Hippie Reunion?

Dear Brothers and Sisters,

Did you live in the Haight in the 60's or 70's?

Are you interested in a reunion to see who is still alive and what we have done since then?

Will we meet again to talk about the far out times we had? Did you know or do you still know some of my friends from that time?

There was handsom Jake, Eddie Baker who got shot by the pigs for selling a little pot, Tuda (pronounced Two-Day), Loren McDowell who saved my life when I drowned in the South Fork of the Yuba river near Nevada City, California after an all day and all night acid trip, or Roy Dilley who tried to revive me, or Janis Joplin who I met in the doorway of a liquor store in Haight Ashbury, drinking a bottle of ripple hidden in a brown paper bag.

There was Kathy who changed her name to Judith Ann. There was Judy Hamud and Will and Laura Tarbox or Safara who had the children Sidhartha, Orpheus and Mariha (the wind). I didn't spell the right did I? Where is Sam Andrew who played guitar for Big Brother and gave me a ride one night when I was hitch hiking?

Did you know the black man named Mistery or any of us who went to Morningstar or Wheeler's ranch or North San Juan or North Columbia? Did you meet Sue the witch?

To be continued...Peace Brother, Roger Wheeler.

 

Hey Roger, welcome to the board and good luck in your search for these people.

I was going to post a thread about this myself. Are any of the other older hippies interested in finding their old pals? Maybe Skip should introduce a new section where the older hippies can post lists of people they used to know and would like to catch up with. I mean it must have been such a special experience; even if only to see what happened to everyone on that long and arduous path to the present day.

 

I lived in the haight in the 60' 70's.. I lived on haight street and verious other places around the neighborhood..including the Good Earth Commune.. and beleve it or not I jus got an email from one of the GE people.. and he sent me a pic of a lot of the OLD ones.. I was a joy to hear from my past life..

 

Dear shameless_heifer

Thank you for your reply. I remember the Good Earth Commune but I don't remember where it was. I hope to hear from other brothers and sisters that where there at or near the same time I was. Do you remember the cop named Sgt. Sunshine? He patroled the Haight, got a broken arm then ended up on the Hall of Justice steps protesting marijuana?

Best Regards,
Roger

 

Dear purplesage

Thank you very much for your reply. It has been many years since the hayday of the Haight Ashbury days but the time I spent there and the friends and experiences I had there can never completely fade away. I know some of the friends I met there have passed away. But I also know there are others who are surely still alive and well and maybe, just maybe we can connect again. It has been more than 38 years since I decided to hitchhike from central Illinois to LA and then on to Sunset Strip to see what was happening to "our" generation. To be continued......Best Regards, Roger.

 

i know this is extremly unlikely , but was tuda a samoin dude? i used to stop by in the late 70's, man it hasnt changed much except there are alot more hippies about and there not so uptight about pot anymore, same shops with same stuff pretty much. mostly i would go up past the warfs to were the BIG boats park and hang out and listen the music on the concrete steps, man i stopped by there last year and the black dude who plays the sax is still there jammin, but not many people hangen since they opened up the park like they did

 

I was in Aneheim. Where Disneyland is.

 

Hi, Tuda was probably hispanic. His birth name was maybe Daniel Aspido? He had a girlfriend named Kam.

 

For this to happen I believe your best bet is to get some of the famous people who did the summer of love in the Haight to put together a reunion. Members of The Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, Robert Crumb, anyone else you can think of?

 

I've seen a website by a chick who used to hang out on the Sunset Strip. I don't believe she was famous but she did run with a lot of famous/infamous people. I'll see if I can find it for you. She is also asking about what happened to a lot of people she knew, and she had a pretty massive list. Unfortunately a certain proportion of them have turned out to be deceased.

 

It's

http://www.hollywoodhangover.com/

Maybe not useful to drjackalope but you never know

 

Anyone know any of the original STP Family? The ones I really loved - most have passed on - but I just know there must be a few still kickin' around. Does anyone remember them? We mostly went between snafranciso, east village and boulder. Does anyone remember Zak, Hawkus, Bette Boop, Janice? STP John (my beloved), Roach (Josh), Wheatgerm (Adam), Little Brother, Deputy Dawg - they've all moved on to the great beyond.

 

Hi

It seems to me I remember STP John, Roach and Wheatgerm. Didn't they usually go barefoot on Haight Street? Do I remember one or more of them with a dog that had a red skarf around its neck? Peace, Roger.

 

Here are some more names of people I would like to hear from or about. Victoria Matheson from Arizona (my girlfriend in the late 60's), Pan the pipemaker, Ferda (Fernando Gonzales), Carl and Jimmy Angle, Little John, John Fore (Big John), Tinnowyn, Sandy Sackett. Peace and Love, Roger.

 

Yet more names of old freinds I would like to here about or from. Green, Saffron, Nancy Noone, Shelly Stone, Michael or Arlene Wright, Yogi (Ron Carr) and girls from San Jose I met when I was living on Oregon Creek off Hiway 49 just north of North San Juan, California, Mona Duran, Laurie Robinson and Moira (or Moyra). Thanks again, Roger.

 

I bet you do remember them. STP John had such an angelic "aura" - a truly gentle man. Roach and Wheatgerm, ah, how to describe? Crazy, irreverant, irrisistable, rugged and earthy. I'm thinkin' it was Ronald McDonald's dog, but then that doesn't seem quite right either.

Thanks!!

 

I have a scrap book of photos and an 8mm movie I took in the late 60's. As soon as I get a chance I will go through it and see if I can find any pictures of them. If so I will post them here. Thanks again, Roger.

 

You people should start a Summer of Love Reunion website where people who were there in 1967 can sign the guestbook, write about their experiences in the Haight and what they've been doing since then, post then and now photos of themselves, etc. Great way for the genuine original hippies to reconnect!

Also, here a couple of Yahoo groups just getting started:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Haight_Ashbury/

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/The_60s/

 

Oh, would you, would you? please? that would be so wonderful!! thank YOU!
Holly

 

Dear Holly

I am so sorry I have not sent you the photos I have from the 60's. This is the most busy time of the year for me. I sell Wyoming gifts on the internet and this is the time of the year when a lot of orders come in. After Christmas I will go over to my mother's home, open the box labeled "archives" and dig out the photo album from Haight Ashbury. I have also checked with a local company about dubbing my 8mm film to VHS and DVD. I took that film in 1969 at a Love In at the Polo Fields in San Fransisco's Golden Gate Park. That was the first performance of Alice Cooper in SF I believe.

Best Regards,
Roger in Casper, Wyoming