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Music critic Joel Selvin looks back at the Summer of Love and examines its legacy.

He was the music journalist for the San Francisco Chronicle when Hendrix, Joplin and Jefferson Airplane hit the scene. He came through Summer of Love alive and enlightened. What went wrong in the '60s? What was cool? Joel Selvin tells it like it was!

Was it a magical musical experience or a muddy mess? Here's a glimpse of what it was like to be there with a few links to some personal memories.

Rock historian Pete Fornatale's new book on Woodstock paints the clearest picture yet of the most important concert event in the history of rock.