Ars Longa Vita Brevis

Archie Patterson
Nov 2 · 5 min read

In the Beginning… There was Jazz, the Blues and Rock & Roll, followed by the English Invasion. In the late 1960’s, very early in 1970, three Musicians performed a genre-bending marriage with Classical motifs that changed the World of Music…

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Archie Patterson

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Music & Cultural Historian, Journalist, Published Eurock magazine 1973–90, 4-books on Music & Second Culture (2000–18). "The Only Truth is Music" -Jack Kerouac

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