Descriptive Summary
Access
Publication Rights
Preferred Citation
Acquisition Information
Processing Information
Biography / Administrative History
Scope and Content of Collection
Arrangement
Indexing Terms
Bibliography
Other Finding Aids
Descriptive Summary
Title: Jeff Hughson collection
Dates: 1952-2009
Collection number: MS 67
Creator:
Hughson, Jeff (1950 - )
Collection Size:
2 linear feet
(2 boxes)
Repository:
Center for Sacramento History
Sacramento, California 95811-0229
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.
Physical location: 30:I:01
Languages:
Languages represented in the collection:
English
Access
Collection is open for research use.
Publication Rights
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.
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.
Biography / Administrative History
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.
Scope and Content of Collection
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).
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
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in
the library's online public access catalog.
KROY (Radio station : Sacramento, Calif.)
KXOA (Radio station : Sacramento, Calif.)
Hughson, Jeff (1950 - )
Cheevers, Bob
Disc jockeys--Sacramento
Music radio stations--Sacramento
Music competitions--Sacramento
Music Publicity--Sacramento
Radio programs--Sacramento
Armstrong, Lance. “Former Radio DJ reminisces about his days at KZAP, more.” Valley Community Newspapers, August 15, 2016.
Accessed February 12, 2020. http://www.valcomnews.com/former-radio-dj-reminisces-about-his-days-at-kzap-more/
Giles, Mindy. “Blowing a Kiss.” newsreview.com, July 3, 2002. Accessed February 12, 2020. https://www.newsreview.com/sacramento/blowing-a-kiss/content?oid=11169
Jeff Hughson collection on Sacramento music, MC 1, Sacramento Room, Sacramento Public Library, Sacramento, California. Accessed
February 12, 2020. https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8hm5fn5/
Taylor, John. “Showcase Swan Song.” Valley Music News, July 1991. Print.
Other Finding Aids
Hughson, Jeff collection on Sacramento music, Sacramento Room, Sacramento Public Library.
https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8hm5fn5/