Origin Of The Gay Porn Soundtrack 2

1.   San Francisco In The 1970s

1.  San Francisco in the 1970s was a global hub of culture. It was known worldwide for hippies and radicals. The city was heavily affected by drugs, prostitution and crime. Outcasts and the socially marginalized were attracted by a greater tolerance and acceptability of multi-cultures in the city. It grew as one of world's biggest centres for the LGBT community and LGBT rights........ The rock music known as the San Francisco Sound was performed live and recorded by San Francisco-based rock groups of the mid-1960s to early 1970s. It was associated with the counterculture community in the city at the time.

2.  San Francisco was the cradle of the pornography industry in the United States in the 1970s, and led to a dramatic growth of seedy gentleman's clubs, adult movie theatres, peep show booths and sex shops downtown. Many skyscrapers were built in the city during this period. The city is also associated with West Coast Jazz and was one of the major centers of jazz fusion which took off in the 70s.

---from Wikipedia,  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco_in_the_1970s


2.   Examples Of The San Francisco Sound

"The San Francisco Sound refers to rock music performed live and recorded by San Francisco-based rock groups of the mid-1960s to early 1970s. It was associated with the counterculture community in San Francisco during these years". 

---from Wikipedia, San Francisco Sound

• Credence Clearwater Revival
• Jefferson Airplane
• Grateful Dead
• Santana
• Sly And The Family Stone
• Steve Miller Band 
• The Doobie Brothers
• Tower Of Power 

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