The man who brought the '60s to town: As owner of hippie hot spot The Barn, Leon Tabory planted a flag for the counterculture in SV - Santa Cruz Sentinel

The man who brought the '60s to town: As owner of hippie hot spot The Barn, Leon Tabory planted a flag for the counterculture in SV - Santa Cruz Sentinel:

"SCOTTS VALLEY — Despite its reputation as a natural wildlife preserve for 1960s-style hippies and similarly free-spirited life­style rebels, Santa Cruz County was once, in fact, a quiet, conser­vative, decidedly un-hip place.

If anyone were ever to draw up a list of those most responsible for turning Santa Cruz from the latter to the former, among the top five names would certainly be Leon Tabory.

Tabory, who died in Septem­ber a week before turning 84, will be remembered at a memorial service on Sunday for a life that reads like a grand 20th century novel. But in the cultural history of the county, Tabory stands, for good or ill, as a pioneer in estab­lishing the '60s counterculture in this area. He brought in the Day­Glo colors where once had been only red, white and blue." Sphere: Related Content