Rocanrol culture is rife with celebratory rites. This is especially true in it's most lively manifestation, the rock concert—a timeless expression of joy that is sometimes laced with a certain longing for freedom that is a hallmark of the American experience. No group of people has been more successful in realizing that profound joie de vivre than the hippies.

Photographer Jay Blakesberg captures the quintessence of all that in his new, vibrantly realized book of photographs from the scene, Hippie Chick: A Tale of Love, Devotion & Surrender, to be released on Oct. 1, 2015 by Rock Out Books.