From the archive, 14 September 1969: Prague's pop kids fall under the spell of flower power

Colin Smith witnesses beat group the Blossom Toes take their subversive 'Asian jazz' to CzechoslovakiaIn the dressing room after the concert in Prague, a couple of Czech teenagers drift up to the British beat group and ask for hashish. The group, the Blossom Toes, shake their heads and autograph the fans' outstretched posters instead. The Czech boys say "thank you" and the musicians look them straight in the eye and wish them "luck", which is the sort of thing you tend to do and say in Prague, ...

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