Music historian David Tibbs will share and discuss the significance of music from the 1960s in a talk at First Congregational Church in Manchester on January 2 at 7:00 pm. His talk, "Music of the Late 1960s: Social Upheaval in Song," is part of the Vermont Humanities Council's First Wednesdays lecture series and is free and open to the public. Talks in Manchester are hosted by Manchester Community Library.
The 1960s brought dramatic social and political change to America. Tibbs will examine the music from this turbulent era and explore how its songs helped bring revolution into our living rooms.
David Tibbs has spent over 30 years on the radio and working in music. He started doing radio while at the University of Alabama in 1986, earning the nickname "Uncle Dave" while working at WUTK in Knoxville. Tibbs spent 19 years as a show producer in public radio, has helped teach music history and communications classes at the college level, has been a DJ for XM Radio at Bonnaroo, and has spent time as a video producer and MC for events such as the Warren Haynes Christmas Jam. He now resides in Mendon, Vermont where he spent 11 years as a Morning Show Host and Sports Director for Catamount Radio.
The statewide underwriters for the First Wednesdays 2018-2019 series are The Alma Gibbs Donchian Foundation, the Windham Foundation, and the Institute of Museum & Library Services through the Vermont Department of Libraries.
"Music of the Late 1960s" is underwritten by Anonymous.
Manchester Community Library is sponsored by Mystic Café and Wine Bar, Spring & Harbor Boutique, and Union Underground.
For more information, contact Manchester Community Library at 802.362.2607 or the Vermont Humanities Council at 802.262.2626 or info@vermonthumanities.org, or visit www.vermonthumanities.org.
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