Interesting history. Many places in the valley have historical beginnings. Thanks for sharing.
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Interesting history. Many places in the valley have historical beginnings. Thanks for sharing.
Also further promoted in Creedence Clearwater’s song Green River, which Fogarty wrote about Putah Creek. They would go up there and spend days to get away from the hustle and bustle of El Cerrito!
After that, I think it moved to twisting up a few fatties and pulling out the guitar!
LOL!! Great stories. I once heard a radio interview with Fogarty. The interviewer asked him how he justified writing/singing "...., It Ain't Me, I Ain't No Fortunate One...."?? His answer was that he had become a conservative now that he was a fortunate one.... ;)
Cool, between the increased riff-raff lately at the Yuba and Feather, the typical BS at the American, and now this, our local options for peace and quiet are really seeming to dwindle.
Used to be to get away from the city you went as far as you dared. Now even that seems risky.
It was maybe 20 yrs ago, while approaching the water at parking lot #3, I see this guy blazing a trail with his new machete. He must have been as uncomfortable with me as I was with him. He left, but it was no longer a relaxing outing.
In my early teens we used to build kayaks in the back of Abe Schuster's fiberglass place in Berkeley. CCR practiced in a corrugated warehouse next to the yard. When they got famous they moved to fancier digs, I guess. They were LOUD. Probably all have hearing aids now.