FRED LIEBERMAN, A LATE U.C. SANTA CRUZ MUSIC PROFESSOR, WAS HONORED SATURDAY….AND ONE OF THE PEOPLE AT THE CELEBRATION WAS GRATEFUL DEAD DRUMMER MICKEY HART. THE 2 CO-AUTHORED THE BOOK “DRUMMING AT THE EDGE OF MAGIC” IN THE MID 1990’s. PROFESSOR LIEBERMAN, WHO WAS A LIFELONG RESEARCHER INTO INDIGENOUS MUSICAL STYLES IN CHINA, KOREA, TIBET, SOUTH INDIA, AND JAPAN, WAS ALSO A DRIVING FORCE BEHIND BRINGING THE GRATEFUL DEAD ARCHIVES TO U.C.- SANTA CRUZ. HE DIED MAY 4TH.
