Old Photograph of The Whitsuntide Singers Turns Up

Here's another 40 year old black & white candid of the group from the Curt Cole Burkhardt photo shoot in Chicago back in 1969. It was taken in Grant Park near downtown. I think Curt captured a "mood" with this shot, which is framed by stone pillars in the park. Of course Grant Park was the site of the Viet Nam war protests that occurred the previous August during the Democratic Convention. The Buffalo Springfield 1967 hit song "For What It's Worth" was already a staple in The Whitsuntide Singers' repertoire. I started the song with the haunting guitar harmonics (and got it right most of the time).

We were trudging hallowed ground so to speak in this picture, and while no one was killed during that violent event (like at Kent State University) this was a significant place in the anti-war movement of the era. The world was changing and so was the music of our group.