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San Francisco Bay Rock

Gene Sculatti, Crawdaddy!, 1966

The San Francisco rock scene is a complex one. It is a plentiful jumble of hard rock, folk-rock, blues-rock, bubble-gum, and adult bands that have given the city its title as "the Liverpool of the West" (aptly provided by jazz critic Ralph Gleason).

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