Hello, Welcome to our oral history freak parade. We want all the old freaks, as we so self identified ourselves in the daze, to get their story on record.
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Interviews around town
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Alex Cooley promoter of music
Bongo street activist
Bucky Wetherell Lightshow
Charlie Brown Chicago Boys
Debbie Eason founded Creative Loafing
George Nikas activist
Haynes McFadden bankrolled the early scene
La Banana performer
Miller Francis rock writer
Pig Iron musician, WRFG founder
Rupert Fike The Farm, poet
Shroder Acid king
Tom & Stephanie Coffin The Bird
Wolfe Street vendor
Steve Wise The Bird
[All recordings are under copyright of The Strip Project and remain their property. Please Respect the rights of the owners and enjoy. All views expressed are those of the interviewee.]
I’m trying to track down the members of Catfish Studio. From what (little) I’ve read, it was a collective of artists who worked in various types of media, from comic books to film. They were active in 1970, though perhaps even earlier than that. If anyone has any information, I’d really appreciate it.
I was a “baby freak”. We moved to the Virginia Highlands in 1970. My friend and I used to go to the pool every day almost in the summer. (We were free range kids with working parents) We would hitchhike often & once we were in a car accident just across the bridge (hit the light pole) on Park Dr. Some freak guy and his girlfriend. Luckily my folks weren’t the suing type. I had the best experiences of my life there, and still hung out until the later 70’s. It did turn into more druggie & hooker types by ’76, but there were still some die hards around. I used to have photos, but life…you know. We had an avid photographer in our household (foster hippie kid) so I know she took many.
I truly believe that my experiences with so many colors, & kinds of folks created who I am today. Such an open loving group of people, and some interesting characters for a girl of 11 or 12…shaped my outlook on life. I went to Inman school & Grady High which were integrated schools at the time, so I had way more life to see than the average Georgia girl raised in the 60’s & 70’s…
I am grateful for what I experienced & what it made me.
A non-conforming now 60 year old.
Thank you to all those folks that I crossed paths with.
That little girl with the super long hair…