Lecture Spotlight!

History of Local 1960’s Music and Musicians

Thursday, November 21st @ 6:30pm - Held inside MOAH’s Learning Center - Free for Members, $10 for Non-members.

The evening will include an informed overview of the history of the amazing of the local Palo Alto and area music scene.  Topics to be covered will include the origins of the music influences on this area, the intricate web of relationships among  local musicians, the significant venues where events were held, some of the important recording locations and the presentation of archival photos.  Many very ingrained individuals including those involved with local music stores from the day and musicians who were directly part of these bands have personally contributed material for this panel-format presentation.  Please come with your notepad and a few of your own stories to share as we get together to celebrate this magical time in our local history.

Presenters

“Stephen Dunne grew up in the Allied Arts area of Menlo Park, attending St. Raymond’s and later Bellarmine/Los Altos High for high schools.  While at Cloverleaf Ranch Summer Camp in Petaluma in the Summer of ’64, a camp counselor showed him a few chords on the guitar which inspired him to return home and immediately ask for a guitar and lessons.  Since his older brother already was playing a trumpet from Dana Morgan and Sons, the first music store to come to mind was there and that was where Jerry Garcia was giving lessons.  After almost a year, Jerry asked Stephen in May of ’65 to end lessons because Jerry was ‘starting a band’ so he continued playing on his own.  Now, Stephen has his own local rock cover band where he lives in Portola Valley named the “Los Trancolizers” which is affectionately named after the original “Los Trancos Marching Band”.

"Corry Arnold was raised in Palo Alto. He is the proprietor of the rock music history blogs "Lost Live Dead" and "Rock Prosopography," and has done extensive research on the '60s and '70s rock history of Palo Alto. He is retired. His first rock concert was seeing the Grateful Dead at Winterland on December 12, 1972."

Javier Pacheco:

“Born in Palo Alto, California of Mexican heritage Javier B Pacheco started playing piano professionally in rock bands at 15. He's going to share what it was like to grow up between Redwood City and Palo Alto during the years 1963 to 1973, when he was most involved in rock music. After 1974, Javier gravitated toward Latin, jazz and salsa, performing with many different groups comprised of distinct ethnic musicians. He's a recipient of a B.A. in Music History from SFSU (1974), an M.A. in Music (1986), & a PhD in Ethnomusicology from UCLA (1994). He has directed his own salsa ensembles and is an accomplished music transcriber as well as arranger.”

Watch a UCSC recording of two students being interviewed about lessons with Jerry Garcia at Dana Morgan.

Click here to watch the video!