Hippie from Olema
1970 · Raccoon 7445 · San Francisco, California
- Artist
- The Youngbloods
- Title
- Hippie from Olema
- Release
- Hippie From Olema / Misty Roses
- Year
- 1970
- Label
- Raccoon # 7445
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- San Francisco, California, USA
- Songwriter
- Lowell Levinger
- Genre
- Country · Country Rock
- Primary theme
- Home Front Perspective / Soldier's Perspective
Notes
Raccoon/Warner Bros. Records 7445 (N19271), Raccoon S 3, promotion, not for sale, 2:55, intro :06; (Lowell Levinger); Dogfish Music ASCAP; recorded live in San Francisco. [From the record label] Hippie From Olema (Youngbloods, The) Hippie country novelty - answer to Merle Haggard. Long hair, we don't hate, we take in strangers Civil rights reference. Also ecology / environmental protection. [From Justin A. Brummer notes from RYM]
About the artist
American folk-rock band formed 1965 in Greenwich Village, New York City; disbanded 1972. [Source: Wikipedia]
Themes
Hippie · Answer Song · Satire · Civil Rights