From the Eyes of a Hippie

Ex-Hippie Leornard Cavise discusses the importance of music in during the hippie movement:

"Before going to demonstrations, we used to fire up some loud rock and roll to get ourselves pumped up for the demonstration and the confrontation with the cops.  Jimi Hendrix was not political.  He was a lover.  The album Are You Experienced was truly ground-breaking for a lot of reaons: it was a challenge to be as alive as possible, but this energy and excitement was achieved through  Jimi's incredible guitar lead. He was always stoned and that had an effect on us as well.  He could do thinkgs like light his guitar on fire while still playing it.  He pushed the boundaries and everybody loved that about him.

Cavise is now a professor at DuPaul University in Chicago.