Chateau Liberté — Historic Music Venue, Santa Cruz Mountains

These Bands and Artists Performed at
Chateau Liberté

• •Jerry Garcia (with Merl Saunders / Garcia-Saunders / Legion of Mary variants) — Multiple shows (including documented Oct 11, 1974 with Paul Humphrey on drums; also March and November 1974 dates cited). Garcia lived on the property at times.
• •Bob Weir (with Kingfish) — Several late 1974–early 1975 shows; used to break in the band.
• •The Doobie Brothers — Regulars/house-band level in the early 1970s (multiple 1971–72 dates documented); album cover photographed there; later album Liberté explicitly references the venue.
• •Hot Tuna (Jorma Kaukonen & Jack Casady of Jefferson Airplane, often with Papa John Creach and Will Scarlett) — Frequent performers; recorded First Pull Up, Then Pull Down live there in 1971.
• •Tower of Power — Outdoor stage show in the redwoods (1972, with Blue Mountain); large crowd reported.
• •The Tubes (and earlier incarnation The Beans) — Frequent mid-1970s performers (many 1973–75 dates listed).
• •Moby Grape / Skip Spence — Performed; Spence lived on the property at times and helped introduce Doobie Brothers members.
• •Sons of Champlin — Popular regulars.
• •New Riders of the Purple Sage (NRPS) — Documented Bay Area regulars who played there.
• •Quicksilver Messenger Service (and members, e.g., John Cipollina) — Mentioned among early performers/regulars.
• •Steve Miller Band — Cited by a 1970s promoter who booked and printed materials for shows there.
• •Cold Blood (with Lydia Pense) — Popular later-period act.
• •Dan Hicks and His Hot Licks — Confirmed performers.
• •Elvin Bishop — Early-period performer.
• •Papa John Creach — Frequently with Hot Tuna.
• •Light shows by Captain Whizzo were a signature element.

Other Notable / Documented Acts

• •Charlie Musselwhite — A Grammy-winning blues harmonica virtuoso, singer, songwriter, and guitarist — a Mississippi-born, Chicago-forged living legend whose six-decade career has defined authentic American blues.
• •T-Bone Walker (blues legend; strong eyewitness accounts of a performance and after-show hang) [Wikipedia] [Apple Music]
• •Snail — A classic Santa Cruz rock band formed in 1967, best known for their 1970s Cream Records albums and Billboard-charting hit "The Joker," still rocking strong with new music decades later.
• •Blue Mountain (outdoor shows with Tower of Power)
• •Mountain Current (regular early band led by Matthew Kelly & John Tomasi; floating membership including future Kingfish guitarist Robbie Hoddinott and Billy Dean Andrus)
• •Timbercreek
• •Flash Cadillac & the Continental Kids (now Flash Cadillac) — An American retro rock 'n' roll band formed in late-1960s Colorado, best known for appearing as Herby and the Heartbeats in the film American Graffiti and scoring 1970s hits like "Did You Boogie (With Your Baby)."
• •Mose Allison
• •Snail, Oganookie, Junk Mail, and Tag (local/house-band level), and other South Bay acts (Weird Herald members, etc.)