‘Hey man, play Freeeeebiiiiiirrrrrd!’ With more than 40 years in the music scene Mitch Myers has seen it all. It makes sense he titled his first collection of stories after stoner dudes requesting ‘Freebird’ from some grassy knoll. Bold type, stacked and packed, paired with an expansive open sky is an ode to the togetherness and foreverness the golden age of rock-and-roll festivals gave the youth of the time.

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