American musician, writer, and commune founder (1938–1978)
Mel Lyman
Born
(1938-03-24)March 24, 1938
Eureka, California, United States
Died
March 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]
^"The Mel Lyman Personality Cult Revisited" by Kliph Nesteroff.
Point co-star Mark Frechette, Halprin briefly joined self-styled guru MelLyman, a former member of the Jim Kweskin Jug Band, and his 100-member commune...
life as part of the Lyman Family, raised in various communes around the U.S. with over 100 members who were devotees of MelLyman. In accordance with...
either by MelLyman, a musician in the backing band and soon-to-be leader of the cultish MelLyman Family, or someone who delivered them to Lyman. The album...
Hill Community, which was founded by former Kweskin Jug Band harmonicist MelLyman in Boston. In the 1970s, Kweskin recorded some vocals for some Sesame...
there, he discovered MelLyman's commune, the Fort Hill Community, while reading Avatar. Frechette's first attempts at approaching Lyman were rebuffed. Frechette...
that they lived in a commune, when they in fact were followers of guru MelLyman. When Cavett asked about the "commune" where they lived, Frechette denied...
a "Sister Kate's Night Out" medley on his Relax Your Mind album with MelLyman and Fritz Richmond. In 1967, the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band included it in...
rise of acid fascism in America, including material on Charles Manson, MelLyman, Victor Baranco, and their followers. San Francisco: Straight Arrow Books...
Grace Dallas Green Arlo Guthrie Woody Guthrie Sam Hinton Jenny Lewis MelLyman Rory McLeod Tom Morello (The Nightwatchman) Chuck Ragan Ketch Secor (Old...
atypical: it served as a platform for self-proclaimed "world saviour" MelLyman, leader of the Fort Hill Community.) A collection of Space City News covers...
Kooper, Stephen Stills and Mike Bloomfield, Little Feat, Ulf Lundell, MelLyman, Taj Mahal, Ian Matthews, Mendoza Line, Frankie Miller, Tracy Nelson,...
Eric Von Schmidt, guitar and vocals, with Geoff Muldaur, guitar, and MelLyman, harmonica. 1969 Who Knocked the Brains Out of The Sky?, Smash Records...
role of Zabriskie Point, who at the time was living in active member of MelLyman's commune. The film was a commercial failure, but brought 21-year old Frechette...
include essays on Ken Kesey and The Merry Pranksters, Terence McKenna, MelLyman, The Human Be-In, the heritage from Eleusis in Shakespeare's The Tempest...
at least in rudimentary form, as early as June 1967, when journalist MelLyman's first issue of Avatar was pressed. His newspaper carried an advertisement...