Category Tribute

Lawrence Ferlinghetti

Lawrence Ferlinghetti Reads Ferlinghetti – 1956 – (Lawrence Ferlinghetti – 1919-2021) – Past Daily Reference Room: Tribute Edition

Lawrence Ferlinghetti Reads A Coney Island Of The Mind – December 12, 1956 – SFSU Poetry Center Digital Archives – With the sad, although somewhat inevitable news that Poet, Publisher and Political iconoclast Lawrence Ferlinghetti left the earth plane earlier…

The Iowa crash site - February 3, 1959

February 3, 1959 – “An Airplane Crash Near Clear Lake Iowa”- The Deaths Of Buddy Holly, Richie Valens, The Big Bopper.

KSYD – Snuff Garrett Program – February 3, 1959 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – February 3, 1959 – A tragic day in Rock n’ Roll history, the first of what would be many over the years. But this one…

John Lennon - vigil

December 8, 1980 – Dream Is Over – The Death Of John Lennon

Stunned incomprehensible silence. That was a reaction many people had when they first heard the news that John Lennon was dead, gunned down as he stepped out of a car, on his way home from a recording session. And as…

Jerry Jeff Walker (1942-2020)

Jerry Jeff Walker – In Concert From San Francisco – 1991 – (Jerry Jeff Walker: 1942-2020) Backstage Pass Tribute Edition

Jerry Jeff Walker – in concert at The Great American Music Hall, San Francisco – June 28, 1991 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Continuing the seemingly daily dose of loss, reports (and confirmations) that Music legend Jerry Jeff Walker…

Waiting for the new Pope

October 13, 1958 – Burying A Pope – Reviving A Red Scare

[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”23857″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”October 13, 1958 – Fulton Lewis Jr. and the News – Mutual – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] News for this October 13th in 1958 had much to do with the goings-on at The Vatican.…