re: The real reason Muhammad Ali refused the draft

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Not directed at you because I know you were an old school San Francisco hippie, but I don't think I've ever met a member of your generation that didn't go to Woodstock.

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I am from New York and I didn't move to SF until 1972 but I lived in Georgia during the Summer of Love (1967) and my brother and I opened the second Head Shop in the state of Georgia called The Looking Glass.

The first Head Shop in the state of Georgia was in Atlanta and it was called The Middle Earth and was on 8th street just one block from Piedmont Park. In those days all the hippies lived on one block and hung out in Piedmont Park.

In fact, Keith Strickland and Ricky Wilson of The B-52s met each other in The Looking Glass when they were both attending Athens High School and Keith recently told me the music we played in The Looking Glass especially the album entitled, "The Zodiac" greatly influenced the band's style of music when the band formed in 1976.

My brother and I are very proud of the fact that we inadvertently helped The B-52s develop their unique sound.

I guess you can say I was an old school Georgia hippie from New York.