Dennis Hopper’s Taos Legacy
“I was born in Dodge City, Kansas, on a farm, in 1936. I followed the light changing on the horizon” Dennis Hopper
Bill Whaley’s Gringo Lessons
The sub-title of Bill Whaley’s new book, Gringo Lessons, published by Nighthawk Press, is Twenty Years of Terror in Taos.
Ron Cooper at 203
Born in New York in 1943, Ron Cooper grew up in Ojai, California, before attending the Chouinard Art Institute in Los Angeles from 1963 to ‘65, where his life-long friendships with Larry Bell, Ken Price and Ed Ruscha among others were formed.
Michelle’s
Michelle McIntosh was born in Santa Monica and brought up in Malibu, Taos, Maysville, Kentucky (where her mother Ellie is from) and the Seychelle Islands.
Twirl
Twirl is housed in a sprawling 150 year old adobe building in the heart of the Historical District in Taos.
The Mud Palace
Robby Romero’s teens began a year early on his twelfth birthday here in Taos at the Mabel Dodge Lujan House. Dennis Hopper owned the house at the time and during his long residency there, his Mud Palace was the talk of the town. The stories still circulate all these years later.
Robby Romero’s Rock and Roll Roots
Robby Romero’s musical roots run deep. He was born with them. You couldn’t make up this story, a life so charmed and filled with a cast of characters most only get to dream about.