Jeff Hughson collection, 1952-2009

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Summary

Creators:
Hughson, Jeff (1950 - )
Abstract:
Jeff Hughson was born in Sacramento in 1950 and graduated from Sacramento High School in 1968 and shortly thereafter joined the staff of KZAP, Sacramento’s first freeform rock music radio station. This collection contains biographical information on Jeff Hughson on the form of one DVD and several news articles, and periodicals, radio playlists, concert flyers, promotional material, sound recordings and VHS tapes collected by Hughson and documenting the musical scene in Sacramento from the 1960s to the 1980s.
Extent:
2 linear feet (2 boxes)
Language:
Languages represented in the collection: English
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item and/or item number], [box and folder number], Jeff Hughson collection, MS 67, Center for Sacramento History.

Background

Scope and content:

Jeff Hughson collection contains biographical information on Jeff Hughson and several news articles, and periodicals, radio playlists, concert flyers, promotional material, sound recordings and VHS tapes collected by Hughson and documenting the musical scene in Sacramento from the 1960s to the 1980s. The collection is organized into seven series: Series 1. Biographical Material includes one DVD and two news articles referencing Hughson. Series 2. Songwriters Showcase includes one news article and eleven VHS tapes documenting the Showcase. Series 3. Radio Playlists includes three folders of radio playlist from Sacramento radio stations KROY and KXOA. Series 4. Flyers includes thirty-eight concert flyers and five movie handbills. Series 5. Music Publications and Programs includes festival and movie programs and local music newsletters about the Sacramento music scene. Series 6. Promotional Material comprised of radio station decals. Series 7. Music Recordings, which includes 45’s, albums, audiocassettes, and compact discs featuring local artists. Series 8. Ticket stub, one ticket stub from a performance of Sal Valentino and the Highrollers at the Shire Road Pub (undated).

Biographical / historical:

Jeff Hughson was born in Sacramento in 1950 and graduated from Sacramento High School in 1968 and shortly thereafter joined the staff of KZAP, Sacramento’s first freeform rock music radio station, which began broadcasting on November 8, 1968. After two and half years as music director and DJ at KZAP, Hughson left the station in 1971 to work as a DJ at Sacramento FM radio stations KNDE, KSFM, and KXOA-FM. In 1974, he left KXOA to work at a variety of jobs, producing concerts, fairs, and festivals, and serving as the entertainment director for the Contra Costa County Fair. Hughson also worked as a record collector and dealer, running a mail order house and trading company. In 1989, Hughson teamed with musician Bob Cheevers to create the Bob Cheevers Sacramento Songwriters Showcase, with Hughson as promoter and thematic director and Cheevers as host and talent coordinator. The Bob Cheevers Sacramento Songwriters Showcase ended in 1991, and in 2000, Hughson and partners Dennis Newhall and Martin DeAnda started Dig Music, a record label devoted to making available previously unreleased music by Northern California artists, primarily from the 1960s and 1970s.

Acquisition information:
Collection donated by Jeff Hughson to the Center for Sacramento History on January 15, 2010.
Processing information:

Processed and finding aid prepared by Devon Miller, 2020.

Arrangement:

Series 1. Biographical material Series 2. Songwriters showcase Series 3. Radio playlists Series 4. Flyers Series 5. Music publications and programs Series 6. Promotional material Series 7. Music recordings Series 8. Ticket stub

Physical location:
30:I:01
Rules or conventions:
Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research use.

Terms of access:

All requests to publish or quote from private manuscripts held by the Center for Sacramento History (CSH) must be submitted in writing to the archivist. Permission for publication is given on behalf of CSH as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the patron. No permission is necessary to publish or quote from public records.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item and/or item number], [box and folder number], Jeff Hughson collection, MS 67, Center for Sacramento History.

Location of this collection:
551 Sequoia Pacific Blvd.
Sacramento, CA 95811, US
Contact:
(916) 808-7072
csh@cityofsacramento.org
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