If Ted Berquist could pick one period in his life to relive, he wouldn’t need much time to think about it. The 60-year-old would go back to the mid-1960s when he was part of a local band, The Novas.

This ditty was recorded in 1964 by garage rock band The Novas. It is a dedication to The Crusher (who sometimes went by Crusher Lisowski to distinguish from other Crushers). The Crusher was a beer ...