ROCK LANDMARKS
From Woodstocks to Parking Lots
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It's a mighty long way down rock'n'roll, from tho Liverpool docks to tho Hollywood Bowl.—Mott the Hoople
Who says rock doesn't have a sense of history? You see here in front of you, many of them in their own peculiar decaying splendor, some of the places where memorable rock'n'roll moments have taken place. If you're traveling in this, the bicentennial year, you might want to stop at Muhammad's Temple No. 26 in San Francisco and, as you're worshiping, think of the many S.F. bands who played here during the "Summer of Love.' Or maybe you'd like to stop by a certain subway station in Liverpool and meditate on the very spot where four working class British lads sht>ok the, world.. .Or maybe even stop at Elvis Presley's Graceland Mansion and pull handfulsof grass from his front lawn and try to sell it to willing strangers back home, which is exactly what a band of enterprising English'journalists did several years ago.
Future landmarks? CBGB's? CREEM's Birmingham office? The first office of Casablanca Records? Dee Dee Ramone's birthplace? Who knows. Maybe it might even be your house if your combo works real hard, gets a good manager, etc. We do ask you one favor though, take a picture of it now, because after it's a parking lot...
