Between 1972 and 1977, Boulder, Colorado was a scenic college town, heavily influenced by the tastes and finances of 20,000 college students who populated Boulder on a part-time basis. Enter Steve Abo, a college student at the University of Colorado (CU) who did not fit the typical student mold striving to become a doctor, lawyer, or corporate stuffed shirt. Rather, he enjoyed the more casual approach to academics, dabbling in generic 101 studies while hanging out with free-spirited Ivy League grads who loved their guitars and fought regular cravings for foods from back East, specifically, New York.