Background
O'Connor, Patrick Joseph was born on December 27, 1948 in Wichita. Son of Rubie Nell Bishop.
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Tales From A Blackout : 1960s Counterculture
(Artists and writers Jim Davis, Robert Branaman, Alan Russ...)
Artists and writers Jim Davis, Robert Branaman, Alan Russo, Dave Haselwood, Michael McClure, Bruce Conner, and Charles Plymell all spent time in a Wichita bar, A Blackout, formerly The Silver Dollar. So did musicians Mike Finnegan and Jerry Hahn. A Blackout Tavern, 2930 E. 21st, a fixture in Wichita's Movement since the 1950s, has been gone over fifteen years. Pat O'Connor has collected several stories connected with the tavern into a book, Tales From A Blackout. Wichita made its mark on the national counterculture, and the scenery of the 1950s and 1960s is accurately described in this book. From its days in Wichita's beat era, the bar was a gathering place for the unconventional--beat poets, folk singers and early acid rock bands. And there was a loyalty to the bar, shown in the bumper stickers that declared "I Drink At A Blackout" on a black and red flag.
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Wichita Blues: Discovery
(Early work, originally published in 1998; now out of prin...)
Early work, originally published in 1998; now out of print. Companion to WICHITA BLUES, MUSIC IN THE AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY.
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Patrick Joseph O'Connor
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Education
Master of Arts Communications, Wichita State University, 1989. Graduate, Citizen's Academy, Wichita, 2003.
Career
Lecturer Wichita State University, 1994—2000. Instructor Embry-Riddle University, 1996—1998, 2004—2006, Friends University, Wichita, 1997—1998. Artist in residence Wichita Public Schools, 1998—1999.
Music reviewer for popular music and society Bowling Green State University, Ohio, 1996—1998. Instructor Newman University, Wichita, 2004. Director museum exhibit Traditions of the Blues in Wichita First National Black History Society Kansas and Kansas Interpretive Traveling Exhibit, Kansas State History Society/Kansas Humanities Council/National Endowment for Humanities, Wichita, since 1996.
Director production for panel and happening Wichita Art Museum, 1999. Interviewer/writer Documentary: The Wichita Blues History Project, since 1999. Panelist Friends University, Wichita, since 2002.
Achievements
Works
book
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Tales From A Blackout : 1960s Counterculture
(Artists and writers Jim Davis, Robert Branaman, Alan Russ...)
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Wichita Blues: Discovery
(Early work, originally published in 1998; now out of prin...)
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Tales From A Blackout : 1960s Counterculture
Membership
Member Art and Design Bd, Wichita, 2004. Board directors Fisch Haus Gallery. Regional judge International Blues Challenge Blues Foundation Memphis.
Mentor Native American Indian Educated Progressive, Wichita Public Schools, Kansas, 2007—2008. Member of Kansas Folklore Society, American Federation Musicians (board directors 2003), Entertainment Committee, Kansas African American Museum, Poetic Genius Society.
Connections
Married Carolyn Sue Drummond-Hay (divorced April 1, 1979). 1 child Dalton.
