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  • Seeger, Guthrie join Occupy Wall Street rally

    10/22/2011 11:55:49 AM PDT · by 2ndDivisionVet · 40 replies
    NEW YORK -- Folk music legend Pete Seeger and '60s folk singer Arlo Guthrie joined Occupy Wall Street demonstrators in their campaign against corporate greed while residents near the protest park encampment pushed to regain some peace and quiet in their neighborhood. Seeger joined in the Occupy Wall Street protest Friday night, replacing his banjo with two canes as he marched with throngs of people in New York City's tony Upper West Side past banks and shiny department stores. The 92-year-old Seeger, accompanied by musician-grandson Tao Rodriguez Seeger, composer David Amram and bluesman Guy Davis, shouted out the verses of...
  • Folk Singer Jokes

    07/31/2005 7:49:38 AM PDT · by raccoonradio · 10 replies · 447+ views
    DonWhite.net ^ | 07/31/05 | Various
    Q: What's the difference between a large pepperoni pizza and a folk singer? A: The pizza can feed a family of five. Q: Why do Yugos have rear window defrrosters? A; So folksingers can keep their hand warm. I'm on the Chet Atkins Diet....I just pick at my food (but isn't he more country than folk??) Q: What's the difference between a vacuum cleaner and a guitar? A: You don't need to plug in a guitar to make it suck. How many folksingers does it take to change a lightbulb? Five - one to change the bulb, and four to...
  • Political songs are blowin' in the wind

    05/24/2004 12:10:55 PM PDT · by weegee · 1 replies · 240+ views
    Boston Globe ^ | May 23, 2004 | By Scott Alarik, Globe Correspondent
    Is folk music getting its political hackles up? It has often been the soundtrack of American protest, from the labor movement of the early 20th century through the civil rights and antiwar movements of the '50s and '60s. Now, in the midst of our longest and most controversial war since Vietnam, is history repeating itself? There are definite signs that this summer's folk-festival crowds may hear more political songs than they have in many years.