1967:A Complete Rock Music History of the Summer of Love

Celebrate the 50th anniversary of the “Summer of Love” and the revolutionary music of 1967.
In 1967, tens of thousands of young people streamed into San Francisco, kicking off a social transformation that shook the world and sent a strong message that the times were “a changin’” and that old ways of understanding no longer worked. Harvey Kubernik (Canyon of Dreams) embarks on an insider's musical exploration of the Summer of Love, Kubernik weaves together a kaleidoscopic view of the cosmic flash points of this cultural revolution throughout the year—moving from key events in San Francisco, Berkeley, and L.A., to Detroit, New York, Melbourne, Sydney, Toronto, and London. The main narrative is multi-voiced, based on a treasure trove of exclusive interviews with 1967’s significant scene-makers and musicians by Kubernik—who knows them all. Featuring memorabilia of the time and photographs from acclaimed rock photographers, and a truly “groovy” design, 1967 is the ultimate celebration of those “counterculture freethinkers and impact players who," as Kubernik writes, "disputed authority [and] helped shape an alternative environment that changed the fabric of the pop culture planet in America and across the globe.” 

Harvey Kubernik, a lifelong resident of the Laurel Canyon area, is a veteran music journalist whose work has been published nationally in Melody Maker, the Los Angeles Free Press, Crawdaddy, Musician, Goldmine, MIX, the Los Angeles Times, and MOJO, among others. He has been a record producer since 1979 and was a former West Coast director of A&R for MCA Records. Kubernik is the author of several books, including Canyon of Dreams (Sterling), and Neil Young: Heart of Gold and Leonard Cohen: Everybody Knows (both Hal Leonard). He lives in Los Angeles.