https://rogueliterarysociety。com/f/th。。。Jonathan Taplin proved to be a gifted writer who experienced the music and entertainment world from a vantage point few of us ever have the opportunity and favor of being immersed into。 Exciting details of Taplin’s intimate time spent with rock icons including Bob Dylan， The Band， The Rolling Stones， Jerry Garcia in The Festival Express， Sam Shepard and Joni Mitchell in The Rolling Thunder Review， Eric Clapton， and all the players in the great documentary https://rogueliterarysociety。com/f/th。。。Jonathan Taplin proved to be a gifted writer who experienced the music and entertainment world from a vantage point few of us ever have the opportunity and favor of being immersed into。 Exciting details of Taplin’s intimate time spent with rock icons including Bob Dylan， The Band， The Rolling Stones， Jerry Garcia in The Festival Express， Sam Shepard and Joni Mitchell in The Rolling Thunder Review， Eric Clapton， and all the players in the great documentary The Last Waltz make this book a special treat in so many ways。 It is also a memoir of a personal life looked at honestly and with solemn grace。 As the years in the book progress to the current day， and pages unfortunately begin to dim， the book seques from this simpler and amazing time in our music and civic history into topics and warnings for the future trajectory that lightening developing technology might take us without exhaustive serious and prognostic consideration。 Formula is threatening to extinguish our feelings。 Power is quickly devolving into being held by only the privileged few。 。。。Power without love is reckless and abusive， and love without power is sentimental and anemic。 Power at best is love implementing the demands of justice， and justice at its best is power correcting everything that stands against love。。。 Of course I was interested in reading the backstory behind my favorite rock icons。 Jonathan Taplin turns out to be the perfect choice to glean an insider’s point of view about the sixties and beyond， a time that can perhaps never be equaled again for the sheer genius of its writers， musicians， and civic leaders， but also where our country and world might be headed soon after weathering the horrible storm of the current Trump presidency and pandemic。 Serious warnings today persist at levels previously unheard of in my lifetime that so far has spanned sixty-seven years。 Please heed Taplin’s words， and proceed accordingly。 。。。more