counter with employee Howard Zaitcheck, 1967

Me, Howard (standing), and a customer in front of the Head Shop South, Coconut Grove, 1967

Joint Productions partners
(from left)
: Marshall Brevitz, head of security John Ek, me, Barry Taran, unknown
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One of the Hendrix Miami Pop Festival posters, 1968
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Hendrix lands: Linda Eastman (later McCartney), Jimi Hendrix, and Mitch Mitchell at Miami Pop, May 18, 1968
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Miami Pop audience on our sunny day, May 18
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Jimi Hendrix Experience onstage at Miami Pop, May 18
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John Lee Hooker waiting to go onstage, May 19
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