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Genre: Fusion / Psychedelic / Rock
Location Marin County, California, US
Profile Views: 28803
Last Login: 10/29/2010
Member Since 4/1/2008
Website www.terryhaggerty.com
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Bio
.. .. ..Guitarist Terry Haggerty is buried treasure. As guitarist with the Sons of Champlin, Haggerty was always accorded the full respect of his peers on the ’60s San Francisco rock scene like Jerry Garcia, Jorma Kaukonen, Carlos Santana. He has been known -- throughout the world -- among guitar cognoscenti via the handful of recordings he made over the two decades of the Sons’ existence. Some of his demo tapes have attracted intense interest inside the industry over the years. But even now he remains something of an unknown, a titan hiding in the hills, a legend waiting to be discovered... ..At the heart of it all -- both his legend and his obscurity -- lies his insistence on music for music’s sake. Try as he might -- and over the years, rest assured, he has tried -- Terry Haggerty cannot corrupt himself. He is, uniquely and inexorably, himself. "Harmonically, I hear things that are out and emotionally, that’s where I’m at," said Haggerty, "I’ve tried to stay as true to what comes through me as I can. I’m never going to take this stuff inside me and modify it to make money. Not because I don’t need money, but because the music itself is such a wonderful, profound gift.".. ..He lives modestly in a storage and rehearsal facility near San Rafael, California, the dead center of Marin County, where Haggerty grew up and entered the professional musical world as a member of the Opposite Six, a bad-ass band of Marin r&b rebels that eventually became the Sons of Champlin... ..His parents were musical. His Cuban mother, who grew up childhood friends with salsa great Celia Cruz, came to this country to sing and dance with Desi Arnaz (she later worked with famed aerialists the Flying Wallendas). His father was a busy studio musician who played on Dorsey records when the boy singer was some kid named Frank Sinatra. "There were these jam sessions when we were kids," he said, "that went on for days with all these cats that came up from L.A.".. ..Out of this creative childhood, only strengthened through his many years with the uncompromising Sons, Haggerty has honed himself as an instinctual artist, not a craftsman. He doesn’t do session playing. He turned down an offer to play with Barbra Streisand in the ’70s. He doesn’t play in dance bands. He does what he does wherever he can and keeps busy with other important parts of his life like the mushroom collecting... ..This is a musician who said he likes to compose ..boards because -- get this -- "that keeps my guitar playing free of anything intentful, more of a statement of the now.".. ..Every so often, he forgets or agrees out of an impulse to please someone and accepts an invitation to a session, like the recent experience with Chris Isaak. ~What drives everybody crazy about me," he said, "is that I never play anything the same way twice. I don’t even think that way. There’s not a bone in my body that way.".. ..So whether or not the world at large ever discovers the inter-planetary significance of Terry Haggerty doesn’t matter. He is a fully realized artist operating at the peak of his human powers on occasion -- "I can do anything on any level," he said, "it’s just indefinable as to what kind of music it is" -- and that is his earthly goal. As for the rest of the world, well, it won’t be his loss... ..--Joel Selvin.. San Francisco Chronicle Pop Music Critic .. -
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..album ..First Take.. features:.. ..Terry Haggerty - Guitar.. Gary Novak - Drums.. Dave Carpenter - Bass.. Don Grusin - Piano.. Scott Kinsey - Piano.. Brandon Fields - Saxophone.. ..Purchase this album at:.. ........or.. .. .... www.cdbaby.com/terryhaggerty2.. ..Join my mailing list:....subscribe.... -
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Sounds Like
.... ....Some Videos of past gigs..... .... .. .. .. .. ....Don’t Push the Clown.... .... .. .. .. .. ....From the Summer of Love 40th Anniversary!.... .... .. .. .. .. ....Geoff Palmer, Terry Haggery & Friends.... .... .. .. .. .. ....Jamming with my brother Tim and his son Aaron - the Haggerty Family!.... ....
Bio:
..Guitarist Terry Haggerty is buried treasure. As guitarist with the Sons of Champlin, Haggerty was always accorded the full respect of his peers on the ’60s San Francisco rock scene like Jerry Garcia, Jorma Kaukonen, Carlos Santana. He has been known -- throughout the world -- among guitar cognoscenti via the handful of recordings he made over the two decades of the Sons’ existence. Some of his demo tapes have attracted intense interest inside the industry over the years. But even now he remains something of an unknown, a titan hiding in the hills, a legend waiting to be discovered.
At the heart of it all -- both his legend and his obscurity -- lies his insistence on music for music’s sake. Try as he might -- and over the years, rest assured, he has tried -- Terry Haggerty cannot corrupt himself. He is, uniquely and inexorably, himself. "Harmonically, I hear things that are out and emotionally, that’s where I’m at," said Haggerty, "I’ve tried to stay as true to what comes through me as I can. I’m never going to take this stuff inside me and modify it to make money. Not because I don’t need money, but because the music itself is such a wonderful, profound gift."
He lives modestly in a storage and rehearsal facility near San Rafael, California, the dead center of Marin County, where Haggerty grew up and entered the professional musical world as a member of the Opposite Six, a bad-ass band of Marin r&b rebels that eventually became the Sons of Champlin.
His parents were musical. His Cuban mother, who grew up childhood friends with salsa great Celia Cruz, came to this country to sing and dance with Desi Arnaz (she later worked with famed aerialists the Flying Wallendas). His father was a busy studio musician who played on Dorsey records when the boy singer was some kid named Frank Sinatra. "There were these jam sessions when we were kids," he said, "that went on for days with all these cats that came up from L.A."
Out of this creative childhood, only strengthened through his many years with the uncompromising Sons, Haggerty has honed himself as an instinctual artist, not a craftsman. He doesn’t do session playing. He turned down an offer to play with Barbra Streisand in the ’70s. He doesn’t play in dance bands. He does what he does wherever he can and keeps busy with other important parts of his life like the mushroom collecting.
This is a musician who said he likes to compose ..boards because -- get this -- "that keeps my guitar playing free of anything intentful, more of a statement of the now."
Every so often, he forgets or agrees out of an impulse to please someone and accepts an invitation to a session, like the recent experience with Chris Isaak. ~What drives everybody crazy about me," he said, "is that I never play anything the same way twice. I don’t even think that way. There’s not a bone in my body that way."
So whether or not the world at large ever discovers the inter-planetary significance of Terry Haggerty doesn’t matter. He is a fully realized artist operating at the peak of his human powers on occasion -- "I can do anything on any level," he said, "it’s just indefinable as to what kind of music it is" -- and that is his earthly goal. As for the rest of the world, well, it won’t be his loss.
--Joel Selvin
San Francisco Chronicle Pop Music Critic
Member Since:
April 01, 2008Members:
album First Take features:
Terry Haggerty - Guitar
Gary Novak - Drums
Dave Carpenter - Bass
Don Grusin - Piano
Scott Kinsey - Piano
Brandon Fields - Saxophone
Purchase this album at:

or
Join my mailing list:
subscribe
Sounds Like:
Some Videos of past gigs.
Don’t Push the Clown
From the Summer of Love 40th Anniversary!
Geoff Palmer, Terry Haggery & Friends
Jamming with my brother Tim and his son Aaron - the Haggerty Family!

















Montreville Blakely 11 months ago
Tim Rabiroff 2 years ago
EDDIE NEON BLUES … Regards ENB
3 years ago
Beezer 3 years ago
Shannon McCloud 3 years ago
JON HAMMOND Band
Image of Ammon Haggerty

3 years ago
Michael's Disciples 3 years ago
Moondancer just stopping by to say hi ~

3 years ago
Shannon McCloud
We just lost Norton to Heaven dear one. Several benefits are approaching to support his wishes and family.
3 years ago
Michael 3 years ago
10 of 122MoreJust Is; I have heard Terry Haggerty from the mid 1973-77... and the stuff Sons of Champlin was doing in part was Big Band Rock-- much like Chicago, but-- Terry Haggerty always took it up another notch or two-- Amazing on the edge of your seat Lead Guitarist/ And Still Is the best of the best performers on guitar creativity. I too-- have the same itch of never hardly playing the same thing the same way-- especially in melodic leads; I guess it's: Everyday is a new day and take on life/ moment by moment; Still-- I love your style and concentration
great show last night Terry. You played great just as usual. Keeping it real!
Positive flow in all things Terry !
Thanks,
Brian, guitar
Miss you and will see and hear you soon. Dont'cha cha cha know? Yeah...you do. Blessings and ALL that izzzz GOOD and GREAT~
Shannon
Jon to Terry: Hi Terry, it was great to see/hear you playing the big box jazz guitar last night, sounded wonerful!
c u in a minute,
Jon
Terry Haggerty Jazz Guitar sighting, Berkeley CA Trieste Caffe'
Katie Guthorn vocals, addtl. info: http://www.terryhaggerty.com/
http://www.HammondCast.com
Terry Haggerty, Jazz Guitar, Trieste, Berkeley, HammondCast, Jon Hammond, Sons of Champlin, KYOU Radio, Frank, Ammon, Katie Guthorn
FLASH BACK! 1993 Party Barge : 2 SONS of CHAMPLIN + JON HAMMOND
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inzkjTzdecs
MICHAEL CARUSO & THE DISCIPLES are honored to be among MUSIC CONNECTION MAGAZINE'S TOP 100 UNSIGNED ARTISTS OF 2009, to be featured in their December issue at all your local 7-11's and Stop and Shops....Meet 'cha at the News Stand!.....MC
http://www.myspace.com/michaelsdisciples
hope all is well in your time and space ~
moondancer
Hi Terry,
Terry & Aaron enjoying West Fest @speedway meadows/sf