Al Hunter’s Story Archive

Muhammad Ali Meets The Beatles

February 21, 2019 | by Al Hunter

It is February in Indianapolis. As I sit at my keyboard in 10 below zero weather, my power is out, the candles are lit and my compy is running on battery power. So . . . time for a happy warm memory. Fifty-five years ago, on February 18, 1964, The … Read More

The Quiet Ronette and the Quiet Beatle

February 14, 2019 | by Al Hunter

Ten years ago, the dead body of a 67-year old woman was discovered in Englewood, New Jersey. Her death came sometime that week and, for the most part, her passing went unnoticed. It remains so a decade later. But, in the weeks and months before the British invasion hit our … Read More

American Pie and the Day the Music Died, Part 2

February 7, 2019 | by Al Hunter

Sixty years ago, February 3, 1959, three of rock ‘n roll’s biggest stars: Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. Richardson, known as the Big Bopper, were killed in a plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa. The day became known as “The Day the Music Died.” Thirteen-year-old Don McLean was folding … Read More

American Pie and the Day the Music Died, Part 1

January 31, 2019 | by Al Hunter

Sixty years ago this Sunday was the day the music died. On February 3, 1959, Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J.P. “The Big Bopper” Richardson were killed along with pilot Roger Peterson in a plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa. The event was immortalized by Don McLean in his 1971 … Read More

Do You Remember January 22, 1973?

January 24, 2019 | by Al Hunter

Were you alive on January 22, 1973? If so, consider this a reminder, if not, let me show what a typical day was like for a late-stage Baby Boomer like me. January 22, 1973 was a Monday in the Age of Aquarius. “All in the Family” was #1 on television … Read More