PEACE LOVE MUSIC by Cornelia Amiri
Publisher: Eternal Press
Release Date: May 7, 2011
Release Format: eBook
Genre: Erotic Contemporary Romance
48 Pages
Jodi's birthday breaks her free of the foster care scene and launches her on a journey of self discovery. She thumbs her way to Woodstock to groove on peace, love, and music. The moment Blue spots Jodi strutting toward him barefoot in the rain, he's overcome with déjà vu. She doesn't share his feeling that they were lovers in a previous life, thinking it's half crazy, still she feels she's meant to be with the irresistible hippie.
As an adult now Jodi's free to be naughty rather than nice and he's the man who can make her wildest dreams, the sensual ones, come true. Is she headed for a love-in at his tepee?
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About the Author: Cornelia Amiri has been writing professionally for ten years and the publication of Peace Love Music marks her as the author of a dozen books, including her Celtic/Romances with Eternal Press, filled with magic, hot heroes, and warrior women: A Fine Cauldron of Fish, Queen of Kings, Druid Bride, and The Wolf and the Druidess. She and her cat, Severus, live in Houston, TX as does her wonderful son and granddaughter. Cornelia loves hearing from her fans, please visit her on her website
http://celticromancequeen.com/, or email Cornelia at
coramiri@yahoo.com.
Guest Post:
I wrote my new novella, Peace Love Music, with those three words in mind, a fun, hot summer read full of good vibes. Visit the 1969 Woodstock festival with my barefoot heroine, Jodi and be a part of what’s known as the greatest weekend since creation. Who wouldn’t love to put aside three days of their life for peace, love, and music … to be startdust, to be golden, to get back to the garden.
It’s Firday night and the first performer is on, you’re watching Richie Havens work the strings of an acoustic guitar as he taps his foot to the beat singing, “Freedom, freedom, freedom. Sometimes I feel like I’m almost gone a long long way from my home. “ You clap your hands along with the soulful folk singer as he sings from deep in his soul. You cheer with the rest of the crowd as he dances around the stage masterfully strumming his guitar.
It’s still daylight when Country Joe McDonald, the next act, comes on and launches into “it’s one, two, three what are you fighting for.” His voice rises with “Ain’t no time to wonder why we’re all going to die.” You and the thousands upon thousands of people around you stand and clap to the music. Country Joe goads, “I don’t how you can’t stop the war if you can’t sign louder than that.” You sing louder, “Don’t ask me I don’t give a damn, the next stop is Vietnam.”
Everyone claps loudly as John Sebastian with his round wire rimmed glasses in his tye-dyed shirt takes the stage and sings, “It’s ok to shoot the moon. So darling be home soon.” At the end of the song he calls out, “You’re all beautiful.”
You twirl around and a haze of smoke rises from the hill. Everybody’s puffing on zig zag rolled smokes as they groove to the music.
Then the first band comes on stage, Sweetwater, with the electric flute and their psychedelic rock and classical fusion sound. You start dancing as your spirit leads as Nancy Nevins sings out, “Why oh why?”
You wave your arms as your body sways with the rhythm of the music, dancing from the soul, letting go and moving as the sound pulls you. Incredible String Band takes the stage next and they sing, “When you find out who you are, beautiful beyond your dreams.”
They leave the stage and Bert Sommer performs next. You pull your legs up into the lotus position as you sit on the grass amid a sea of people, listening to the words of his song, Jennifer. “Lying beside her in a magical way melting into her river of love. Lying beside her I'm melted away into her river of love.”
The next act is Tim Hardin, who sings a song he’s written, “If I was a carpenter would you love me anyway would you have my baby.” Your heart melts at the strong, simple lyrics. “Save my love from loneliness, save my love form sorrow, I give you my onlyness, give me your tomorrows.”
You stand up to dance and the sky breaks with a hammering rain as Ravi Shankar comes to the stage. The storm drenches you and the entire crowd during all five of the India Master’s exotic songs, though you keep dancing, the pelting rain is cool, refreshing, and magical.
Melanie sings next. She walkes up to the mike with her guitar. Everyone who had candles with them, lites them and holds up candles in the rain as Melanie sings Beautiful people, “He may be sitting right next to you. He maybe be a beautiful people too. And if you take care of him, maybe he'll take care of you.”
Arlo Guthrie with his bushy brown hair, walks on next. You laugh with everyone else when he looks out into the crowd and said, “Lots of freaks.” The singer-songwriter strums and sings, “Coming into Los Angeles. Don’t check my bags if you please, Mister Custom man.” After the song ends, when the applause dies down, Arlo says, “I don’t know if you can dig how many people are here. New York State freeway is closed.Far out. We’re a force.”
When Arlo leaves the stage and you feel swallowed up by the dark night, someone calls out, “Everyone light a match.”
You scan the crowd, taking in thousands of magic lights flickering across the hillside. “Beautiful,” you say aloud.
There is a thunder of applause as Joan Baez greets the crowd, “Good Morning.”
You know it’s after midnight, already Saturday.
“This festival is really quite extraordinary in every way,” Joan says and she sings a resistance song. “One day at a time, I dream one dream at a time.”
Jeffrey Shurtleff’s low, masculine voice adds to the tune as he sings with Joan Baez. “Yesterday’s dead and tomorrow is blind.” He belts out on his own, “Swallow flying across a cloudy sky, searching for a patch of sun so high.”
A downpour falls from the heavens as Joan Baez sings, “We shall overcome someday.”
The chill down your back isn’t from the rain. When Joan sings out in her crystal clear voice, “We are not afraid, Oh Lord. We are not afraid, Oh Lord, not afraid today,” the words vibrate through you. Even in the cold rain, a warm glow flutters in your chest. And that is the final act of the first day of the Woodstock festival, 1969.
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