Jack Fritscher, Ph.D., All Rights Reserved HOW TO LEGALLY QUOTE FROM THIS WORK Jim in Tub May 1976: auto-photograph by Jim Stewart a “before” shot of 766 Clementina StreetJack Fritscher, Ph.D., All Rights Reserved HOW TO LEGALLY QUOTE FROM THIS WORK Folsom Street Blues A Memoir of 1970s SoMa and Leatherfolk in Gay San Francisco Jim Stewart Palm Drive Publishing® San Francisco CAJack Fritscher, Ph.D., All Rights Reserved HOW TO LEGALLY QUOTE FROM THIS WORK Copyright ©2011 James Stewart All rights are reserved by the author. Except for brief passages, quoted in newspaper, magazine, radio, television, internet review, or academic paper, no part of this book may be reproduced, stored in or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form without the prior written permission of both the copyright owner and the publisher of this book. All inquiries concerning performance, adaptation, or publication rights should be addressed to Publisher, Palm Drive Publishing, Publisher@PalmDrivePublishing.com. Corre spon dence may be sent to the same address. Send reviews, quotation clips, fea- ture articles, and academic papers in hard copy, tear sheets, or electronic format for bibliographi cal inclusion on literary website and in actual archive. All photographs, including cover photograph, shot by and ©2011 James Stewart Cover and interior design realized by Mark Hemry, Sebastopol, California Published by Palm Drive Publishing, San Francisco CA EMail: Publisher@PalmDrivePublishing.com Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 2011922848 Stewart, James 1942- Folsom Street Blues: A Memoir of 1970s SOMA and Leatherfolk in Gay San Francisco / James Stewart p. cm. ISBN 10 1-890834-03-3 ISBN 13 978-1-890834-03-6 1. American Literature—20th Century. 2. Masculinity. 3. Homosexuality. 4. Gay Studies. 5. Erotica—Gay. II. Title. Printed in the United States of America First Printing, July 2011 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 www.PalmDrivePublishing.comJack Fritscher, Ph.D., All Rights Reserved HOW TO LEGALLY QUOTE FROM THIS WORK To my partner, Ken Warner, for all his patience in putting up with me while I was writing of my past.Jack Fritscher, Ph.D., All Rights Reserved HOW TO LEGALLY QUOTE FROM THIS WORKJack Fritscher, Ph.D., All Rights Reserved HOW TO LEGALLY QUOTE FROM THIS WORK Acknowledgments A very special thanks to Jack Fritscher for all his encouragement, encyclopedic memory, and suggestions in the writing of Folsom Street Blues. To Mark Hemry for all his artistic and technical expertise.Jack Fritscher, Ph.D., All Rights Reserved HOW TO LEGALLY QUOTE FROM THIS WORKJack Fritscher, Ph.D., All Rights Reserved HOW TO LEGALLY QUOTE FROM THIS WORK Contents Foreword ............................................................xiii The Flat on Clementina .........................................1 Handball .............................................................15 The Trouble with Clarence ...................................17 Smoke Signals ......................................................29 French Mussels ....................................................45 Man About Town ................................................47 The Shapeshifter ..................................................59 Five Spice Chicken ...............................................79 Voodoo ...............................................................89 Chasing Film ....................................................103 Beach Theater ....................................................119 The Naked Wine Thief ......................................121 West Coast Beef .................................................131 Bad Boy Art South of Market ............................133 Camille O’Grady as Muse ..................................149 Up At The River ................................................165 Mercedes Headed North on 101 ........................179 Back from The River ..........................................185 Sweetbreads .......................................................201 Epilogue ............................................................203Next >