The unofficial anthem of the counterculture, written by Papa John Phillips and sung by Scott McKenzie, born Philip Wallace Blondheim III. By now the Haight-Asbury area of San Francisco wasn't quite the idyllic hippie mecca portrayed in the song. I once had a co-worker who made that pilgrimage back in the day; she said it was really rather squalid and full of broke, starving, stoned kids, so she went home. George Harrison said the same thing after an incognito visit when "Sgt. Pepper" was released. Hal Blaine of the Wrecking Crew was the drummer, with Joe Osborn on bass.
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