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Re: Music Stores (Sherman Clay, Gospel, M-V, Hockett Cowan)

by Fred Rated » Wed May 25, 2022 9:36 pm

Charlie Daniels Music somewhere off of Blackstone. Took woodwind lessons there and they'd let me bang on all the synths I could never afford while I waited.

Re: Music Stores (Sherman Clay, Gospel, M-V, Hockett Cowan)

by charlyn » Fri Feb 18, 2022 1:41 am

Kuettel Piano House on the corner of Olive Ave & Arthur St. (2 blks east of Fruit Ave)

Re: Music Stores (Sherman Clay, Gospel, M-V, Hockett Cowan)

by DougR » Sat Apr 24, 2021 3:49 pm

Starting from about 1956: my trap set, my mom’s alto sax and her autoharp came from M-V Music; my classical guitar came from Hockett Cowan; my dreadnaught guitar came from a music store at the SE corner of Fresno/Ashlan (across the street from where American Music Company is now -- anyone remember its name around 1963?).

Re: Music Stores (Sherman Clay, Gospel, M & V, Hocket Cowan)

by GYM » Mon Feb 08, 2021 3:32 pm

Tom Takahashi was service manger at Gospel Music. Greg Youngman also worked in the service department. That's me!
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Re: Music Stores (Sherman Clay, Gospel, M-V, Hockett Cowan)

by whitmaso » Wed Oct 30, 2019 5:22 pm

My grandmother, Linda Privett played in a band based in Ethel Starr's shop, called the Starrliters. The family is doing some research and we're just looking for anything from that era we can find, pictures, stories or if we're lucky maybe some recordings. Thanks for anyone who can help.

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by Lost Fresno » Sat Feb 02, 2019 12:46 pm

Hockett Cowan sign on the Fulton Mall in 1969
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Re: Music Stores (Sherman Clay, Gospel, M-V, Hockett Cowan)

by Scott-o-rama » Thu Jan 10, 2019 3:27 pm

In the mid-'60s I was a budding adolescent guitar player and hung around Sherman Clay in Manchester Center quite a bit. I'd buy strings and picks there -- and play their cool electric guitars & amps as much as Mel, the manager, would tolerate. Wish I'd had the money to buy up some of the used Gibson Les Pauls and Pre-CBS Fender Strats & Teles they had for sale cheap. They sold records there too, and I bought my copy of The Beatles Sgt. Pepper album the first day they got it in -- in early June, 1967. I took that album home and played the grooves off of it, learning the chords and riffs from every song within about a week!
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Re: Music Stores (Sherman Clay, Gospel, M & V, Hocket Cowan)

by galactustrilogy » Tue Aug 14, 2018 2:02 pm

Photos from the 1971 McLane High yearbook advertisements. MV Music, Gospel, and Bob Bloyed.
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Re: Music Stores (Sherman Clay, Gospel, M & V, Hocket Cowan)

by TMH1957 » Tue May 05, 2015 1:16 pm

I was a member of the Fresno High Marching Band (1974-1976) and I played precussion (Drums). Went to M.V. for drum heads, sticks and staff paper. Also, in 1973, my dad helped me buy my first drum set. Although I can no longer play, I still remember those carefree days of my youth in a place called "Old Fresno"!

Re: Music Stores (Sherman Clay, Gospel, M & V, Hocket Cowan)

by mjf » Sun Mar 22, 2015 11:25 am

We used to go to Hockett Cowan on Saturday to listen to records. I'd buy the records once in awhile, but didn't have a record player! It was cool to like jazz back then; I liked Undercurrent Blues.

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