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Mel Lyman
Born(1938-03-24)March 24, 1938
Eureka, California, United States
DiedMarch 1978 (age 39 or 40)
exact location unknown
Occupation(s)Musician
Leader, The Lyman Family

Melvin James Lyman (March 24, 1938 – March 1978) was an American musician and writer, and the founder of the Fort Hill Community, which has been variously described as a family, commune, or cult.[1]

  1. ^ "The Mel Lyman Personality Cult Revisited" by Kliph Nesteroff.

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Mel Lyman

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him. Mel Lyman played harmonica like no one under the sun / Mel Lyman didn't just play harmonica, he was one. – Landis MacKellar In 1963 Lyman joined...

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Daria Halprin

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Point co-star Mark Frechette, Halprin briefly joined self-styled guru Mel Lyman, a former member of the Jim Kweskin Jug Band, and his 100-member commune...

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Guinevere Turner

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life as part of the Lyman Family, raised in various communes around the U.S. with over 100 members who were devotees of Mel Lyman. In accordance with...

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Lisa Kindred

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either by Mel Lyman, a musician in the backing band and soon-to-be leader of the cultish Mel Lyman Family, or someone who delivered them to Lyman. The album...

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Jim Kweskin

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Hill Community, which was founded by former Kweskin Jug Band harmonicist Mel Lyman in Boston. In the 1970s, Kweskin recorded some vocals for some Sesame...

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Mark Frechette

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there, he discovered Mel Lyman's commune, the Fort Hill Community, while reading Avatar. Frechette's first attempts at approaching Lyman were rebuffed. Frechette...

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The Dick Cavett Show

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that they lived in a commune, when they in fact were followers of guru Mel Lyman. When Cavett asked about the "commune" where they lived, Frechette denied...

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I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate

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a "Sister Kate's Night Out" medley on his Relax Your Mind album with Mel Lyman and Fritz Richmond. In 1967, the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band included it in...

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Lafayette Morehouse

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rise of acid fascism in America, including material on Charles Manson, Mel Lyman, Victor Baranco, and their followers. San Francisco: Straight Arrow Books...

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List of harmonicists

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Grace Dallas Green Arlo Guthrie Woody Guthrie Sam Hinton Jenny Lewis Mel Lyman Rory McLeod Tom Morello (The Nightwatchman) Chuck Ragan Ketch Secor (Old...

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Underground press

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atypical: it served as a platform for self-proclaimed "world saviour" Mel Lyman, leader of the Fort Hill Community.) A collection of Space City News covers...

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List of train songs

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Kooper, Stephen Stills and Mike Bloomfield, Little Feat, Ulf Lundell, Mel Lyman, Taj Mahal, Ian Matthews, Mendoza Line, Frankie Miller, Tracy Nelson,...

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Eric Von Schmidt

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Eric Von Schmidt, guitar and vocals, with Geoff Muldaur, guitar, and Mel Lyman, harmonica. 1969 Who Knocked the Brains Out of The Sky?, Smash Records...

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Many Wars Ago

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role of Zabriskie Point, who at the time was living in active member of Mel Lyman's commune. The film was a commercial failure, but brought 21-year old Frechette...

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Patrick Lundborg

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include essays on Ken Kesey and The Merry Pranksters, Terence McKenna, Mel Lyman, The Human Be-In, the heritage from Eleusis in Shakespeare's The Tempest...

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Bosstown Sound

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at least in rudimentary form, as early as June 1967, when journalist Mel Lyman's first issue of Avatar was pressed. His newspaper carried an advertisement...

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