15 Facts About Cork Marcheschi

Cork Marcheschi was born on April 5,1945, to Italian immigrants Luigi and Aurora Marcheschi in San Mateo, California.

Cork Marcheschi enrolled at the College of San Mateo in 1963 to avoid the draft.

In 1966, he attended California State College in Hayward, California, By 1970, Cork Marcheschi received his MFA and began to teach at Minneapolis College of Art and Design.

In 1966, Cork Marcheschi enrolled in California State College and began to study art with Mel Ramos and Sy Weisman.

In 1970 Cork Marcheschi began a teaching position at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design.

In 1971, Cork Marcheschi contacted Martin Friedman and was offered a space in the 1971 Walker Art Center opening exhibition.

In 1973 Cork Marcheschi Joined the stable of Gallerie M in Germany.

In 1977, Cork Marcheschi showed again at the Meisel Gallery and befriended artists Alice Neel and Isabel Bishop.

Since 2010, Cork Marcheschi has worked on multiple projects developing and executing set design for a variety of productions.

In 1974, a couple years after making connections with an individual from Voltarc Technologies, Cork Marcheschi fabricated 400 fluorescent tubes to be used on a Canadian television set for magician Doug Henning.

In 1966 Cork Marcheschi got a call from the San Francisco Musician's Union regarding a need for a casual bass player at a private party that night at San Francisco's Bimbos 365 Club.

In 1967 Cork Marcheschi brought a demo tape to Brian Rohan who later introduced the band to Robin MacBride of Mercury Records.

The band reunited for a show in 1994, benefiting San Francisco's Aquarius Music Store, but Cork Marcheschi was the only original member featured.

In 1994, Cork Marcheschi founded his own label, Weasel Disc Records.

In 1982, Cork Marcheschi released Survivors, a documentary on well known blues artists that continue to carry on the blues tradition.