Helix Vol. IX No. 6, September 4, 1969, with Article on Woodstock and Gram Parsons & Chris Hillman interview
Seattle: Helix, 1969. Bevis, Walt Crowley. First Printing. Tabloid Newspaper. Tabloid printed on newsprint measuring 11.5 x 15 inches. Pp. 20 including covers. Cover wrap printed in color. Light age-toning to edges, some chipped corners and torn edges, otherwise a fresh copy. Very Good. Item #9192 In late spring 1967, Helix joined a burgeoning underground press then including groundbreaking alternative papers the East Village Other, the Los Angeles Free Press, the Fifth Estate and the Berkeley Barb. Founded by Paul Sawyer, Paul Dorpat and Lorenzo Milam, it sprang from their intellectual fervor at the Free University, an alternative thinktank they also founded. Eventually star-illustrator Walt Crowley assumed editorship. A pebble in the shoe of Seattle establishment, the "hip rag" brought attention to civic injustice by rallying its youthful readership to activism. The apogee of that effort followed the 1970 killing of students at Kent State: over the course of May 5-8, Helix organized protests that blocked US Interstate 5 while marching between the University District and rallies at the Federal Courthouse in downtown Seattle. Protected in a removable clear sleeve with acid-free backing.
An issue of the Seattle hippie rag with articles on Woodstock, the Sky River Rock Fest, and an interview with musicans Gram Parsons and Chris Hillman of the group The Flying Burrito Brothers. Rear cover features a scene of a band, including a naked man, performing at the Sky River Rock Fest.
Price: $150.00