The following text collects edited excerpts from a 30 July 2018 interview with musician June Millington (b. 1948, Manila, the Philippines) conducted by Theo Gonzalves, curator in the Division of Culture and the Arts at the National Museum of American History, and Gayle Wald, Professor of English and American Studies at George Washington University. The interview was conducted at the Institute for the Musical Arts, a Goshen, Massachusetts-based non-profit founded and operated by Millington and her partner, Ann Hackler. The text is based on a transcription by Gracia Brown. This version, which is condensed, edited for clarity, and annotated, was prepared by Gayle Wald.
June Millington is co-founder and lead guitarist of the germinal rock-and-roll band Fanny, which formed in Los Angeles in 1969. The other original members of the band were Jean Millington (June’s sister, on bass guitar and drums), Alice de Buhr (drums and vocals), and Nickey Barclay...
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