Elliot Michael Gold looks at the music that shaped our lives at Webster's May 10

by Timothy Rutt

If you're a baby boomer, you know how important the music was to your life.  Even if you were too young to participate in peace marches or Woodstock, you heard the music and were part of the time.  Songs bring back memories, and frequently you remember where you were when you first heard it.

Webster's Fine Stationers, 2450 N. Lake Avenue, takes a look back on Friday, May 10, in conjunction with Fancy Food Truck Friday with author Elliot Michael Gold, starting at 5 PM..

“Nothing returns a memory as clearly as a song!” says Altadena writer Gold, who documented this in his book “Rememories - The Music and the Memories That Shaped Our Lives”, originally published in 2000.

Alta-author Elliot Michael Gold looks back at the golden years of Boomer music May 10.

Most locals know Gold as one of the drivers behind the Altadena Coalition of Neighborhood Associations, but he's had a very interesting assortment of life experiences.  Next Friday he will be at Webster's Fine Stationers to not only sign his book and talk about some of his journey, but will play segments of taped interviews with luminaries of music in the rock 'n roll era of the 1950s, 1960s, and early 1970s.  Come hear the voices of music greats like Fabian, Grace Slick, Andrew Young, Bruce "Cousin Brucie" Morrow, among many other notables, and listen to the music that changed their (and our) lives! 

Some of the interviews are funny, some are chilling, some are heartbreaking, but all of them remind the reader, and the listener, of how important music has been to our lives.