Take Goldmine’s California ’60s playlist for a spin”

Posted on 13 September 2011. Tags: 1000 Songs That Rock Your World, 1960s music, Barry McGuire, California '60s music, California Dreamin', canned heat, Country Joe and The Fish, Crosby, Crosby Stills and Nash, Jan and Dean, Janis Joplin, jefferson airplane, Nash and Young, Sills, surf city, The Beach Boys, The Bobby Fuller Four, The Byrds, The Chantays, The Mamas and The Papas, The Monkees, The Turtles, Tim Buckley, West Coast music

Ready to do a little California dreaming? Set the mood with this 24-track playlist that includes The Beach Boys, CSNY, The Doors, CCR, The Byrds and Love.

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The California 60s blog is by contributing editor Chris M. Junior. Chris M. Junior grew up in Central Jersey, and his earliest music-related memory is as a 2-year-old standing in front of the TV to watch "The Johnny Cash Show."

Thanks to his parents' excellent record collection, Chris became a fan of doo-wop and early rock 'n' roll by age 10, and his tastes and knowledge continued to expand through his teen years and into adulthood. While living in California during the late 1980s, he developed a deeper understanding and appreciation for the various artists who lived and recorded in the Golden State. They included blues legend John Lee Hooker, whom Chris met in 1989 after learning he lived a few miles away from him in Northern California.

A music journalist for more than 20 years, Chris has written for various newspapers, magazines and Web sites, among them the Asbury Park Press and Goldmine. During his career, he has interviewed Dion DiMucci, Pat Metheny, Yoko Ono, Sam Moore, Al Green, Roger McGuinn and John Hiatt as well as members of Creedence Clearwater Revival, Bad Company, Cheap Trick, KISS, The Black Crowes, The Bangles, The Jordanaires and The Impressions.

In 2004, Chris launched the site www.medleyville.us, which features his music writing as well as his concert photography.