The New Penelope and Its Era (1965-1970) The New Penelope and Its Era (1965-1970) ARCMTL
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.
If an image can tell a thousand stories, this one certainly tells a few! First of all, this is one of the beautifully designed and printed posters advertising […]
Here is an image of the band The Sidetrack in action, playing at The New Penelope on Stanley Street in 1965. Sidetrack were great, they were the New […]
In this image we see The Sidetrack performing at The New Penelope on Stanley Street in 1965. Staff and fans remember that the venue at The New Penelope […]
Here are the Greenbriar Boys bluegrass band from New York playing at the Fifth Amendment. That club was a tiny space, located on Bleury Street. It was the […]
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 […]
This photo is of Gary Eisenkraft and the members of the Greenbriar Boys bluegrass band. Gary had made them come all the way from New York to play […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
