| The legendary rock & roll bar in the Santa Cruz mountains.
The Chateau was an old stagecoach stop in the mid 19th century. In the 1960's
and 70's it was owned by the Hells Angels and Gypsy Jokers, and was frequented by many bands
from the Bay Area. Hot Tuna, NRPS, and members of Moby Grape, among many
others played and hung out there. The Doobie Brothers were the house band. The cover of the first Doobies album was photographed in the bar. During the spring of 1973 I lived out
of a van in the Redwood Grove with Skip Spence and his band. It was my first
intimate encounter with nature, and was a direct inspiration in my choosing
to become a painter later that year. In this picture the Grape are playing. Okie
John is serving up spaghetti with sour cream and clam sauce, I'm walking
out of the kitchen, and John Hartman and Tom Johnston close it out on the
right. |
