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In this oral history, musician and songwriter Austin de Lone recounts his musical career and his decades-long residence in Mill Valley. Born outside of Philadelphia in 1946, Austin started piano lessons at the age of 12 and took up the guitar at 16. In 1969, after a stint at Harvard, he formed the band Eggs Over Easy with Jack O'Hara and Brien Hopkins. Austin recounts being a young musician in New York and London in the late 1960s, pioneering what would subsequently be called "pub rock" in England. In 1972, he moved to Mill Valley with his band, and was immediately struck by the "fantastic mix" of people who then inhabited the town. Austin reminisces about Mill Valley's bars in the 1970s, especially the Old Mill Tavern and the Sweetwater, and describes the local music scene during that culturally dynamic period. Austin concludes his oral history with a discussion of his family life and some reflections on how Mill Valley has changed since he made it his home.
Identifier
36919963-AA66-47A0-A73C-419050644327 2016.038.001
Subject
142 Throckmorton Bammies Bars Bars - Mill Valley Chandler, Chas De Lone, Caroline (daughter) De Lone, Leslie (wife) De Lone, Richard (son) Downtown Mill Valley Eggs Over Easy English music scene Gellner, Valerie Goddard, John Harvard University Hopkins, Brien Housen, Mrs Kirchen, Bill Lowe, Nick Michaels, Lee Mill Valley music scene Music O'Hara, Jack Old Mill Tavern Paterson, Jeannie Piano lessons Prune Music Pub rock Richard de Lone Special Housing Project Sweetwater, The Village Music Wray, Link
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