Everything I author – is copyrighted! This blog is a valuable archive! Looks like the Zone was the first Real Garage Band! I will be dancing at the reunion! I just spotted my old truck in the pic of CJs. Peter took this photo of me.
In 1965, C.J. Felt and John Bolander opened C.J. Motors, an English Ford dealer that also
Peter Shapiro called me this morning, and after we chatted, I called Chris W. in NY. Peter had brought up Malcom and Willy, two black acid-heads in Berkeley who wanted to promote Peter, by himself. Chris said they were crazy, and she could not understand a word they said. Were the talking Jive? We talked about this great site on the Zone, and Peter looked at the paper he had on it, sent by the site owner. When he pointed out they played at CJ Motors, I had a vision of Vonneguts ‘Breakfast of Champions. Were Willy and Malcom there?
I told Peter this is High Art, when you consider the Loading Zone palyed at the BEAF event on College. They Zone played at many benefits, and protests, which put them in the category…