The Experiment by Tony Bove

"A deeply provocative exchange examine the 1960s."
-- Michael Gosney (Digital Be-In, eco-friendly Century Institute, and Synergetic Press)

Cornell Woodrow, keeper of the secrets and techniques of the blues, taught a number of the renowned Sixties rock musicians that our such a lot religious impulses are guided by means of song. "We aspire towards anything unreachable, out on the limits of topic and effort. We play tune with a view to faucet into the vibrations of the planet and the vibrancy of our lives. We interact in a grand experiment."

Part allegory, half satire, half fable, half heritage, and all fiction, The scan sheds new mild at the rock track revolution of the Sixties and lots of of its heroes and villains. the radical lines the evolution of rock, and unveils the voodoo that provides this tune a distinct strength. it all started as a seed planted by means of excessive John the Conqueror, the rolling stone who carried the traditions and ancestor spirits to the hot global. opposed to all odds, excessive John tricked his enslavers and the Corporation's ministers to develop a brand new, strong song that will encourage a cultural revolution.

The homicide of a well-liked radio character, and the looks of the mysterious Cornell, galvanizes 3 kids right into a uprising that pits father opposed to son and unites them in a quest for solutions. jointly they shape the Archetypes, with Reggie because the leftist radical, Johnny B because the influential guru of the bass guitar, and Gilbert as Gilgamesh the Digger and way of life artist. they assist the Beatles and the Rolling Stones locate their musical voices, convey Bob Dylan the way in which into electrical people, and have the same opinion to Cornell's wide-ranging experiments with Robert Johnson proteges within the Sixties rock scene. alongside the way in which they meet Timothy Leary, organize an LSD manufacturing unit, march at the Pentagon, and rescue a different stash from dagger-wielding Manson women in demise Valley, simply in time to avoid wasting the Woodstock competition from drowning in undesirable acid.

All the whereas they're dogged via brokers of the company, who're accomplishing a counter-experiment opposed to Cornell to prevent the unfold of tune and enlightenment, or someway keep an eye on it, via espionage, subterfuge, and homicide. one in every of them has Reggie and Gilbert due to the fact that early life and attempts to recruit them to infiltrate radical teams. on the finish of the Sixties the musicians became distracted, the radicals have became violent, and the company is poised to deprave Cornell's noble experiment...