It was 1968
I was 14 years old, living in the tiny town of Bohemia, Long Island, New York. My buddy, Doug Hunter and I had walked to the new White's department store where I purchased the just released Iron Butterfly album "In A Gadda Da Vida. I played that title song so much I think I wore it out. The best part was the drum solo that drummer Ron Bushy laid down. Ron died yesterday at age 79. Everybody is getting old and dying man. 😒
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I was also 14 once!😁
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I remember my older brother and cousins cranking up In A Gadda da Vida shortly after the album was released.....since then I have owned it on LP, 8 Track, cassette and CD...I listened to the Remastered version of it on youtube just a few days ago.....
RIP Sir......
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'I was also 14 once!'
Me, too and it was before 1968. On second thought, I'm not sure about ages 14-20. I may have skipped those. Brother went to the Army in 65 and I went from 14 to 21 overnight. No more "kid stuff", no more playing games, no more time when some sort of work wasn't piled on my back.
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In A Gadda da Vida was the reason I bought a Panasonic 4 channel tape player. I used to love that song cranked up. As long as the wife and daughter weren't home. They didn't like it anywhere near as much as I did. I would stand in the middle of the room, close my eyes and let the drums surround me.😁
Joe
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RIP
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IRON BUTTERFLY - IN-A-GADDA-DA-VIDA
Iron Butterfly drummer RON BUSHY has died, age 79 (December 23, 1941 – August 29, 2021) The band confirmed Bushy’s passing in a Facebook post yesterday...0 -
1968 I had my first real job.When I got paid I bought a good Case pocket knife and a Mitchell 300 reel.Second check I bought a Sheridan 5mm pellet rifle.
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RIP
the album is a legend for sure
1968 I was only eleven and had no worries only dreams 😁
now I am old fellow lots of worries and still dreaming 🤔
duddyb
at 16 yrs old my first pay check went for a crosman 761xl ( a wood stock gold /? plated version of the 760 ) pump up air rifle I had a 1.50 left out of my first check and got me on the road to being gun poor 😗
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Waiting for my draft notice.
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I was in the PI in 68 and the locals band did a really nice job with the long version on this song.
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First music LP I ever bought.
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My music preference back then was more in Step with "Born to be Wild" but Iron Butterfly was kind of OK.
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Right before Christmas of 68 I got my draft notice. Report to your local Draft board in January, then board the bus for Cincinnati for a physical. There were 5 of my classmates on that bus. I was the only only one that flunked the physical. I was told I had flat feet, deaf in the right ear (amazingly everyone that sat in chair #4 was deaf in the right ear), and poor eyesight. I worked in an auto parts store at the time and also had a girlfriend (my wife-to-be).
If accepted I was going to join the Air Force and was actually looking forward to that. But I went back to work the next day and continued my relationship with my girlfriend.
Joe
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In 68 I was only 9 and to be honest I don't remember what I was doing at the time...
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I can't even remember being 14. It was too long ago.
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I was 13 years old. ... +1 for the drum solo !!!
For The Kids:
IRON BUTTERFLY - IN A GADDA DA VIDA - 1968 (ORIGINAL FULL VERSION) 17:02 minutes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UIVe-rZBcm4😋😎
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1968 was hockey practice and shoveling driveways to buy skates and sticks.
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I was a drummer and my band played that in our High School talent show. I loved playing the solo.
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Got married and reported to my first and only ship.
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1968 Nov. US army. still paying for that today.
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14 and in school . Riding a dirt bike and doing whatever Daddy told me to do on the farm .
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