M I C H A E L L A N N O N
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1947 Growing up in the Fillmore district, the musical and cultural capital of the city
1959 Moving to the Mission
1962 Quitting Mission High School and working on the waterfront
1966 Learning to play the conga drum with my brother-in-law, Bill Estrell
1967 Saturday afternoons in the Fillmore's Black Light Explosion Company
1970 Start of my 7-year apprenticeship with Ivory Smiley
1974 Playing at the Reunion
1976 Playing in bands, and driving trucks
1978 Uncle Harry and the White Boys playing Bata
1982 The First House of Aña, San Francisco
1984 Trips to LA with Francisco Aguabella
1985 Back at the waterfront
1986 Italian Festival, the waterfront, the Big Earthquake, and local gigs
1990 Local tamboras
1995 The Second House of Aña formed, founding members Harold Muñiz, Michael Spiro and Michael Lannon
2004 Shoulder injury, sidelined, back to work, lots of rehab
2006 700lb toolbox lands on me, blew out other shoulder, rehab again, throat cancer, chemo and radiation
2007 Retired, recovering
2008 New directions


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