[MusicFriends] Joe Hickerson - Chautauqua 9/6, Buffalo 9/7

[Howard Blumenthal]

SEPT. 6th CHAUTAUQUA:
Folk music archivist/performer Joe Hickerson will be making a special  
appearance at the first of this season's Midweek Vespers at Hurlbut  
Church on the grounds of Chautauqua Institution. The service will  
begin at 6 pm Wednesday, September 6, and will be followed by a  
lecture by Mr. Hickerson at 7:15. The service is free of charge, open  
to the public, and everyone is invited to a 5:30 pm dinner preceding  
the service.

For more than 50 years, Joe Hickerson has performed over a thousand  
times throughout the U.S.A. and in Canada, Finland, and Ukraine. His  
repertoire includes a vast array of folksongs and allied forms in the  
English language, many with choruses. Pete Seeger has called him "a  
great songleader." Joe calls himself a "vintage pre-plugged paleo- 
acoustic folksinger." In 1960 he wrote the 4th and 5th verses of  
"Where Have All the Flowers Gone." He has recordings on the Folk- 
Legacy and Folkways labels, ranging from 1957 to 2003. His concerts  
are guaranteed to "Drive Dull Care Away." Joe also has a career as a  
folklorist, ethnomusicologist, archivist, and librarian; For 35 years  
(1963-1998) he was Librarian and Director of the Archive of Folk Song/ 
Culture at the Library of Congress. He lectures and writes on a  
variety of folk music topics, and is available for song and copyright  
researches. For more information on him, visit www.joehickerson.com.

The Midweek Vespers is a weekly music and arts-based worship service  
with a minimum of spoken word. It is presented every Wednesday in  
Hurlbut Church, Pratt at Scott Avenues, Chautauqua NY. “Faith  
Weaver,” a children’s supervised bible experience, is provided  
separately during the service.

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SEPT. 7th BUFFALO

WHEN:  Thursday, Sept 7, 2006 at 7pm
WHERE:  141 Parkside Avenue, Buffalo NY
ADMISSION:  $10 with reservation
CONTACT:  (716) 833-6288 for reservations, directions and more info

Subject: Folk legend in house concert next Thursday

Joe Hickerson (www.joehickerson.com) is coming to Buffalo!
"He's a great songleader - not just a good songleader, a great one."
--Pete Seeger

Legendary folk singer and music historian Joe Hickerson will be  
making a rare area appearance in a special North Buffalo house  
concert on Thursday, September 7, 2006 at 7pm.

Bob Dylan talks about Hickerson on page 241 of his autobiograpy  
CHRONICLES: VOLUME ONE (NY: Simon & Schuster, 2004), and the New York  
Times called one of his concerts "a delightful and different evening  
of folk singing." (John S. Wilson, The New York Times).

For more than 50 years, Joe Hickerson has performed over a thousand  
times throughout the U.S.A. and in Canada, Finland, and Ukraine. His  
repertoire includes a vast array of folksongs and allied forms in the  
English language, many with choruses. Pete Seeger has called him "a  
great songleader." Joe calls himself a "vintage pre-plugged paleo- 
acoustic folksinger." In 1960 he wrote the 4th and 5th verses of  
"Where Have All the Flowers Gone." He has recordings on the Folk- 
Legacy and Folkways labels, ranging from 1957 to 2003. His concerts  
are guaranteed to "Drive Dull Care Away." Joe also has a career as a  
folklorist, ethnomusicologist, archivist, and librarian; For 35 years  
(1963-1998) he was Librarian and Director of the Archive of Folk Song/ 
Culture at the Library of Congress. He lectures and writes on a  
variety of folk music topics, and is available for song and copyright  
researches.

Website:  www.joehickerson.com
Local Contact/More Information:  Dave Ruch, (716) 884-6855 or  
druch at verizon.net

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