"He was the first guy to crank up a twin and play some other notes..."

Hangout online with Terry Haggerty, cannabis expert and lead guitarist of San Francisco’s 60’s band Sons of Champlin. Moderated by David Gans, you’ll have the opportunity to ask Terry anything you’ve ever wanted to know about his ultra rare cannabis genetics and their unique history.

Colleen Quinn interview with Terry Haggerty
Podcast aired Monday, July 12, 2021 — https://www.labaroma.com/podcasts/terry-haggerty

Terry Haggerty is a legend among a circle of elite creatives, known for his exceptional cannabis and genetics. Haggerty, the fleet-fingered lead guitarist for the Sons of Champlin, came to intimately know the original generation of cannabis smugglers and sampled their most exotic wares through his high-profile artistic and diplomatic connections.

In this episode, Terry describes his early networks and genetic dedication as equal parts science and artform. He places the experience as a sacrament and creative inspiration over profit. "If it doesn't make you want to make love or play guitar, I don't want to grow it." Behind the stage, Terry patiently collected and cultivated seeds. Born into a family of musicians who circulated among the rich and famous, he learned how money could twist any talent or gift. He believes cannabis has self-regulating dignity and has been cautious about commercial ventures that ignore the intention the plant embodies. Decades later, his highly curated collection of genetics, not easily adapted to mass growing techniques, is finally hitting the legal market in selective locations under the brand Hagalicious.

The evolution of the blues written and performed by Jon Hendricks was a direct critique of where the blues emanated from. It was a reminder of the gospel tinged spirituals of the church and the preachers who slung a guitar over themselves to sing and pick and lament those lost days in the fields picking cotton in slavery.

Cats like the Reverend Gary Davis, John Lee Hooker,Indianola's own BB King, Muddy Waters, Blind Willie Johnson, Mississippi Fred McDowell epitomized this pan African struggle for basic human rights. They did this through the medium of records which gave these performers identities for younger white cats in Chicago and New York and Marin County who heard these sounds and then plugged in.

My guest today is part of this generation who not only got to hear their heroes on the radio, but saw them up close with no teeth and in some cases had to sight guide them to their various gigs. In some cases they got to perform with them because of the regionalized economic wizardry of Bill Graham and Chet Helms who catered to music events which spoke to music. Not stratified in some genre necessitated label making funny farm but rather saw to it that young white bands shared the stage with soul acts and gospel and blues heck even the preservation hall jazz band.

Bob Weir told me you can listen to these players but you really learn by playing with them. Relishing in their stage presence and eccentricities and calmness. Less is more, look beyond the surface and tell a story.

My guest has been weaving musical stories for the last 5 decades. He was one of the Sons of Bill Champlin who enjoyed going to the original Fillmore and catching Sam and Dave along with James Browm at the Cow Palace, tripping with Phil Lesh and playing hootenannies with Janice Joplin and Jorma Kaukonen. He grew up with the sounds of Barney Kessel, Tal Farlow and his pops. He is an original seeker of sound who was an inspiration to both Carlos Santana and Jerry Garcia.

The Sons were a sophisticated Mix of Blue Eyed Soul. They came out if the same school as Canned Heat, Boz Scaggs and Michael Bloomfield. The music has an Oakland funk flavor because of KSAN, Voco and the general creativity of a group of cats who expanded consciousness through legal LSD to see and feel how life really could be. Odd meters, hyperactive vocal harmonies and a bouncing melodic structure helped them stand out gain an identity and provide that essential link in the chain for modern day and future sound seekers....

Loosen Up Naturally. Terry Haggerty welcome to the JFS

S.O.U.L. Listens to Sons of Champlin guitar legend Terry Haggerty share his insights on the third LOVE his life - just behind his wife and guitar - and that is the plant we know as cannabis…

Most people only know of Terry Haggerty for his brilliant guitar in Sons of Champlin, and his many solo projects, but few know that Terry’s other LOVE is botany. Specifically, saving heritage strains of cannabis that he has collected over 50 years in the marijuana trade from the mountains and fields of Mexico, and elsewhere from around our beautiful blue marble. Which he has used to help manage his lifelong struggle with chronic epilepsy. He has used his knowledge of plant genetics to turn some of these heritage strains of cannabis into his own unique brand of Mary Jane known as Hagalicious!!!

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Craig Garber interviews Terry Haggerty

Swami Select is thrilled to welcome Terry Haggerty to our show! A legendary seed saver, Terry's roots in the canna space run deep. Terry bred the famed "Hagalicious." He was also deeply involved 1960s SF psychedelic rock scene, serving as the founding guitarist of San Francisco Bay Area's counterculture band "The Sons of Champlin."

Learn how the 60's northern California band, The Sons of Champlin camped out backstage at their gigs to save money for pot.

Eddie and Stanley worked at the Boston Tea Party Rock Club in Boston from 1969-1971. At RockTalkTV you can hear the untold stories about the icons of music by the people who were there.

Thanks for all the great hits JP!!

Remembering James Preston here: Fun in the Sun and Water on the Lake with Jon Hammond at the XB-2 organ, James Preston drums and Terry Haggerty original guitarist of Sons of Champlin band (Marin County CA) playing Jon's tune "Turkey Dog Saute" powered by a generator cruising on a nice day, enjoy! — with Jon Hammond, James Preston and Terry Haggerty at Lake Berryessa.

Terry's son Ammon is a DJ and creative technologist living in Oakland, CA. qaswa.com

San Francisco based jamband Don't Push The Clown
Line-up:
* Bobby Vega: bass
* Ray White: guitar, vocals
* Terry Haggerty:guitar
* Prairy Prince: drums

In early 1971, Bill Champlin decided he wanted to play with a new rhythm section, and formed this band for a brief series of club dates around the Bay Area. The group was comprised of fellow Sons of Champlin bandmates Terry Haggerty and Geoffrey Palmer, along with the new rhythm section of Dave Schallock (a later member of Big Brother and the Holding Company) and drummer Bill Vitt (who would later become the drummer for Jerry Garcia and Merle Saunders' band). The group never practiced, but often played impromptu gigs at the Lion's Share in San Anselmo.

1) Back To Macon - 11,41
2) Who / Heaven Only Knows - 5.53
3) Poppa Gan Play - 4.32
4) Baside You - 1.13
5) Healthy Woman - 2.00
6) Right On - 3.16
7) Without love - 7.25
8) Cold Sweet - 5.21

Song Of The Wanderer (recorded 1957)

Kid Ory & His Creole Jazz/Dixieland Band:
Kid Ory (trombone)
Darnell Howard (clarinet)
Marty Marsala (trumpet)
Cedric Haywood (piano)
Frank Haggerty (guitar)
Earl Watkins (drums)
Charlie Oden (bass)

Terry's mom Gloria Gonzales-Haggerty was a professional dancer from Cuba and featured here with her dance partner Howard Smith. An excerpt from the 1942 short "Hit Tune Jamboree". George Olsen and His Band performs "I'll See You in My Dreams" while two couples dance in the clouds. Gloria met Terry's father, Frank Haggerty, while they both performed on the stage of the Great American Music Hall in San Francisco in 1945.