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David Ferguson is an international outsider-culture impresario, activist, music producer and concert promoter. David Ferguson has died. Ferguson unexpectedly died after a brief illness on July 24, 2015 at the age of 69, in San Francisco. Over his career, most of which has been spent on the West Coast, he has worked with musical acts such as The Avengers,〔〔〔 John Lydon (a.k.a. Johnny Rotten),〔 Billy Bragg,〔Schindehette, Susan. (A Simple Punk-Folk-Rock Protester, British Billy Bragg Makes Waves Onstage, Not Off ) ''People Magazine''. July 29, 1985. Retrieved on 2009-08-04〕 Iggy Pop,〔 Bad Brains,〔 Black Flag,〔 and Butthole Surfers〔 and visual artists Vaughn Bode,〔Vaughn Bode Cartoon Concert, "Cheech Wizard Bites the Dust," National Lampoon, Feb., 1975, Vol. 1, No. 59, pg. 92. Retrieved on 2009-07-30〕 Jean-Michel Basquiat,〔〔 and Barry McGee.〔 Ferguson worked with multi-discipline artists such as avant-garde musician and spoken-word artist Lydia Lunch and the psychedelic drag queen performance group The Cockettes.〔 The San Francisco Chronicle referred to Ferguson as the "godfather of the unorthodox", adding that Ferguson "...not only thinks outside the box — he crushes it, dances on top of it, reinvents it and calls it whatever he likes. He has spent his life making trouble." The East Bay Express wrote, "David Ferguson's life story reads like an encyclopedia of the underground." Ferguson founded and presently heads the Institute for Unpopular Culture, a San Francisco-based arts organization. Through IFUC, Ferguson has maintained his involvement in anti-war protests, an activism which dates back to his student days at the University of Miami in the 1960s.〔Cartoon David, University of Miami Yearbook, IBIS, 1968, p. 92〕〔The Miami Hurricane, August 9, 1968. p. 25.〕 ==Early career== Ferguson was co-leader of the Union of Students to End the War in Vietnam〔〔University Of Miami Yearbook, IBIS. 1968. p. 96.〕 and his activism lead to discussions of disciplinary action, the outcome of which is not clear. Ferguson had also arranged for Pop Art icon Andy Warhol to speak at the campus in 1968, an event that led to a professional association between the two.〔〔 Ferguson moved to San Francisco in 1969 where he met the performance troupe The Cockettes, for whom he later produced and promoted live shows.〔〔 Even in tolerant San Francisco, The Cockettes' performance antics presented thorny PR issues. A member of the group wrote about a tactic Ferguson used to sneak the troupe and its outrageous stage behavior by wary club owners: Ferguson formed a lecture and appearance scheduling enterprise in 1973.〔Tudor, Silke. (House of Tudor. ) ''SF Weekly'', May 19, 2004〕 Through the agency, he maintained an association with the Black Panther Party〔〔 by representing Black Panther Party then-chairperson Elaine Brown. The agency also scheduled lectures for Jo Ann Little,〔 Paul Krassner,〔 Jerry Mander,and Beat poet Michael McClure.〔 "Ferguson's personal punk legacy includes helping promote concerts in the early 1970s for Iggy Pop and The New York Dolls."〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「David Ferguson (impresario)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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