'The Republic of Rock' uncovers the lost story of rock music and citizenship in the sixties counterculture by tracing the way people in two key places - San Francisco and Vietnam - used rock to make sense of their lives and the world around them.
In his 1967 megahit "San Francisco," Scott McKenzie sang of "people in motion" coming from all across the country to San Francisco, the white-hot center of rock music and anti-war protests. At the same time, another large group of young Americans was also in motion, less eagerly…
The Republic of Rock uncovers the lost story of rock music and citizenship in the sixties counterculture by tracing the way people in two key places - San Francisco and Vietnam - used rock to make sense of their lives and the world around them.
In his 1967 megahit "San Francisco," Scott McKenzie sang of "people in motion" coming from all across the country to San Francisco, the white-hot center of rock music and anti-war protests. At the same time, another large group of young Americans was also in motion, less eagerly…