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The infield of the Derby – the general admission area inside the racetrack where you couldn’t catch a glimpse of a horse – was a hippy fest of Biblical proportions during my youth.

For more than 50 years, the hippy neighbourhood of Christiania has been a haven of counter-culture, in the very heart of the Danish capital Copenhagen.

He said it had been written in their "hippy dippy psychedelic days" and had been dismissed by the band at the time.

David Crosby was an awesome musician, singer, songwriter, and defined a serious look for aging hippy dudes with long hair, bald tops, and funky mustaches.

Like many of his generation, he took the hippy trail to India before returning to work for a brief spell as an English teacher.