BarakaMan
My blogs
| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Publishing |
| Occupation | Musician |
| Location | Jefferson, A State of Mind |
| Links | Audio Clip |
| Introduction | Parents: Dixieland collectors, purists. Kicked slats out of my cradle hearing Kid Ory! Wild record parties, sneaking whiskey from guests! California 1952, 1st TV - age 9 heard a sax 1st time - fell in love with it! 4 years later got my hands on one: Palo Alto schools, Miss Barbara Welch (orch. & band), Dana Morgan (clarinet) taught me everything I needed to start a career in music. Played R&B tenor sax with inspirations: Johnny Barco, Punty Guitar Gonzalez, Jimmy Soul Strickland, Dick Jensen, Edell Anglin, Pete Vernaci, Clark Baldwin, Sam Johnson, 58-72. Psychedelic revolution in SF 65-69. I was there, beatnik and soulman. Good living as 6 night a week club musician ended when tastes changed & garage bands began playing one-nighters. 72-74, music at De Anza and Foothill College. Doc Patnoe, Terry Summa, Bennet Friedman were mentors. Electronics career, 2 wives, 2 daughters, a son, 1966-96 (briefly!). Carmen Baraka, avant garde drummer, artist, healer, 2nd wife and light of my life. We split to pursue careers. I returned to music (Red Archibald & Internationals) 1996-2002. Nightmare on Bourbon Street 2002-05 Bingtones 2005-11 Next: The Barakas! |
| Interests | Truth, music, travel, hiking |
| Favorite movies | Wages of Fear, Shakes the Clown, The Island, Triumph of the Underdog, Jackie McLean on Mars, The Jacket, Smilla's Sense of Snow, Brother From Another Planet, Tape Heads, The Gig |
| Favorite music | Ballads: John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman, Art Pepper, Dexter Gordon, rare groove |
| Favorite books | Seven Spiritual Laws of Success, Confessions of an Economic Hit Man, Das Energi, Religion: Breaking the Spell, Journey to Ixtlan, Music - Sufi Inayat Khan, The Music Lesson - Victor Wooten, Quantum Doctor - Amit Goswami |