# Hippie Music **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 10, 2014, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hippie-music/700913 "2014-10-10T01:34:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![DrCube](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a3d4f5/32.png) [@DrCube](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrCube)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2014, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hippie-music/700913/21 "2014-10-10T16:15:24Z")
Maybe not stereotypically hippy, but I recently discovered [Sir Douglas Quintet](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Douglas_Quintet), and that’s some really good music. Psychedelic Texas soul, great musicians, great songwriting, steeped in that cheesy 60s studio sound. Can you dig it? My two cents: don’t fill up your playlist with tunes you can hear on any oldies station today. Try and find stuff the older folks may not have even heard since the 60s. ---
**Author:** ![Bridget\_Burke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7cd45c/32.png) [@Bridget\_Burke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bridget_Burke)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2014, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hippie-music/700913/22 "2014-10-10T17:08:36Z")
> [@DrCube](#): > > Maybe not stereotypically hippy, but I recently discovered [Sir Douglas Quintet](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Douglas_Quintet), and that’s some really good music. Psychedelic Texas soul, great musicians, great songwriting, steeped in that cheesy 60s studio sound. Can you dig it? > > My two cents: don’t fill up your playlist with tunes you can hear on any oldies station today. Try and find stuff the older folks may not have even heard since the 60s. The\* Austin Chronicle\* devoted [an issue](http://www.austinchronicle.com/music/1999-11-26/74802/) to Doug after his death. Quite informative. Doug started out as a country prodigy, on stage with Hank Williams in one of his last shows. Then he learned R&B in San Antonio, had a pop hit with “She’s About A Mover” & continued through Tejano, more R&B, stone country, swamp pop & a little bit of Cajun. During his [San Francisco years](http://blog.chron.com/40yearsafter/2008/12/doug-sahm-on-the-cover-of-the-rolling-stone/), he added a bit of psychedelia to his music. But just about any of his stuff would be a great choice… ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2014, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hippie-music/700913/23 "2014-10-10T17:23:11Z")
> [@kunilou](#): > > Kenny Rogers. [Really!](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZ8k6fVe25k) > > Do you want the happy, sunshine, flower power hippies, or the psychedelic, stoned hippies? > > Sunshine and flower power – > Donovan > Mamas and Papas > Lovin’ Spoonful > The Association > Van Dyke Parks > Friend and Lover > > Psychedlic and stoned – > Jimi Hendrix > Cream > Steppinwolf > Jefferson Airplane > The Doors > > Or, if you want to split the difference, just get The Beatles _Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band_ and the soundtrack from the movie \*Woodstock \*and cover all your bases. Fantastic list, but it’s Steppenwolf. From the Hermann Hesse novel (Wolf of the Steppes) Don’t forget _In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida_ (the long version). ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2014, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hippie-music/700913/24 "2014-10-10T17:31:28Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > Don’t forget _In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida_ (the long version). Yeah. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2014, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hippie-music/700913/25 "2014-10-10T18:07:47Z")
The Youngbloods Quicksilver Messenger Service ---
**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2014, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hippie-music/700913/26 "2014-10-10T19:50:33Z")
CSN&Y were not a 60s band. Remember, their first gig was at Woodstock in July 69, which was pretty much the tail end of the 60s. For a “hippie” party, you might also consider Creedence Clearwater Revival Byrds David Peel and the Lower East Side Melanie The Crazy World of Arthur Brown Blue Cheer Big Brother and the Holding Company ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2014, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hippie-music/700913/27 "2014-10-10T19:56:35Z")
> [@Ranger\_Jeff](#): > > Creedence Clearwater Revival We middle class kids were listening to them in Junior High. Our parents did not object. I don’t think they qualify as Hippie. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2014, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hippie-music/700913/28 "2014-10-10T20:10:31Z")
Good lists. But I’d add Sgt. Peppers. When hung out in the East Village about 1967-8 every head shop was playing “For the Benefit of Mr. Kite” all the time. ---
**Author:** ![Becky2844](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Becky2844](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Becky2844)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2014, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hippie-music/700913/29 "2014-10-10T20:13:21Z")
Pinball Wizard—The Who ---
**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2014, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hippie-music/700913/30 "2014-10-11T13:52:05Z")
> [@Ranger\_Jeff](#): > > Creedence Clearwater Revival > [@carnivorousplant](#): > > We middle class kids were listening to them in Junior High. > Our parents did not object. I don’t think they qualify as Hippie. 🙂 I’d consider any song that was great to listen to while stoned was a “Hippie” song. And trust me, under that condition, “Born on the Bayou” qualified. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2014, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hippie-music/700913/31 "2014-10-11T15:03:57Z")
**Donovan** - mellow yellow. ---
**Author:** ![Steken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@Steken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steken)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2014, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hippie-music/700913/32 "2014-10-11T15:17:31Z")
Please throw in some Charlie Manson, too. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2014, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hippie-music/700913/33 "2014-10-11T23:02:45Z")
“Teach Your Children” Crosby Stills and Nash - one pictures a video - handheld camera - of a bearded hippie, his “old lady” with a headband, breastfeeding the newest infant, and two or three toddlers running around stark naked in a barnyard. “Marrakesh Express” Crosby Stills and Nash - all those free-wheeling upper middle class “hippies” off backpacking on a summer adventure, a graduation present (on the parents’ dime, of course). How nice to be off on your travels to get high, not a care in the world, no worries money or otherwise! ---
**Author:** ![Tapiotar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3be4f8/32.png) [@Tapiotar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapiotar)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2014, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hippie-music/700913/34 "2014-10-12T11:23:18Z")
Procol Harum’s **A Salty Dog** Traffic – **Dear Mr. Fantasy**. I really want to include **John Barleycorn Must Die,** though that didn’t come out until 1970 Grand Funk Railroad – “I’m Your Captain/Closer to Home” ---
**Author:** ![Jim\_s\_Son](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19adc/32.png) [@Jim\_s\_Son](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_s_Son)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2014, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hippie-music/700913/35 "2014-10-15T06:26:56Z")
> [@salinqmind](#): > > “Teach Your Children” Crosby Stills and Nash - one pictures a video - handheld camera - of a bearded hippie, his “old lady” with a headband, breastfeeding the newest infant, and two or three toddlers running around stark naked in a barnyard. > > “Marrakesh Express” Crosby Stills and Nash - all those free-wheeling upper middle class “hippies” off backpacking on a summer adventure, a graduation present (on the parents’ > dime, of course). How nice to be off on your travels to get high, not a care in the world, no worries money or otherwise! ``` There is also Stephen Stills "Love the One You're With". Rich musician is on tour and separated from his girlfriend....solution-have sex with available woman. ``` On a more serious note for the OP: Country Joe and the Fish “Electric Music for Mind and Body”. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2014, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hippie-music/700913/36 "2014-10-15T15:40:18Z")
> [@Becky2844](#): > > Pinball Wizard—The Who And their Magic Bus. ---
**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2014, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hippie-music/700913/37 "2014-10-15T19:20:12Z")
> [@Tapiotar](#): > > Procol Harum’s **A Salty Dog** How can you not mention “A Whiter Shade of Pale”? And although everyone tries to wipe it from their minds, back then, Iron Butterfly’s “Inna Gadda Da Vida” certainly qualified. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2014, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hippie-music/700913/38 "2014-10-15T19:56:35Z")
> [@Ranger\_Jeff](#): > > How can you not mention “A Whiter Shade of Pale”? Clyde often played it on Beaker Street, so I think it qualifies. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2014, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hippie-music/700913/39 "2014-10-15T20:05:26Z")
> [@dasmoocher](#): > > Maybe some Grateful Dead? Gotta be Pig-Pen era. Quicksilver Messenger Service, Hot Tuna, crap like that. ---
**Author:** ![Big\_Blue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/51bf81/32.png) [@Big\_Blue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Big_Blue)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2014, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hippie-music/700913/40 "2014-10-15T21:13:21Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > Gotta be Pig-Pen era. Pig-Pen certainly, but I’d still include some Brent songs, for sure. Oh, and don’t forget Ultimate Spinach. > **[Ultimate Spinach](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultimate_Spinach)** > > Ultimate Spinach was a short-lived American psychedelic rock band from Boston, Massachusetts which was formed in 1967. In terms of style and national recognition, the band was one of the most prominent musical acts to emerge from the "Bosstown Sound", which was a marketing campaign posing as a regional attempt to compete with the San Francisco Sound. During the group's existence, they released three albums, with their self-titled debut the most commercially successful. > The band originated as a g... Even if you did, though, I’d totally hang all night to Dead shows, easy! 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hippie-music/700913.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hippie-music/700913.md?page=3)