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Archive for August, 2009
LeRoy Stevens’s ‘Favorite Recorded Scream’ and Hey and Na Na
Aug 21st
This sounds like a fun project: LeRoy Stevens’s ‘Favorite Recorded Scream’ Compiles Howls – NYTimes.com.
I’ve been collecting songs that include the phrases “hey” and/or “na na” as part of my piece, Hey, the Na Na Song. (Download a pdf of the score). Seems like I should have been asking true record geeks for their input all along. Or maybe Field Guide readers will suggest their favorite Hey’s and Na Na’s in the comments section.
Here’s the list so far:
| Song Title | Performer | Album |
| Hey Jude | The Beatles | Beatles 1 |
| Me and Bobby McGee | Janis Joplin | Pearl |
| Na Na, Hey Hey, Kiss Him Goodbye | Steam | Steam |
| Song Title | Performer | Album |
| Isobel | Bjork | Post |
| Little Fly | The Legendary Marvin Pontiac | Greatest Hits |
| Lovin’ Touchin’ Squeezin’ | Journey | Evolution |
| The Night They Drove Ole Dixie Down | The Band | The Band |
| What I Deserve | Kelly Willis | What I Deserve |
ASAC Presents Eli Keszler & Ashley Paul, Peaking Lights
Aug 11th
A last-minute announcement for tonight’s Albany Sonic Arts show featuring Eli Keszler & Ashley Paul along with Peaking Lights. Also on the bill are Black Chalk.
Tuesday August 11 @ 8pm
Upstate Artists Guild
247 Lark St.
$5 suggested donation
Eli Keszler & Ashley Paul
and
Peaking Lights
(plus mystery band, Black Chalk)
Bios after the jump.
Related PostsMike Seeger Gone to the New Lost City
Aug 8th
I just heard the news that old-time musician Mike Seeger died on Friday night. Mike was the son of folklorist Charles Seeger and composer Ruth Crawford-Seeger. His other siblings were Penny, Peggy and half-brother Pete Seeger (who recently celebrated his 90th birthday and seems to be going strong). Quite a lineage for a musician, and Mike certainly made the best of it. He was a founding member of the New Lost City Ramblers along with John Cohen (see here) and Tom Paley. I think their work in the 1960s represents some of the best of the folk revival movement.
Seeger’s solo work serves as a catalog of old-time banjo styles while also demonstrating his mastery of lesser-known folk instruments such as the quills and the mouth harp. I’m particularly fond of his recordings Southern Banjo Sounds (1998) and True Vine (2003), both released on Smithsonian Folkways.
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