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March 1965. "The King Sisters in rehearsal for musical variety series The King Family on ABC-TV." 35mm Kodachrome transparency by John Vachon for Look magazine. View full size.
One of the sisters, Luise King, married guitarist Alvino Rey, and they are the grandparents of musicians Win and Will Butler of the band Arcade Fire.
The majority of the girls in my high school senior yearbook had identical hairstyles. Yes, I am a geezer and hope to remain one for a good while yet.
"What a time that was, that will never come again."
I hope it doesn't. Endless war, rioting in the cities, and the constant derision of the emerging counterculture as weird, evil and silly (all at the same time). I'm glad that era is behind us. Older people seized on shows like this as proof the mainstream culture was alive and well, even when it was on life support. The situation seemed hopeless to many of us who lived through it.
I was there to see that. What a time that was, that will never come again.
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