Dearborn High School
Class Of 1971
Common Ground
If you were to stop for a moment and ask yourself, "When I see a fellow DHS '71 classmate, what is it - really - that we have in common with each other....that is, other than the fact that we went to the same high school?".....what would your answer be? I've pondered that question, and the more I thought about it, the more I realized how much we actually DO have in common. In a sense, much of it comes down to time and space, i.e., we were all born in or around 1953 and we all lived out our 16-18 year old teenage years in Dearborn, Michigan. The significance is that collectively we've shared many common experiences as a direct result of these two facts - experiences that give us a unique identity that is larger than any defining us as individuals. Over the past few years I've received emails from many of you containing nostalgic content that we can all relate to. Below is a collection of some of this nostalgia that hopefully will continue to remind us of what we really do have in common as members of the Dearborn High School Class of 1971 ..... and why that common ground is so very special. Just click on the links below and enjoy a little stroll down memory lane (you may need Powerpoint or Word for some of these links).
......Stan Guinn (DHS '71)
OUR MUSIC (not including Detroit's world famous "Motown Sound")
Michigan Rock and Roll Bands from Back in the Day
Grande Ballroom - Concert Events Calendar from 1966 thru 1972
Eastown – Concert Events Calendar from 1969 thru 1973
The Palladium - Concert Events Calendar from 1969 thru 1971
Keener Radio 13 AM Week-by-Week Charts (1963-1972)
One Person's Top 10 List of Detroit Rock Bands (but I don't like the Bob Seger dis)
Amboy Dukes - Baby Please Don't Go
Grand Funk Railroad - I'm Your Captain
Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels - Little Latin Lupe Lu
Savage Grace - All Along the Watchtower
Iggy Pop and the Stooges - Search and Destroy
BOBBY LEWIS AND THE CRACKERJACK BAND (Dearborn's own: Your Mustache Lounge / New Place Lounge / Augies)
Stix and Stoned - 45 RPM recording of Rouge Plant Blues (audio only)
Rouge Plant Blues & Papa Was a Rolling Stone - Dearborn Homecoming 1990
Whisper Your Name - Dearborn Homecoming 1990
Walking in Memphis - Dearborn Homecoming 1991
Classical Gas & Suite Judy Blue Eyes - Dearborn Homecoming 199
Rocky Top - Dearborn Homecoming 1991
I Guess I Showed Her - Dearborn Homecoming 1990
Papa Was a Rolling Stone - Dearborn Homecoming 1991 (Dearborn Cable footage)
Papa Was a Rolling Stone - Dearborn Homecoming 1991 (personal footage)
(the last of these links is a clip from a video that I personally recorded over 20 years ago on Friday, August 2 of the 1991 Dearborn Homecoming - it is a duplicate recording of one of the links above it (all of which were filmed by Dearborn Cable) but shot from a different angle and the sound quality may be a little better. .....Patty and I had gotten to know Bobby over the years and we were the ones who requested Papa Was a Rolling Stone that afternoon. Several years later I was able to introduce my 92-year old dad to Bobby in mid-October 2007 when he performed solo at the Dearborn Country Club. My dad was glad to sit down and have a beer with him; he passed away 2 weeks later.)
OUR STATE
Amazing Lake Michigan Striped Ice Bergs
OUR DETROIT
The D.R.E.A.D. Card ("Detroit Rockers Engaged in the Abolition of Disco" Be sure to review the Code of Conduct that we had to sign off on in order to become card-carrying members.)
Olympia Stadium - powerpoint presentation
Motor City Dragway - powerpoint presentation
Detroit Dragway Advertisement - sound only
Ford Rotunda - Glory and Tragedy
OUR GENERATION
1950s and 1960s Pictures - powerpoint presentation