The Sacramento Rock and Radio Museum houses rock and radio posters, artwork, calendars, and photographs of events that have taken place over the past 40 years in Sacramento.
You need a long view of the Sacramento rock scene to realize that it has really never been the musical backwater that many would claim. Sure, Sacramento’s missed the tour itineraries of acts major, middle, and minor; there are so many cities bigger than Sacramento to visit. And, fans are willing to drive to the Bay Area for both the very big and very obscure shows. But if you take the high -profile shows we have gotten over the years, add the many talented acts that have played here before they were big, and factor in the generally good quality of the local players throughout the years… it makes for some pretty credible rock and roll history.
As such, The Sacramento Rock and Radio Museum has come into existence.
What started as interesting decor has become the beginning of an inevitably large and impressive collection of concert posters and handbills, photos, 45s and LPs, radio “hits” surveys, promotional jackets and T-shirts, and even a montage of ticket stubs from 30 years of rock shows.
The Sacramento Rock and Radio Museum has rare and colorful posters from the golden age of rock art when promoters paid to commission original graphics to advertise a one-night stand. These hand-rendered, period pieces hang next to contemporary posters from last year (or even last week) that, while interesting, betray th ... view more »
The Sacramento Rock and Radio Museum houses rock and radio posters, artwork, calendars, and photographs of events that have taken place over the past 40 years in Sacramento.
You need a long view of the Sacramento rock scene to realize that it has really never been the musical backwater that many would claim. Sure, Sacramento’s missed the tour itineraries of acts major, middle, and minor; there are so many cities bigger than Sacramento to visit. And, fans are willing to drive to the Bay Area for both the very big and very obscure shows. But if you take the high -profile shows we have gotten over the years, add the many talented acts that have played here before they were big, and factor in the generally good quality of the local players throughout the years… it makes for some pretty credible rock and roll history.
As such, The Sacramento Rock and Radio Museum has come into existence.
What started as interesting decor has become the beginning of an inevitably large and impressive collection of concert posters and handbills, photos, 45s and LPs, radio “hits” surveys, promotional jackets and T-shirts, and even a montage of ticket stubs from 30 years of rock shows.
The Sacramento Rock and Radio Museum has rare and colorful posters from the golden age of rock art when promoters paid to commission original graphics to advertise a one-night stand. These hand-rendered, period pieces hang next to contemporary posters from last year (or even last week) that, while interesting, betray their electronic origin. Much of the artwork can hold its own against the internationally famous output of the San Francisco poster artists. However, there’s no Kelly/Mouse, or Rick Griffin here. Instead, Sacramento sports its own homegrown crop of musically-inspired commercial artists. You see names like Roger Shepherd, Jim Carrico, Jim Ford, Jack Ogden, and J.L. Pennington attached to some very striking visuals. See it all together for the first time and it looks like some lost, hidden corridor at the Haight-Ashbury Summer of Love Gallery.
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