b'hind German lines with the 82ndREACHINGOUTAirborne Division at Normandy on D-Day. My dad called World WarIIagoodwarbecauseit defeated fascism.I was born in 1953 in Idaho Falls, Idaho, the third of five children. Dad wasRICKSthe hardest worker I have ever known. He became a schoolplaylistteacher and then worked for a government contractor at the Idaho National Reactor Testing Station where the first nuclear reactor prototype for the Nautilus submarine was developed. My mom was a piano teacher, secretary and full-time mother. She was the kindest and most compas- Good Vibrationssionate person I have ever knowna living angel. We livedThe Beach Boysin a potato farming community of 2,500 people. Laughter and music filled our home continuously. My dad sang. MyLight My Firemom sang and played the piano. We had dinner as a fam- The Doorsily every night and went to church every Sunday.WhenIwasborn,theKoreanWarwaswindingdownRevolutionand my early years were marked and greatly influencedThe Beatlesby inventions and events of the era: television, Sputnik, Cold War, Cuban Missile Crisis, Civil Rights Movement,All Right Nowassassinations of the Kennedys and Martin Luther King,FreeVietnamWar,thespaceraceandmanonthemoon, Woodstock, the anti-war movement and Watergate. Insti- Almost Cut My Hairtutions were challenged and changing. Personal tragedyCrosby, Stills, Nash & Youngalsotouchedmewithlosingseveralclosefriendsand family to illnesses and accidents. When I was 12, olderShook Me All Night Longbrothers of my friends died in Vietnam. When I was 18, the war was still going on and I was eligible for the draft,AC/DCbut drew a high lottery number. When I was in my 50s, I went to Vietnam as a tourist. I felt guilty for not beingStart Me Upthere as a soldier, but grateful I didnt have to go. BecauseRolling StonesI came of age in the revolutionary 1960s and early 70s, I was taught to be independent, to question authority andSunday Bloody Sundaythe status quo and try to make the world a better place. IdU2rather wear jeans than a suit and these days, I go to Burn-ing Man, the annual counter-culture festival in Nevadas Black Rock Desert.05'