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Owl Ridge2003 Cabernet
Sauvignonmade with
grapesfrom the Brigden
family's vineyards.
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an two in\reterate rockers - alumni of
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Bay Area counterculture and
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psychedelicmusic scene- find happiness living the quiet farm life in Wine Country?
Without a moment's pause to parse her
words, Iulia Brigden emphatically responds,
"Life right now? It's very good."
With her pencil-sleek designer jeans and
Italian heels, the carefree hippie once known
as "Girl Freiberg" back in the days when she
was the teenage bride of bass guitarist David
Freiberg (lefferson Airplane and Quicksilver
Messenger Service),lulia Brigden now looks
every inch the cool, classy, Sonoma Academv
volunteermom that she has matured into since
that long-agoSummer of Love.
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SANTA ROSA
Jack Brigden,17, relaxeswith his father,Mick, in their home
library,where books,albumsand memorabiliafrom Mick's
careeras a rock musicpromoter and managerare kept.
"Maybe I was deprived when I was young. I love the idea of abundance everywhere."
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".,.one of the bestcabernetproducersin SonomaVall"y..." Gold recordsfrom Mick's career as a music
promoter and manager line his office wall.
and master carpenter Peter Dale.
It's in the library and Mick's office where
you finally get a hint that these are people
with an interesting story.
In the tower-like library are neatly
framed posters of concerts he had a.hand
in, like l985's powerful Live Aid For African
Famine Relief, as well as platinum albums
of performers Mick has managed: Santana,
Eddie Money. Joe Satriani (his only remaining client).
There's memorabilia, like a burned
Rolodex stored under glass, that he retrieved from the rubble bfa l9B5 arson fire
that hit the offices of Bill Graham Presents.
And there's the poster from a Iuly 1969
Fillmore West concert that proved pivotal
in both their lives.
"That's were I met Bill (Graham) for the
first time," Mick reminisces. "That's where
Iulia and I met. And I fell in love with San
Francisco."
Now the couple is slowly bonding with
Santa Rosa and Sonoma County. Mick's
grapes are now making their way into bottles of Owl Ridge cabernet. The couple
also contributes their promotional skills
to fund-raising and events for Sonoma
Academy, where Iack is a senior; this year
they're in charge of planning the big grad
night party. Both are serious cyclists and
have found much to explore between the
Mayacamas, the ocean and the Russian
River in between.
"Napa seems like the heart of the Wine
Country" Mick allows. "It has its values.But
Sonoma has got so much more."
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