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Woody Herman at the BBC in London, 1969

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Marc Myers
Feb 26, 2026
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By the late 1960s, psychedelia finally caught up with the big bands. As free love, rock albums and hippie fashion permeated the youth culture, band leaders still touring started feeling groovy. Some experimented with LSD and mushrooms while others limited their embrace of the youth scene to fashion. All commissioned arrangements of new pop-rock hits. [P…

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