Monthly Archives: June 2018
The Sixties in Folk Music / 4. Dan Barrows
DAN BARROWS Musings of the Iopan and Other Things Pre-Iopan. In 1958, I was directing TV at a small television station in Zanesville, Ohio. One day, members of a touring religious drama company called “The Bishop’s Company” (hereafter sometimes called … Continue reading →
The Sixties in Folk Music / 3. Bill Berner
Bill Berner by Marilyn Berner Bill Berner was born in Buffalo, New York, to immigrant parents William and Apolonia, in March 1934. His father was from Stuttgart, Germany, and his mother was a native of Poland. This is an unverified … Continue reading →
The Sixties in Folk Music / 2. Tony Townsend Part I.
Tony Townsend The Growing Season: The Noctambulist, Rondo, & Iopan I arrived early that night and parked at the rear. There was no one around. Looking down the dark corridor toward Canon Perdido Street, I saw that other businesses were … Continue reading →
The Sixties in Folk Music / 1. The Iopan
Marilyn Berner—The Iopan A House Filled With Music (Copyright by M.J. and D.E. Berner 2007) One of my first vivid memories is of my dad playing his saxophone. Dwight Shaffer was a musician, from a family of musicians who left Iowa … Continue reading →
The Sixties In Folk Music: Santa Barbara / Introduction
Introduction – Table of Contents Several years ago, I received a letter from Marilyn Berner, living in Colorado. She reminded me that she, along with her husband Bill, ran a folk music coffee house, The Iopan, in Santa Barbara California … Continue reading →
