Interesting discussion in Prog Music Soceity......

[kirk]

"springfield" the simpson's town, was named for
springfield ore., sort of the industrial/rough section
of eugene.

i think that's right, matt was from portland.
eugene was like an art magnet in those days.
jerry garcia hung out, ken kesey and the merry
pranksters lived in the area, john belusi was
filming animal house....
belushi hung out at the eugene hotel,
where he got the inspiration for the blues brothers
from curtis salgado...
it was sort of where the counter culture
escaped from berkley.