Chanting Circle at the Woodstock Jewish Congregation
Join us for En-Chanting Afternoons
Sundays from 4-6 pm
November 12, December 17 (bring your menorah), January 14, February 11
Enter into the sacred space of winter afternoons through devotional Hebrew chants. Learn and practice deep ways of connecting with Jewish prayer and liturgy. Join a community of voices raised to bring down the divine flow. Everyone is welcome.
With Roberta Wall, a graduate of Kol Zimra, chant leadership training taught by Rabbi Shefa Gold.
*Questions? phone Roberta at 845 246 5935*
*or email robertaindia@yahoo.com*
Chant
Quotes!
Staying with the "about me" theme for a minute, here is a page of quotes that I've gathered from various published comments about me over the years. Aw, shucks!
Go to - http://bobluskquotes.blogspot.com/
Go to - http://bobluskquotes.blogspot.com/
About Me
Day after the election, So, what's going up with me? Busy, busy, busy. It feels like I have been running non stop for the past few months. The thought of now and then having a day that is not filled is very welcome.
I have been taking music classes at the Hindu temple in Wappinger's Falls. A lot of fun, but a stretch.
Some problems with the tendons in my hand have limited my playing lately. I'm getting physical therapy and have no doubt of a complete recovery. I am able to do my gigs, just not spending time playing for fun.
I'll be at the folk guild in Yorktown this Saturday. On the 19th there is a benefit for the Kings Mall 7 (me and 6 others who dared to raise our voice in protest) at New World Home Cooking. I'll be singing a song at least.
I have stopped drinking coffee, I hope for the last time. Also working on a healthier overall diet. Also, I have been getting to the Y in the morning for the past week.
The day job is more taxing than ever. When I get home, all I want to do is sit and watch "Gilmore Girls".
I have a 1/2 dozen instruments in my basement that need repair. Also need to finish putting together my studio, make time for more vocal toning, etc, etc.
I'm also working up a Johnny Cash show. Penny doesn't want to be June Carter though.
I have been running a stop smoking group for the Mental Health Association. Next week is the last week and as of last night everyone quit!
Peace to you and yours!
I have been taking music classes at the Hindu temple in Wappinger's Falls. A lot of fun, but a stretch.
Some problems with the tendons in my hand have limited my playing lately. I'm getting physical therapy and have no doubt of a complete recovery. I am able to do my gigs, just not spending time playing for fun.
I'll be at the folk guild in Yorktown this Saturday. On the 19th there is a benefit for the Kings Mall 7 (me and 6 others who dared to raise our voice in protest) at New World Home Cooking. I'll be singing a song at least.
I have stopped drinking coffee, I hope for the last time. Also working on a healthier overall diet. Also, I have been getting to the Y in the morning for the past week.
The day job is more taxing than ever. When I get home, all I want to do is sit and watch "Gilmore Girls".
I have a 1/2 dozen instruments in my basement that need repair. Also need to finish putting together my studio, make time for more vocal toning, etc, etc.
I'm also working up a Johnny Cash show. Penny doesn't want to be June Carter though.
I have been running a stop smoking group for the Mental Health Association. Next week is the last week and as of last night everyone quit!
Peace to you and yours!
Eisteddfod-NY November 17-19 - early bird deadline extended!!!
Subject: Eisteddfod-NY November 17-19 - early bird deadline extended!!!
Eisteddfod-NY, A Festival of Traditional Music
17-19 November, 2006
at The Renaissance Charter School, 35-59 81st Street, Jackson Heights, Queens, NY.
We've extended the Early-Bird Special until Tuesday 7 November. (Election Day - don't forget to vote!)
Don't miss this wonderful event. Members of supporting organizations qualify for early-bird discounts on all-festival passes ($65; at-the-door $75) until 7 November 2006. You can book tickets online:
members: http://eisteddfod-members.eventbrite.com
non-members: http://eisteddfod-ny.eventbrite.com/
non-members: http://eisteddfod-ny.eventbrite.com/
Music from America, England, Scotland, Ireland, Brittany, Francophone Canada, and West Africa, presented by a stellar list of performers. See website for complete list and schedule.
Concerts, workshops, Open Stage, Festival Marketplace, and plenty of opportunities for singing and jamming.
See you there!
--
Joy Bennett
President
Folk Music Society of NY, Inc.
FMSNY1@att.net
Joy Bennett
President
Folk Music Society of NY, Inc.
FMSNY1@att.net
Pete Seeger: Working Families Message
Pete Seeger has recorded a special election message for you. It's 38 seconds long, and it'll make you smile. Please take a moment to listen to it, and if you agree with his message then forward this email to everyone you know.
You can hear Pete's message at:
http://www.workingfamiliesparty.org/countonme/seeger.html
See who else is voting Working Families and why at:
http://www.workingfamiliesparty.org/countonme/endorsements.html
Vote Working Families!
Sam Williams, Bertha Lewis, and Bob Master
WFP Co-Chairs
Dan Cantor
WFP Executive Director
http://wfpjournal.blogspot.com/
http://www.workingfamiliesparty.org/
P.S. Check out our election event calendar and add election events at
http://freecal.brownbearsw.com/WFP
Hillary/Banjo
Hillary Clinton was in town today at our local VFW hall. I brought my banjo and joined with a few of the local lefties outside to greet her cavalcade as she drove up. Of course we didn't see her. They had the route planned out and took her in through the back door. They were in large black cars with tinted windows, but she couldn't have helped see us as they drove out. I'm not sure if they heard me singing "Study War No More", probably not, but I had to do it...tree falling in the forest and all that.
I have used my banjo more and more at rallys lately instead of the guitar. Part of the reason is concern about the guitars saftey. My Martin D35S, which is the only guitar I know loud enough to play at a rally unamplified and be heard, cost me $1,650 ten years ago and would probably cost a lot more today. My Gold Tone Pete Seeger long neck banjo with home made resonator only cost me $600. Banjos are also able to take the cold, heat, and general abuse that rallys call for. The resonator was a piece of junk from a cheap banjo. I spray painted it and attach it to the banjo with velcro, so it can come off easily and be played as an open back.
At rallys I usually play with a flatpick, similar to 4 string Plectrum banjo style. The sound and the rhythm carry much more than a frailing or 3 finger style.
If you want me to come to your rally............... give a shout.
I have used my banjo more and more at rallys lately instead of the guitar. Part of the reason is concern about the guitars saftey. My Martin D35S, which is the only guitar I know loud enough to play at a rally unamplified and be heard, cost me $1,650 ten years ago and would probably cost a lot more today. My Gold Tone Pete Seeger long neck banjo with home made resonator only cost me $600. Banjos are also able to take the cold, heat, and general abuse that rallys call for. The resonator was a piece of junk from a cheap banjo. I spray painted it and attach it to the banjo with velcro, so it can come off easily and be played as an open back.
At rallys I usually play with a flatpick, similar to 4 string Plectrum banjo style. The sound and the rhythm carry much more than a frailing or 3 finger style.
If you want me to come to your rally............... give a shout.
Humidifying Instruments
This link was sent to me by ElDicko@aol.com. I personally have had several instruments badly injured over the years from lack of humidity. Perhaps even more important than a humidifier is a hydrometer ($20 from Radio Shack) to measure the humidity in your home. Anything less than 30% is a problem.
From Fred's Music Shop
How humidity affects your guitar!!
Since, in our part of the country (Northeast), we use forced air or radiator supplied heat frequently, we have a lot of damage occuring to "better" acoustic guitars over the winter . Many of our customers have instruments that have developed cracks, etc. from lack of proper humidity over the winter . Having a heating system that is "hot water" , in other words ... radiators in the rooms .. is NOT a system that supplies ANY form of humidity to the air! Many of our customers are baffled by the fact that even though they have "hot water" heating systems... their guitar still cracked .!! The reason for this is that the "water" is INSIDE the radiator and does not enter the air ... the air is dried by the heat just as much .. .and maybe more than with forced-air systems. If you have a "better " acoustic guitar ... one with solid woods .... it is IMPERATIVE that you keep the air at a proper humidity ... in most cases ... the MORE THE BETTER ! In the early 1970's , when our store was on North Ninth Street in Reading , I once had a 1939 Martin D-18 crack overnite ! I was playing it .. .put it on a stand and went home ... and the next morning when I came in the top was cracked and I was baffled !?! I had "Hot Water" heating .. why would my guitar crack?? Well , when I actually took a humidity reading ... I had basically NO HUMIDITY! Since then , I either keep the humidifier going or keep my good guitars in my basement where the heating system has no effect. In our store , we recently installed new high-output systems on the main heating systems and if you visit our acoustic guitar displays , you will notice that we STILL use a room type humidifier to augment the system and we constantly monitor the humidity with and electronic meter. We like our guitars ... so we humidify over the winter
!!
If you want to check your guitars .. here's some quick ways that I use to tell if my guitars are drying out .
#1 - is the action getting lower ? The guitar is getting really easy to play? Faster action than you remember? If so .. the top is "shrinking" and lowering itself and getting ready to split ... watch it!!
#2 - is the sound getting buzzy - more fret buzz than you remember. Same as above .
#3 - when you run your fingers down the sides of the fingerboard... are the fret ends sticking out slightly ? (or more?) ... think of the wood as a sponge .. .the fingerboard is drying out and shrinking ... the metal frets don't shrink... so they stick out!!!
If the answer is yes to any of these ... it's probably yes to all of them and your guitar is drying out ... watch it !!
Back to Fred's Music Home Page
copyright 1996 - Fred A. BernardoFredÕs Music Shop - 212 W. Lancaster Ave., Shillington, Pa. 19607www.fredsmusic.com
From Fred's Music Shop
How humidity affects your guitar!!
Since, in our part of the country (Northeast), we use forced air or radiator supplied heat frequently, we have a lot of damage occuring to "better" acoustic guitars over the winter . Many of our customers have instruments that have developed cracks, etc. from lack of proper humidity over the winter . Having a heating system that is "hot water" , in other words ... radiators in the rooms .. is NOT a system that supplies ANY form of humidity to the air! Many of our customers are baffled by the fact that even though they have "hot water" heating systems... their guitar still cracked .!! The reason for this is that the "water" is INSIDE the radiator and does not enter the air ... the air is dried by the heat just as much .. .and maybe more than with forced-air systems. If you have a "better " acoustic guitar ... one with solid woods .... it is IMPERATIVE that you keep the air at a proper humidity ... in most cases ... the MORE THE BETTER ! In the early 1970's , when our store was on North Ninth Street in Reading , I once had a 1939 Martin D-18 crack overnite ! I was playing it .. .put it on a stand and went home ... and the next morning when I came in the top was cracked and I was baffled !?! I had "Hot Water" heating .. why would my guitar crack?? Well , when I actually took a humidity reading ... I had basically NO HUMIDITY! Since then , I either keep the humidifier going or keep my good guitars in my basement where the heating system has no effect. In our store , we recently installed new high-output systems on the main heating systems and if you visit our acoustic guitar displays , you will notice that we STILL use a room type humidifier to augment the system and we constantly monitor the humidity with and electronic meter. We like our guitars ... so we humidify over the winter
!!
If you want to check your guitars .. here's some quick ways that I use to tell if my guitars are drying out .
#1 - is the action getting lower ? The guitar is getting really easy to play? Faster action than you remember? If so .. the top is "shrinking" and lowering itself and getting ready to split ... watch it!!
#2 - is the sound getting buzzy - more fret buzz than you remember. Same as above .
#3 - when you run your fingers down the sides of the fingerboard... are the fret ends sticking out slightly ? (or more?) ... think of the wood as a sponge .. .the fingerboard is drying out and shrinking ... the metal frets don't shrink... so they stick out!!!
If the answer is yes to any of these ... it's probably yes to all of them and your guitar is drying out ... watch it !!
Back to Fred's Music Home Page
copyright 1996 - Fred A. BernardoFredÕs Music Shop - 212 W. Lancaster Ave., Shillington, Pa. 19607www.fredsmusic.com
WOODY REDISCOVERED
From: Stephen & Marilyn Suffet
To:
Subject: "Woody Redicsovered" in Brooklyn 12/17/06
Greetings!
We know this event is seven weeks away, but the truth is seating is
strictly limited. Our hosts have enough chair and sofa space for just
sixteen people, and four of those places have already been reserved. So
if you want to attend this event, it's better to let us know sooner
rather than later.
WOODY REDISCOVERED
an Exploration of Woody Guthrie's Less Known Songs
with Anne Price and Steve Suffet
Sunday . December 17, 2006 . 4:30 to 6:30 PM
Park Slope location . Brooklyn, NY
Sponsored by the Folk Music Society of New York, Inc.
(New York Pinewoods Folk Music Club)
with kind support and encouragement from the Woody Guthrie Foundation.
For reservations, location, and directions, please call Steve at
718-786-1533 or Anne at 718-543-4971.
WOODY REDISCOVERED will take place at a private residence on 8th Avenue,
near Carroll Street & Garfield Place, Brooklyn, NY. The hosts have asked
us not to put their address out on the Internet, but their building is
easily reached by public transportation (Grand Army Plaza subway
station) and by car.
WOODY REDISCOVERED is an exploration of some of Woody Guthrie's less
known songs. There are more than 3,000 songs in the Woody Guthrie
Archives, and Woody recorded well over 300 of them. However, only about
30 are well known today. In this house concert style workshop we will
introduce you to a few of Woody Guthrie's other 2,970+ songs. Some were
recorded or published in Woody's own lifetime; others were discovered
among his effects after his death. All deserve to be recognized as the
gems that they are. We will have song sheets available, so come prepared
to sing along and learn some new old songs. For example:
Dance Around My Atom Fire
Ticky Tock
Peace Call
Two Good Men ( a Sacco and Vanzetti song)
Way Over Yonder in the Minor Key
Arthritis Blues
This Morning I Am Born Again.
Peace Pin Boogie
Tin Horn Taxi
Why Do You Stand There in the Rain?
When the Curfew Blows
Mr. Tom Mooney Is Free
What Are We Waiting On?
Blow, Big Wind, Blow
Sixty-Six Highway Blues
.... and as many more as time permits!
The suggested donation is $12. FMSNY members: $10.
Anne and Steve presented WOODY REDISCOVERED for the Folklore Society of
Greater Washington this past September 30, and here is what two people
had to say:
"It was a pleasure hosting an informative evening like that. As I listed
to the songs combined with the show-and-tell of songbooks and albums, I
realized that it was precisely the sort of evening that makes the
Folklore Society unique as a presenter of more than just concerts for
mere entertainment." -- Charlie Baum, FSGW vice president
"I was very happy to be able to provide hospitality to you, as well as a
venue for your house concert -- which I enjoyed very much and where I
learned a great deal about Woody Guthrie that I hadn't known before. A
good sign about how much the rest of the audience also enjoyed your
concert is the fact that two people who had been there came up to me at
an old-time CD release party last night to talk with me about YOUR house
concert!" -- Kathie Mack, FSGW member and concert host
So please come to Brooklyn on December 17 and find out for yourself!
Website links:
Anne Price: http://www.anneprice.com/
Steve Suffet: http://suffet.home.att.net/
Folk Music Society of New York, Inc.: http://www.folkmusicny.org/
Woody Guthrie Foundation & Archives: http://www.woodyguthrie.org/
--- Steve Suffet & Anne Price
To:
Subject: "Woody Redicsovered" in Brooklyn 12/17/06
Greetings!
We know this event is seven weeks away, but the truth is seating is
strictly limited. Our hosts have enough chair and sofa space for just
sixteen people, and four of those places have already been reserved. So
if you want to attend this event, it's better to let us know sooner
rather than later.
WOODY REDISCOVERED
an Exploration of Woody Guthrie's Less Known Songs
with Anne Price and Steve Suffet
Sunday . December 17, 2006 . 4:30 to 6:30 PM
Park Slope location . Brooklyn, NY
Sponsored by the Folk Music Society of New York, Inc.
(New York Pinewoods Folk Music Club)
with kind support and encouragement from the Woody Guthrie Foundation.
For reservations, location, and directions, please call Steve at
718-786-1533 or Anne at 718-543-4971.
WOODY REDISCOVERED will take place at a private residence on 8th Avenue,
near Carroll Street & Garfield Place, Brooklyn, NY. The hosts have asked
us not to put their address out on the Internet, but their building is
easily reached by public transportation (Grand Army Plaza subway
station) and by car.
WOODY REDISCOVERED is an exploration of some of Woody Guthrie's less
known songs. There are more than 3,000 songs in the Woody Guthrie
Archives, and Woody recorded well over 300 of them. However, only about
30 are well known today. In this house concert style workshop we will
introduce you to a few of Woody Guthrie's other 2,970+ songs. Some were
recorded or published in Woody's own lifetime; others were discovered
among his effects after his death. All deserve to be recognized as the
gems that they are. We will have song sheets available, so come prepared
to sing along and learn some new old songs. For example:
Dance Around My Atom Fire
Ticky Tock
Peace Call
Two Good Men ( a Sacco and Vanzetti song)
Way Over Yonder in the Minor Key
Arthritis Blues
This Morning I Am Born Again.
Peace Pin Boogie
Tin Horn Taxi
Why Do You Stand There in the Rain?
When the Curfew Blows
Mr. Tom Mooney Is Free
What Are We Waiting On?
Blow, Big Wind, Blow
Sixty-Six Highway Blues
.... and as many more as time permits!
The suggested donation is $12. FMSNY members: $10.
Anne and Steve presented WOODY REDISCOVERED for the Folklore Society of
Greater Washington this past September 30, and here is what two people
had to say:
"It was a pleasure hosting an informative evening like that. As I listed
to the songs combined with the show-and-tell of songbooks and albums, I
realized that it was precisely the sort of evening that makes the
Folklore Society unique as a presenter of more than just concerts for
mere entertainment." -- Charlie Baum, FSGW vice president
"I was very happy to be able to provide hospitality to you, as well as a
venue for your house concert -- which I enjoyed very much and where I
learned a great deal about Woody Guthrie that I hadn't known before. A
good sign about how much the rest of the audience also enjoyed your
concert is the fact that two people who had been there came up to me at
an old-time CD release party last night to talk with me about YOUR house
concert!" -- Kathie Mack, FSGW member and concert host
So please come to Brooklyn on December 17 and find out for yourself!
Website links:
Anne Price: http://www.anneprice.com/
Steve Suffet: http://suffet.home.att.net/
Folk Music Society of New York, Inc.: http://www.folkmusicny.org/
Woody Guthrie Foundation & Archives: http://www.woodyguthrie.org/
--- Steve Suffet & Anne Price
Historic Music Concert
Performer and teaching artist Dave Ruch will be giving a special concert of rare regional folksongs this Thursday evening at the Andes Public Library in Andes NY.
DATE: Thursday, November 2, 2006
TIME: 6:30-7:30pm
LOCATION: Andes Public Library, 242 Main Street, Andes NY 13731
PHONE: 845-676-3333 for directions
ADMISSION: Free
PERFORMER WEBSITE: www.daveruch.com Dave Ruch is a dedicated performer, interpreter and collector of traditional New York State (and regional American) songs. In his very special concert programs, Dave presents, and tells the stories behind, the songs of real people from days gone by - - farmers, lumbermen, children, immigrants, native americans, canallers, hops pickers, lake sailors and more - - songs from the people who settled and built our region.Dave is also a strong instrumentalist who was for many years a highly sought-after instructor of guitar and mandolin in the Buffalo NY area. He has taught hundreds of beginning through advanced music students, and has performed with numerous regionally- and nationally-known folk, rock and bluegrass artists."Fierce mandolin picker, and hero of the tour" -Carol A. Wade, Duprees Diamond News Magazine, Northhampton MA "It was great hearing your show. Very nice performance!" -Lynn Arthur Koch, Author, "Folk Songs of Upstate New York"
Dave Ruch has researched regional folklore and song traditions at Cornell University and the New York State Historical Association, and using materials from Smithsonian Folkways, New York Folklore Society, Harold Thompson Folklore Archives, Ivan Walton Great Lakes folklore collection, Anne & Frank Warner collections, Stevens-Douglass manuscript, John & Alan Lomax archives, Buffalo & Erie County Library's Grosvenor Room, Helen Hartness Flanders Ballad Collection, Shoemaker Pennsylvania resources, Eddy Ballads of Ohio collection, Anne Grimes, Library of Congress, Edith Fowke & Helen Creighton Canadian collections and more.This is program is made possible by the New York Council for the Humanities Speakers in the Humanities program. More information here: http://www.nyhumanities.org/speakers/lectures/lecture.php?lecture_id=1179
DATE: Thursday, November 2, 2006
TIME: 6:30-7:30pm
LOCATION: Andes Public Library, 242 Main Street, Andes NY 13731
PHONE: 845-676-3333 for directions
ADMISSION: Free
PERFORMER WEBSITE: www.daveruch.com Dave Ruch is a dedicated performer, interpreter and collector of traditional New York State (and regional American) songs. In his very special concert programs, Dave presents, and tells the stories behind, the songs of real people from days gone by - - farmers, lumbermen, children, immigrants, native americans, canallers, hops pickers, lake sailors and more - - songs from the people who settled and built our region.Dave is also a strong instrumentalist who was for many years a highly sought-after instructor of guitar and mandolin in the Buffalo NY area. He has taught hundreds of beginning through advanced music students, and has performed with numerous regionally- and nationally-known folk, rock and bluegrass artists."Fierce mandolin picker, and hero of the tour" -Carol A. Wade, Duprees Diamond News Magazine, Northhampton MA "It was great hearing your show. Very nice performance!" -Lynn Arthur Koch, Author, "Folk Songs of Upstate New York"
Dave Ruch has researched regional folklore and song traditions at Cornell University and the New York State Historical Association, and using materials from Smithsonian Folkways, New York Folklore Society, Harold Thompson Folklore Archives, Ivan Walton Great Lakes folklore collection, Anne & Frank Warner collections, Stevens-Douglass manuscript, John & Alan Lomax archives, Buffalo & Erie County Library's Grosvenor Room, Helen Hartness Flanders Ballad Collection, Shoemaker Pennsylvania resources, Eddy Ballads of Ohio collection, Anne Grimes, Library of Congress, Edith Fowke & Helen Creighton Canadian collections and more.This is program is made possible by the New York Council for the Humanities Speakers in the Humanities program. More information here: http://www.nyhumanities.org/speakers/lectures/lecture.php?lecture_id=1179
Video
Just watched a video of my performance at the Heritage Concert in Saugerties this September. On the whole I liked it, but was struck at how much I reminded myself of my brother Richard. Thanks to Ernie Morduzans for taping it.
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Ed Pell has offerred to video the Kirtan (Hindu chant) next Monday, November 6th at Namaste Yoga in Woodstock. It should be a wonderful evening. Marty Klein will be accompanying me on tabla and I'm hoping to see a lot of old and new friends there. It runs from 5:30 to 7:00 and is free.
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Ed Pell has offerred to video the Kirtan (Hindu chant) next Monday, November 6th at Namaste Yoga in Woodstock. It should be a wonderful evening. Marty Klein will be accompanying me on tabla and I'm hoping to see a lot of old and new friends there. It runs from 5:30 to 7:00 and is free.
Fw: [RickNestlerInfo] Digest Number 29
Sat Nov 18, 2006
2:00pm Rick Nestler
Warwick Valley Winery & Orchards
114 Little York Road
Warwick, NY
For directions call: (845)258-4858
email: wvwinery@warwick.net
website: www.wvwinery.com
Rich Bala
Just a note to let all of you in the greater Poughkeepsie area know that Rich Bala's 2 solo recordings,
Hudson Valley Traditions and Home for the Harvest are now available at the Barnes & Noble Bookstore on Rt. 9 in Poughkeepsie! They are located in the folk music section (duh!) with his very own divider that says "Regional Artist - Rich Bala", which is right behind Joan Baez's CD's. For directions and more info, their phone number is 845-485-2224.
Hudson Valley Traditions and Home for the Harvest are now available at the Barnes & Noble Bookstore on Rt. 9 in Poughkeepsie! They are located in the folk music section (duh!) with his very own divider that says "Regional Artist - Rich Bala", which is right behind Joan Baez's CD's. For directions and more info, their phone number is 845-485-2224.
Cycles
It's funny how my music seems to go in cycles. The past month was Animal Songs month with several gigs at zoos and animal sanctuary's. Now for the next two weeks I'm working on the Hindustani violin and the harmonium for a Kirtan in Woodstock 11/6. Then it will be Christmas songs - I'm almost too late this year to start rehearsing for the Christmas season! No Celtic New Year gigs this Halloween. (sob!).
I've been lucky lately to have my 15 year old son as "roady", hauling the big speakers and amplifiers. My back has been very grateful!
I've been lucky lately to have my 15 year old son as "roady", hauling the big speakers and amplifiers. My back has been very grateful!
A Message from Pete Seeger
Protest music has been around for thousands of years. It just leaks out every so often and helps make history.
A group of young people and not-so-young people have gotten together to sing one of my songs that I wrote around 1965 about the Vietnam War. And they've done what I did a few years ago; they're singing it about the situation in Iraq. "Bring 'em Home!"
You can watch them singing and share it with your friends right here: http://www.workingfamiliesparty.org/bringthemhome/
What they are saying is we need to send the politicians a message in a language they understand: election day votes. Here in New York, voting on the Working Families line is the best way to tell the politicians, bring them home, bring them home.
We're in a very dangerous situation. The problems in the Middle East are not going away — they're getting worse. Churchill said, anybody who thinks, when they get into a war, that they know what's going to happen, is fooling themselves. With all the power that the American military establishment has, they still cannot predict all the things that are going to happen.
To quote Martin Luther King, the weakness of violence is that it always creates more violence. Darkness cannot drive out darkness. Only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate. Only love can do that.
That's the message at the end of the song, "the world needs teachers, books and schools . . . And learning a few universal rules." I'm glad they left that verse in.
Watch the video and then pass it on: http://www.workingfamiliesparty.org/bringthemhome/
There's a saying from William James a young friend painted on my barn. It goes: "I am done with great things and big things, great institutions and big success, and I am for all those tiny invisible molecular moral forces that work from individual to individual . . . like so many rootlets, or like the capillary oozing of water, which, if given time, will rend the hardest monuments of pride."
Apply this to the current situation: Take this email and forward it to your friends and family. Technology will save us if it doesn't wipe us out first.
We need to spread this message. Back in the sixties, I'd go from college to college to college singing songs. That's how folk songs were shared. Sure, some person who thought it was an unpatriotic song might boo, but a few seconds later he'd be drowned out by a few thousands voices who started cheering enthusiastically. Made the poor guy start thinking.
Change comes through small organizations. You divide up the jobs: Some people sing bass, some sing soprano. Some copy the sheet music, others drive and pick up those who ride the subway. You take small steps. They all add up.
Take a small step today. Here's your part: Tell your family and your friends about what we can do to send a message to the politicians to bring our troops home. And then vote on election day.
The very worst thing is for people to say: "My vote doesn't count. So why bother to vote at all?" Our votes do count. And if we vote to bring the troops home, they count even more.
Let's bring them home: http://www.workingfamiliesparty.org/bringthemhome/
In solidarity,
Pete Seeger
Watch the VideoYou can send a message to the politicians to bring the troops home from Iraq. Take action and spread the word.
A group of young people and not-so-young people have gotten together to sing one of my songs that I wrote around 1965 about the Vietnam War. And they've done what I did a few years ago; they're singing it about the situation in Iraq. "Bring 'em Home!"
You can watch them singing and share it with your friends right here: http://www.workingfamiliesparty.org/bringthemhome/
What they are saying is we need to send the politicians a message in a language they understand: election day votes. Here in New York, voting on the Working Families line is the best way to tell the politicians, bring them home, bring them home.
We're in a very dangerous situation. The problems in the Middle East are not going away — they're getting worse. Churchill said, anybody who thinks, when they get into a war, that they know what's going to happen, is fooling themselves. With all the power that the American military establishment has, they still cannot predict all the things that are going to happen.
To quote Martin Luther King, the weakness of violence is that it always creates more violence. Darkness cannot drive out darkness. Only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate. Only love can do that.
That's the message at the end of the song, "the world needs teachers, books and schools . . . And learning a few universal rules." I'm glad they left that verse in.
Watch the video and then pass it on: http://www.workingfamiliesparty.org/bringthemhome/
There's a saying from William James a young friend painted on my barn. It goes: "I am done with great things and big things, great institutions and big success, and I am for all those tiny invisible molecular moral forces that work from individual to individual . . . like so many rootlets, or like the capillary oozing of water, which, if given time, will rend the hardest monuments of pride."
Apply this to the current situation: Take this email and forward it to your friends and family. Technology will save us if it doesn't wipe us out first.
We need to spread this message. Back in the sixties, I'd go from college to college to college singing songs. That's how folk songs were shared. Sure, some person who thought it was an unpatriotic song might boo, but a few seconds later he'd be drowned out by a few thousands voices who started cheering enthusiastically. Made the poor guy start thinking.
Change comes through small organizations. You divide up the jobs: Some people sing bass, some sing soprano. Some copy the sheet music, others drive and pick up those who ride the subway. You take small steps. They all add up.
Take a small step today. Here's your part: Tell your family and your friends about what we can do to send a message to the politicians to bring our troops home. And then vote on election day.
The very worst thing is for people to say: "My vote doesn't count. So why bother to vote at all?" Our votes do count. And if we vote to bring the troops home, they count even more.
Let's bring them home: http://www.workingfamiliesparty.org/bringthemhome/
In solidarity,
Pete Seeger
Watch the VideoYou can send a message to the politicians to bring the troops home from Iraq. Take action and spread the word.
Henry Baccus - the Saugerties Bard
Rich Bala and I are working on the songs of the 19th Century songwriter, Henry Backus, who was called "The Saugerties Bard". If anyone has any information to pass along on the subject, please do so. Concert is set for Sunday afternoon at 3:00 on 4/29/07 at the Dutch Arms Chapel in Saugerties.
Bluestone and Old Friends
A wonderful time yesterday at the Kingston Bluestone Festival on the Strand. Good friends Dr. Romo (accordion and fiddle), Jim Donnelly (guitar and vocals) and Irish tenor Warren Kelder all showed up and played music. Also on hand was Steven James'es Old Tyme String Band, Danile Woerners' Voices for Peace, Adam Snyder and a banjo blayer from Palenville named Kit. The weather was great, the people were friendly and we all had fun (:>) trying to play along in time to the hammers on the bluestone.
The ego problem in this business is a constant battle. One minute everyone loves you, the next you can't get a gig. I had one of the biggest ego boosters of my life at the festival. At the very end, when we were packing up, one of the bluestone workers came up to me and said "Hey, you didn't sing "Dirty Little Town!" It took me a minute to figure out what song he was talking about. At first I thought it was the Irish song "Dirty Old Town" - "I left my love by the gas yard wall, dreamed a dream by the old canal..." But after a few questions I realized he was talking about "Kingston is a Dirty Old Town, streets roll up when the sun goes down", which is a song I've been singing for 30 years. It was a Woody Guthrie song about Pitsburgh that I had heard done in Greenwich Village 40 years ago by a great guitar picker that I don't remember. It's a real picker's song, but as far as I know I'm the only one who sings it about Kingston. The bluestone worker said that he and the people at the bluestone company sing it while they're working all the time. I don't think I've ever received a better compliment!
And of course I have to do the song next year.
(Complete words are at Song Lyrics link on the right hand side of this page)
The ego problem in this business is a constant battle. One minute everyone loves you, the next you can't get a gig. I had one of the biggest ego boosters of my life at the festival. At the very end, when we were packing up, one of the bluestone workers came up to me and said "Hey, you didn't sing "Dirty Little Town!" It took me a minute to figure out what song he was talking about. At first I thought it was the Irish song "Dirty Old Town" - "I left my love by the gas yard wall, dreamed a dream by the old canal..." But after a few questions I realized he was talking about "Kingston is a Dirty Old Town, streets roll up when the sun goes down", which is a song I've been singing for 30 years. It was a Woody Guthrie song about Pitsburgh that I had heard done in Greenwich Village 40 years ago by a great guitar picker that I don't remember. It's a real picker's song, but as far as I know I'm the only one who sings it about Kingston. The bluestone worker said that he and the people at the bluestone company sing it while they're working all the time. I don't think I've ever received a better compliment!
And of course I have to do the song next year.
(Complete words are at Song Lyrics link on the right hand side of this page)
Mark Rust - Prairie Home Companion
Mark Rust appearances in your region!
Mark Rust will be in New York City this week performing several shows to promote the DVD release of the film 'A Prairie Home Companion' with Robin Greenstein & Barry Wiesenfeld. Some of the information is still approximate. If you'd like more specific info, send me an email.
è Tuesday, October 10th, 11am-2pm
'Shake Shack', Madison Square Park (23rd & 5th)
è Thursday, October 12th, sometime between 7am-12:30pm
Grand Central Station
è Friday, October 13th, sometime between 2:30pm-6pm
'Museum Mile'
Yours,
Mark Rust
Mark Rust
PO Box 551, Woodstock, NY, 12498
markrust@markrust.com
markrust@markrust.com
Links of Interest
I've updated the "Links of Interest Site". I added a FUN section and another section for Luthiers and instrument repair people. The link is on the right of this page.
Heritage Concerts
There has been such a great reaction from the Heritage Concert that we are planning two next year. Rich Bala will do one in the spring and Kevin and Carol Becker will do one next fall. More details to follow of course.
Folk Festivals in Kingston on Saturday!
OK, I won't be part of the big folk festival in Cornell Park this weekend -10/8/06. It's sponsored by the Mezzanine Cafe and will have a lot of good name acts.
I will be part of the Bluestone Festival a few blocks away at TR Gallo Park down at the Strand. It runs from 12-5. I open the show at noon as usual! Jim Donnelly and a bunch of other musical groups should be there. Both festivals are free, so people will be able to wander from one to the other.
Bob
I will be part of the Bluestone Festival a few blocks away at TR Gallo Park down at the Strand. It runs from 12-5. I open the show at noon as usual! Jim Donnelly and a bunch of other musical groups should be there. Both festivals are free, so people will be able to wander from one to the other.
Bob
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