The men on the bridge have known each other since 1967. From left to right is;

JOHN GREGORY PRESCO – PETER SHAPIRO – TIM O’CONNOR – KEITH PURVIS

Jon, Peter, Tim, and Keith lived in a large Victorian in Oakland with members of the rock-band ‘The Loading Zone’. Peter was the lead guitarist, and his band ‘The Marbles’ played at a historic acid test in 1965.

The woman in the other photograph, is Chris Wandel, with her boyfriend, the famous artist, Stefan Eins. Chris was a wonderful girlfriend of Peter, Keith, and John, in that order. Keith was the boyfriend of my late sister, the famous artist, Christine Rosamond Benton, and Barry Zorthian whose father was a famous artist who was titled ‘The Last Bohemian’. Keith and Nancy Hamren were lovers in 1965. Tim was Christine’s lover. Tim is the son of the famous actor, Tom O’Connor, who threw his…