The Golden Ages

There have been Golden Ages for damn near everything associated with every society… And I gotta tell you… The era we are visiting here was chocked full of Golden Ages… The U.S. was still the supreme king of manufacturing… Steel… Appliances… TV’s… Automobiles... The unemployment rate hovered around 3% - 4%, and by golly, didn’t that just fuel the economy… Sub-divisions and Levittown wanna-be’s had the housing and related industries booming, a Golden Age, so to speak, as families sought the American dream in the suburbs… Did I mention automobiles?... Certainly a Golden Age was happening there…Ford made a full sized retractable hardtop convertible called the Skyliner… Nice heavy big blocks with plenty of horses under the hood… Pontiac Grand Prix and Bonneville were hot like firecrackers… And talk about a Golden Era… Muscle cars… You want muscle???? 1964… In this corner… Weighing in at 3500lbs… Costing $4500 (with every available option)… Sporting a 389 Tri-power cubic inch engine…. The Pontiac GTO…

I’ve mentioned before that the 50’s – 60’s was the Golden Age of television… And I hope to do a little more on that topic later…. Also, there is no doubt that this blog is somewhat stuck in the Golden Age of Rock ‘N Roll… But the artists of that time didn’t forget their history… They remembered the by-gone Golden Era of Big Bands and Swing, and created some wonderful hit covers of great old songs from the 30’s and 40’s… Proving what John Lennon said about a good song... It will always be just that... A good song… Yesterday, today, and tomorrow…