Tag Archives: Folk Music
The Sixties in Folk Music / 6. John Thomas
John Thomas Music—A Lifelong Love Affair The first sounds I can remember hearing were music. My dad had been lighting director and stage technician for the Brooklyn Opera Company, and his Victrola never stopped playing classical music and operas on … Continue reading →
The Sixties in Folk Music / 5. Phil Earl
Phil Earl Math Major Plays in Folk Group, Parents Not Amused I started college in 1956 at the new campus of the University of California at Santa Barbara [they had just moved to their site next to the Santa Barbara … 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 →