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Black Music 1960s San Francisco

  • Mar 17, 2025
  • 7 min read

The Summer Of Love wasn't just hippies. Black music San Francisco in the 1960s tells its own story.  While “The Summer of Love” in 1967 is a celebration of the counter-culture of the times, the undercurrents, radical social change and political activism, were everywhere in the city.  The black population of San Francisco was both a typical African American community  and very unique... 

 

...Sugar Pie De Santo is a fav of Haight Asbury Festival and GigsList. Sugar Pie De Santo. Apart from being and amazing singer, Sugar Pie also taught James Brown how to jump off pianos.


Black Music 1960s

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