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M I C H A E L L A N N O N
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S a n F r a n c i s c o |
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1947 |
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Growing up in the Fillmore district, the musical and cultural capital of the city |
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1959 |
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Moving to the Mission |
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1962 |
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Quitting Mission High School and working on the waterfront |
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1966 |
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Learning to play the conga drum with my brother-in-law, Bill Estrell |
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1967 |
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Saturday afternoons in the Fillmore's Black Light Explosion Company |
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1970 |
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Start of my 7-year apprenticeship with Ivory Smiley |
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1974 |
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Playing at the Reunion |
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1976 |
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Playing in bands, and driving trucks |
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1978 |
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Uncle Harry and the White Boys playing Bata |
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1982 |
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The First House of Aña, San Francisco |
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1984 |
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Trips to LA with Francisco Aguabella |
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1985 |
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Back at the waterfront |
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1986 |
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Italian Festival, the waterfront, the Big Earthquake, and local gigs |
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1990 |
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Local tamboras |
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1995 |
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The Second House of Aña formed, founding members Harold Muñiz, Michael Spiro and Michael Lannon |
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2004 |
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Shoulder injury, sidelined, back to work, lots of rehab |
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2006 |
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700lb toolbox lands on me, blew out other shoulder, rehab again, throat cancer, chemo and radiation |
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2007 |
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Retired, recovering |
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2008 |
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New directions |
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Copyright © Michael Lannon 2009-2010
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