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Saturday, November 1
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Saturday Nights on Phinney Ridge
Tom Rawson/The Wanderers
Phinney
Neighborhood Center (Brick Building), 7:30PM
General Admission: $14 Folksinger Tom Rawson is the Northwest’s very own version of Pete
Seeger. Armed with longneck banjo and other weapons of mass delight, Tom is a
master of warmth and wit who loves to share his musical treasures with an 'I
know something you don't know and you're gonna love it too' kind of smile.
From gospel to contemporary, profound to downright silly, Tom will have you
singing, clapping, and laughing along all night. The Wanderers are the duo of Carl Allen and Bill Murlin. They met in a
folk trio at Washington State University in Pullman, Wash., in 1959. After
winning a campus talent show, the trio, including Al Hansen, appeared
regularly at campus dances and fraternal functions. The trio split up after
college; however Carl and Bill started singing together again a few years
later. In September of 2009, Carl and Bill will celebrate fifty years of a
wonderful musical partnership! The Wanderers feature folk songs from the 1950's to today. They focus on
good harmonies backed with well-blended guitars and banjo. In addition to
singing songs written by such people as Bill Staines, David Rea, and Terry
Gilkeson, Carl has also written some songs for the duo. In addition to those great old songs, they specialize in the Columbia
River songs by Woody Guthrie written in Portland, Oregon, in May 1941. Aside
from their regular concerts, they also present educational workshops which
elaborate on Woody Guthrie and his songs and time in the North West. Their
programs include Woody's quotes, known and unknown songs, and stories about
how the songs were written. The Wanderers will be presenting such a workshop
on Sunday, November 2, 2008, at Dusty Strings Acoustic Music Shop from
2:45-4:45. Join Tom and The Wanderers for an evening of humorous stories,
user-friendly songs, and acoustic folk philosophy that's guaranteed to leave
you smiling. Tune up your vocal chords; you'll need 'em! Reserve online, or
by calling 206/528-8523. |
Also, here’s a blurb describing
the Woody Guthrie workshop on November 2.
Woody Guthrie and The Columbia River
Collection-A slice of Pacific Northwest History
Come with us now to those thrilling
days of yesteryear, the month of May, the year of 1941. A 27-year-old
folksinger from Oklahoma, by the name of Woodrow Wilson Guthrie, has been hired
by a fledgling federal agency, the Bonneville Power Administration, to write
songs for a movie about the Columbia River. The movie is to be a
propaganda piece, touting public power over private power. It turns out
to be one of the best investments the federal government has ever made.
In
thirty days Woody Guthrie is paid $266.66 and writes twenty-six songs about the
river, the dams and the men working on the dams. How did these songs get
written? What was Woody thinking about when he wrote them? What has
been the impact of those twenty-six songs? Come to the Dusty Strings
Music Shop, located at 3406 Fremont Avenue North, on Sunday, November 2, from
2:45-4:45 PM to learn the answers to these and many other questions, as Bill
Murlin (late of the Bonneville Power Administration and editor of The
Columbia River Collection) and Carl Allen (10 years as an Inquiring Mind
speaker for Humanities Washington and a Guthrie scholar) present a workshop on
Woody Guthrie and The Columbia River Songs. The cost for this workshop is
only $35. See the website www.thewanderersfolk.com for some great pix and more
information. Also, see
for
information on reserving a spot at this workshop.
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