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Woody Guthrie and the Great American Folksong
Title: Woody Guthrie and the Great American FolksongLocation: Gray’s Lake Public LibraryDescription: Woody Guthrie’s music finds its way into Gray’s Lake for a Sunday afternoon, 2:00 pm, concert with Bucky Halker strummin’ and a singin’ Woody’s songs. Take the chill … Continue reading
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Bucky Joins Kevin Kelly Live on WILL-FM, Urbana-Champaign, IL November 18, 2010
Here’s a chance to hear Bucky live with host Kevin Kelly on WILL-FM Radio in Urbana-Champaign on the campus of the University of Illinois. Bucky plays some tunes and talks with Kevin about folksongs in Illinois, Woody Guthrie, and the … Continue reading
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This Land is Your Land: Woody Guthrie and the Great American Folksong
Title: This Land is Your Land: Woody Guthrie and the Great American FolksongLocation: Champaign Public Library, Champaign, ILDescription: In an encore performance, Bucky rambles into the Big 10 town of Champaign for a Guthrie show at the brand new public … Continue reading
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Ageless Northshore: Bucky Halker in Concert
On the town with Don and Peg: Bucky Halker Ageless Northshore (November 4, 2009) Last Friday night we saw Bucky Halker at the Skokie Theatre – the program was the music of Pete Seeger, Woody Guthrie and Bob Dylan. Now, … Continue reading
Posted in Bucky News, Music, Reviews Tagged Bob Dylan, Bucky Halker, IWW, labor songs, Pete Seeger, Republicans, Skokie Theatre, Wobblies, Woody Guthrie Leave a comment
Review: Folksongs of Illinois, Vols. 1-3
Bucky Halker’s emotionally powerful performance of Woody Guthrie’s, “The Dying Miner,” commemorating the Centralia mine disaster of 1947, includes actual words that miners left behind on scraps of paper as their oxygen was running out; Halker’s rich voice portrays their plight in a compassionate interpretation that is realistic, avoiding maudlin excess. Continue reading
This Machine Kills Fascists: Woody Guthrie and American Folksongs
Title: This Machine Kills Fascists: Woody Guthrie and American FolksongsLocation: Oakton Community College, Skokie, ILDescription: Skokie brings Bucky to Oakton Community College to reprise his rendition of Woody Guthrie songs. It’s sing-along timeStart Time: TBADate: 2010-06-15
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Illinois Folksongs
Title: Illinois FolksongsLocation: City Square in Rockwood, ILDescription: Come see the home of Popeye in Chester, IL and then head south out of town for a few miles to Rockwood where Bucky will entertain the town with folksongs from Illinois. … Continue reading
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Folksongs from Lincoln Land
Title: Folksongs from Lincoln Land Location: Centralia Area History Society Museum Centralia, IL Description: The old coal mining town of Centralia welcomes Bucky Halker into town for a concert of folksongs from Illinois, including “Centralia Dying Miner” by Woody Guthrie. … Continue reading
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Folksongs from Lincoln Land
Title: Folksongs from Lincoln LandLocation: Eastern Illinois University/Academy of Lifelong LearningDescription: Bucky rolls into Charleston, IL with a six-string guitar and bag full of folksongs from Illinois. The singing professor raises the roof with the power of song. Hallelujah!Start Time: … Continue reading
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Protest Songs of the Great Depression
Title: Protest Songs of the Great DepressionLocation: The Art Gallery @ Northern Illinois UniversityDescription: NIU brings Bucky to DeKalb for a concert of labor songs in conjunction with its exhibit of New Deal/WPA era artwork. Start Time: 18:00Date: 2010-04-08
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