Old Guard Activity 8 19 08
Thank you John McCloskey ( member of the Old Guard) for making us revisit the 60's, a time of the Hootenanny Folk Music ala Kingston Trio, Peter Paul & Mary. It was also a time that melodies where enhanced by the quality of the singing performers, inviting the public to sing along and then remembering the songs for ever. Many of us still have a longing for this kind of milieu, but the taste of musik has changed. You gave us a chance to reminisce and enjoy some of the songs all over again.
A few more words about “Hootenanny”: According to Pete Seeger, in various interviews, he first heard the word hootenanny in Seattle, Washington in the late 1930s. It was used by Hugh Delacey’s New Deal political club to describe their monthly music fund raisers. After some debate the club voted in the word hootenanny, which narrowly beat out the word wingding. Seeger, Woody Guthrie and other members of the Almanac Singers later used the word in New York City to describe their weekly rent part
Aug 19, 2008
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