Episode 151: “San Francisco” by Scott McKenzie
A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs
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Pierr Sloane - A Song Writer
Pierr sloane retired from the music business in 19 72 for reasons he variously gave as being ill. He would suffer from chronic illnesses for decades before apparently being cured by a faith healer. By this point, sloan was more myth than man, and this was largely because of jimmy webb. Webb had, in 19 70 decided that he wasn't going to just be a song writer for other people, but that he was going to be an artist in his own right. And one of the people who inspired him to do that was sloane,. whom he thought of as one of the first of the great commercial song writers to pursue his own artistic path.
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