Welcome to episode one of my new podcast.

The vague plan is to build up an audio archive loosely based on the events and culture of the Hippy era - roughly speaking 1965-72, plus maybe some of what happened next. I've got two more episodes in the can, so after that, it kind of depends what happens next - It could be a series of three!

My first guest is my old friend, Mr Ken Phillips. We met in 1970 and since then we have shared a few adventures along the way. I really enjoyed our conversation - I hope that you do too.

If you have friends that you think may also enjoy this podcast, please do share the link. Also, if you have any memories from those heady days, that you think might be good to add to the archive, please do contact me on [email protected] . I'm keen to talk about the music, the festivals, the media, the lifestyle, the philosophy, the politics - and pretty much anything else at all connected to those days really .

Don't forget to subscribe to 'Talking with the Hippies' to make sure that you get to hear episode 2.

Thank you to my dear friend, Hurricane Rodriguez for the music - hopefully lots more to come.

Love and Peace brothers and sisters - fifty years on and it's still the best!