DAY TRIPPER. Part 1
A trip down memory lane. During the mid to late 1960s I was a working musician in a popular local pop band. During this period the band took metherdrin (speed) to help us keep alert during long hours and late nights. I worked a day job, Monday to Friday 7.30am - 4pm and worked doing gigs on the weekend's. Often we'd play an after noon gig and 2 evening gigs on a Saturday and Sunday. That's 6 gigs a weekend, often not getting back home before 3am. We relied on the speed to keep us awake and pumped up. When the Summer of Love arrived in 1967 and a new drug called LSD became the talk of the world, I felt a need to seek out the drugs availability in Sydney. Musicians and artists around the world claimed that the drug opened up the doors of perception and creativity; The Beatles headlined their opinions. Psychedelic music , art and fashion flooded the cities of the world and the hippie culture was born. ...