"blooz(e)" (was Re: shock rock, cock rock)

[Benjamin Zimmer]

On Thu, 9 Dec 2004 17:54:22 -0500, Wilson Gray <wilson.gray at RCN.COM> wrote:

>On Dec 9, 2004, at 4:39 PM, Laurence Horn wrote:
>
>> At 4:09 PM -0500 12/9/04, Benjamin Zimmer wrote:
>>>
>>> Among the bands performing at an April 1967 "Human Be In" in Griffith
>>> Park, Los Angeles was "Alexander's Timeless Blooz Band" ("A Groovy
>>> Time at 'Human Be In'", Los Angeles Times, Mar 1, 1967. p. E8).
>>
>> Hey, I remember that Human Be-In!  (Well, sort of.  I was there,
>> anyway.)
>
>Or that's what they told you, at least.;-)

I hope Larry was there on the right date!  I got it wrong -- it wasn't
April, it was February 25.  That was a bit more than month after the
original Human Be-In in San Francisco (Jan. 14).  From what I can tell,
the LA Be-In was most notable for featuring the Doors just before "Light
My Fire" hit the charts.


--Ben Zimmer