The New Penelope and Its Era (1965-1970) The New Penelope and Its Era (1965-1970) ARCMTL
According to Dallegret’s invoice (right), The New Penelope on Sherbrooke Street would officially open on December 28, 1966. This would have given Dallegret as little as 15 days […]
Excerpt of an interview with Juan Rodriguez, rock journalist of the 1960s and publisher of the music magazine called Pop-See-Cul. He recounts anecdotes about the time Frank Zappa […]
The band The Sidetrack in 1965 included Alan Brown, John Charles Lewis, John Christopher Brown, Poesh Brown, Ken Guilmarten and John Burrowes.
Excerpt of an interview with Richard “Bossman” Johnson, ex-member of the bands Beat Boys (1965) and The Cavemen (1966). He recalls band rehearsals at The New Penelope on […]
Bob Dylan is a songwriter and composer of great importance to American popular culture. Many people recall the time he spent playing in modest Montreal coffee houses and […]
Gary Eisenkraft was himself a singer and guitarist who played folk and blues music. During his travels through Canada and the United States undertaken when he was between […]
The Paul Butterfield Blues Band was an American group that was credited with innovating a new sound in the mid 1960s, bringing various influences such as jazz and […]
These three shots show the front of the New Penelope, a small concert hall that first opened its doors in a semi-basement on Stanley Street (1965-66), in downtown […]
This ad was published in 1964 in the Sir George Williams University (now Concordia University) student newspaper. In it, Gary Eisenkraft offers lessons in folk guitar, finger-picking, blues […]
This is possibly the most iconic The New Penelope poster. It promotes the band The Sidetrack performing live at The New Penelope from June to September 1967. Imagine […]
François Dallegret’s creations were multidisciplinary and innovative. He created unusual objects/games for museum shops, complex technical drawings for magazines, logos and posters and interactive sculptures for Expo 67. […]
