Linda McCartney, Born September 24, 1941-April 17, 1998 was an American photographer from Scarsdale, New York. She was not only famous for taking pictures of famous musicians such as Grace Slick, Jimi Hendrix, Bob Dylan, Janis Joplin, Eric Clapton, Simon & Garfunkel, The Who, The Doors. But also for being the wife of Paul McCartney and Keyboardist in their band Wings. Linda met Paul McCartney at a Georgie Fame concert at the Bag O'Nails in 1967. They also met up again at a Sgt Peppers Launch Party. After the party they started seeing each other more and more and married March 12, 1969. They had three children Mary, Stella and James, Paul adopted Linda's daughter Heather. Linda also was an animal rights activist and loved horses. She was the author of many cook books and started her own company called Linda McCartney Foods. She was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1995 and died in 1998.
Monday, July 4, 2011
Lovely Linda
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Linda McCartney,
photography
Friday, July 1, 2011
Sidewalk Surfin
Skateboards were first manufactured sometime in the 1940s or 50s in Los Angeles California. They were basically just like a surfboard expect they weren't made for water. Skating was another thing that was fun to do in the 50s besides surfing and was very similar. Surfing was more than just a hobby but a way of life and skating proved to be the same way especially in the seventies. By the early sixties skateboarding had grown very popular, but towards 1966 skateboard sales dropped and remained that way until the early 70s. In the 70s skateboards were designed differently and there were more styles. By the mid 70s skateboarders took advantage of the newly manufactured skateboards and started inventing new tricks. Skateboarders also started skating in empty swimming pools. Popular skateboarders of the 70s were Ty Page, Bruce Logan, Kevin Reed, and the Z-Boys.
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skateboarding,
surfing,
Z-Boys
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