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Oral History of Jesse Barish |
Collection |
Oral History |
Scope & Content |
In this oral history, musician and songwriter Jesse Barish recounts his life in music and describes Mill Valley during the 1970s. Born in 1945, Jesse grew up in Brooklyn, the Catskill Mountains, and Miami. After graduating from high school in 1963, Jesse moved out to California, originally touching down in Los Angeles before moving up to San Francisco and settling in the Haight-Ashbury neighborhood. Jesse moved over to Marin in the 1970s, and he recalls a number of local haunts from that period, including Davood's and the Sweetwater, as well as a number of colorful personalities, such as Charlie Deal and Mickey McGowan. Jesse discusses the bands he played with during that period, his songwriting, and his longtime friendship and creative collaboration with Marty Balin of Jefferson Airplane (later Jefferson Starship). The oral history concludes with Jesse singing his hit song "Count on Me." |
Audio and Transcript |
Click here to hear recording. Click here to read the transcript. |
Dates of Creation |
2018-11-03 |
Interviewee |
Barish, Jesse |
Interviewer |
Schwartz, Debra |
Extent and Medium |
Transcript: 29pp Recording: 1:33:50 |
Search Terms |
Balin, Marty Beat generation Beatniks Brooklyn Broussard, Jules Catskill Mountains Cleland, Helen Davood's restaurant Deal, Charlie DeCaro, Johnny deLone, Austin Depression (economy) Drug abuse Drug addiction Drugs Eggs Over Easy Haight (San Francisco neighborhood) Haight-Ashbury redevelopment Hippies Jefferson Airplane Jefferson Starship Judaism Killmer, Doug Kornoelje, Joel LaFlamme, David Lion's Share Music Music halls Musicians MV history - Music and counterculture (1960s and 1970s) Narcotic habit Narcotics Narcotics - Marin O'Hara, Jack Old Mill Park Old Mill School Oral History - Music Peterson, David San Francisco Songs & music Songwriters Sweetwater Then & now comparisons Trident, The (Restaurant) Unknown Museum Village Music |
Object ID |
2018.081.001 |
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Recording |
Copyrights |
Transcript and recording copyright Mill Valley Public Library, 2018. Materials are made available for research purposes only; all rights are reserved to the Mill Valley Public Library. Requests for permission to quote for publication or for any other usage must be obtained from the Library. |