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Oral History of Paul Liberatore |
Collection |
Oral History |
Scope & Content |
In this oral history, Paul Liberatore recounts his life as a journalist, rock 'n' roll writer, and participant-observer in the Marin County music scene over the course of several decades. Born in Yonkers, New York, in 1945, Paul moved to Southern California with his mother and stepfather in the early 1950s, and grew up in Santa Clarita. After graduating from San Diego State University, Paul landed his first newspaper job with the San Diego Union-Tribune. In 1972, Paul moved with his then wife and children up to Marin, and began working for the Marin Independent Journal. He was originally assigned to the Mill Valley Bureau, from which he covered Southern and West Marin. Paul recounts his journalism career over the ensuing decades, which took him to the San Francisco Chronicle for a period, before he returned to the IJ, where he was still working at the time this oral history was recorded. Paul discusses how he became a rock journalist and recalls the various musicians he has written about and - as a guitar player and singer in his own right - played with over the years, evoking the rich history of rock music in Marin County. In 2017, Paul was involved in various events to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Summer of Love, including a talk and musical performance sponsored by the Mill Valley Historical Society and held at the Library as well as a concert he produced with Jimmy Dillon at the Nourse Theater in San Francisco. After recalling some of the many famous songs that were written in Mill Valley and Marin County, Paul attests to the importance of preserving Marin's musical history, a cultural project to which his oral history makes a valuable contribution. |
Audio and Transcript |
Click here to hear recording. Click here to read the transcript. |
Dates of Creation |
2017-09-05 |
Interviewee |
Liberatore, Paul |
Interviewer |
Schwartz, Debra |
Extent and Medium |
Transcript: 44pp Recording: 01:33:45 |
Search Terms |
Baez, Joan Bread and Roses Cacciatore, James Caen, Herb Cancer Dillon, Jimmy Fariña, Mimi Journalism Lobby Lounge Marin Independent Journal Mill Valley Public Library Music Musicians MV history - Music and counterculture (1960s and 1970s) Newspaper industry Newspaper reporters Newspapers Oral history - Music Oral history - Visual, performing, literary arts Patterson, Jeanie San Francisco Chronicle Sweetwater The Road to Hell Writing |
Object ID |
2017.140.001 |
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Recording |
Copyrights |
Transcript and recording copyright Mill Valley Public Library, 2017. 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. |