The New Penelope and Its Era (1965-1970) The New Penelope and Its Era (1965-1970) ARCMTL
Richard King, a friend of Gary Eisenkraft, talks about the arrests during a love-in, as well as the general intolerance towards Hippies in Montreal in the 1960s. Transcription: […]
In this interview excerpt, Alan Brown, former band member of the popular band The Sidetrack, remembers the danger of having long hair in Montreal in the 1960s and […]
Michael (Mike) Bunting, former fan of The New Penelope, tells ARCMTL an anecdote about the absurd turn-out of one of the love-ins held on Mount Royal, during the […]
In this clip, The Sidetrack is playing on the gazebo on Mount Royal in the summer of 1967. The event is one of the 3 love-in concerts that […]
New Penelope owner and manager Gary Eisenkraft lent the club for the filming of High, but also appears as an extra in some scenes. In this still from […]
This image is of a The Mothers of Invention concert at The New Penelope on Sherbrooke Street in January 1967. Frank Zappa stands with his guitar on the […]
This poster promotes the first band to perform at The New Penelope on Sherbrooke Street: The Mothers of Invention. It was kept after all these years by Montreal […]
Here’s an excerpt of an interview with Allan Youster, former doorman of The New Penelope on Sherbrooke Street, describing Jesse Winchester’s infamous first audition at The New Penelope. […]
Here is an excerpt of “Festival,” a song recorded by the band The Sidetrack in Montreal in 1966, which is evocative of the live music they would have been […]
Video clip of an interview with Jim Mathewson, former member of the band Owed To The Blues and then-friend of The Sidetrack. He recounts the people’s infatuation with […]
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.
