Our History from the Beginning
full circle. Recorded in Atlanta and Sebastopol, the album features former Joy of Cooking bandmates Fritz Kasten on drums and brother David on bass, joined by David’s daughter Oona, a former “Sounds for Art” participant, contributing stunning vocals alongside her father and aunt. Terry’s longtime collaborator Becky Reardon adds guitar along with Kate Wolf’s masterful accompanist Nina Ger- ber. “In Sebastopol I recorded at Jeff Martin’s Studio E, an old transformed barn with chickens rooting around the edges. Lucky the rooster happened to be outside the studio door one afternoon just as I was finishing a song that ends ‘till the morning comes for you,’ and he crowed in perfect timing.” Note: The Valley has long been home to dozens of musi- cians, writers, and artists. Due to space limitations, this article only touches on a small sampling of this rich and diverse musi- cal community. Our sincere apologies for all omissions.
Bay Guardian as “hard charging Americana” the band’s two-and-a-half year residency at Phil Lesh’s Terrapin Cross- roads afforded them the perfect venue to hone their songs and sound. The result was their 2016 debut album Better Days , which prompted Paul Liberatore to write, “As this first album’s title suggests, there may be better days ahead for San Geronimo. But it’s doubtful that any band could come up with a better first album than this one.” “I’ve always been able to keep up my music and be hap- pily at home here,” says Terry Garthwaite. “The slow pace and comforting surroundings have drawn me into a calmer cre- ative space. My music, my focus now is more geared toward helping others and making music communally.” In 1990, she and Barbara Andino-Stevenson created a children’s art pro- gram, “Sounds for Art.” Terry’s work evolved into exploring music’s healing nature, leading to the critically acclaimed Affi- rhythms in 1992 and, in 1998, Sacred Circles . On Terry’s 2017 album, Shine On , she brings things
Marcus Uzilevsky Valley artist Marcus Uzilevsky was internationally recognized for his “linear landscapes” artwork. He was also an accomplished musician who first gained a measure of fame with the New Christy Minstrels in the 1960s. Performing as Rusty Evans, he was a rockabilly, folk, and country singer/guitarist who
How I May Have Helped Make Huey Lewis a Star During My Time at Rancho Nicasio By Alan Charne as told to Anne McClain In about 1970 I was booking music for a few months for Rancho Nicasio. At the time, Huey Lewis and the American Express Band, as they were known back then when they were first starting out, was having a pretty decent following. So I called them up and I asked the manager if they would play and he said yes, but we won’t headline because we’re nervous that if we headline and we bomb that that will be bad for us. So I said, I don’t think you have any- thing to worry about but, ok. Rather than just being the opener, I did talk him into splitting the bill with a band called Fat Chance that was a popular band in Marin in those days. So with a split bill both bands are given equal billing side-by-side and they did play together and it was a good night with a packed house. Then, within a year or so they changed their name to Huey Lewis and the News, and the rest is history. So I do take partial credit for their success having talked them into at least splitting the bill that night.
recorded several albums over his 48-year career, along with tour- ing nationally with Ring of Fire, his Johnny Cash tribute band, before his death at 78 in December 2016. He said, “I’d like to see art and music flour- ish side by side.”
Marcus Uzilevsky (photo by Michel Kotski)
Great bunch of people here and I like the music.
Carl Mehm
Rancho Nicasio (From the Collection of Newall Snyder)
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