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Oral History of Terry Haggerty |
Collection |
Oral History |
Scope & Content |
In this oral history, musician, psychedelic explorer, and end-of-life guide Terry Haggerty shares the encounters, events, and experiences that have shaped his life. Born in Marin in 1946, Terry grew up in a family of performers: his father was a musician and his mother was a dancer who immigrated to the U.S. from Cuba. Terry recalls jam sessions and dance parties held at the family home in San Anselmo during his childhood, which had a formative effect on him. Having begun to play the guitar at the age of three Terry went on to play with various local bands, most notably among them the Sons of Champlin. Terry recounts his musical career and reminisces about the musical and cultural scene in Marin County and San Francisco in the 1960s and 1970s, sharing his reflections on the meaning of psychedelic rock music and the drug culture in which it was embedded. Terry concludes his oral history with a discussion of his spiritual outlook, shaped by the 1970s counterculture, and his involvement with the Living/Dying Project. |
Audio and Transcript |
Click here to hear recording. Click here to read the transcript. |
Dates of Creation |
2019-09-24 |
Interviewee |
Haggerty, Terry |
Interviewer |
Schwartz, Debra |
Extent and Medium |
Transcript: 36 pp Recording: 01:41:11 |
Search Terms |
Bands Bardo Buddhism Cain, Tim Champlin, Bill Concerts Creative anarchy Drug dealers Drugs Guitars Haggerty, Frank Haggerty, Gloria Haggerty, Terry Horticulture Living/Dying Project LSD (Drug) Marijuana Moitoza, Rob Music Musicians MV history - Music and counterculture (1960s and 1970s) Oral history - Music Oral history - Spirituality, philosophy, religion Psychedelic bands Pyschedelic drugs Roth, Fred Saijo, Albert Seeds Sons of Champlin Spiritual life Watts, Alan Watts, Mark |
Object ID |
2019.085.001 |
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Recording |
Copyrights |
Transcript and recording copyright Mill Valley Public Library, 2019. 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. |