Spook Handy

The 2024 “TIME TO HEAL” Tour

People are Struggling to find Hope and reasons for Optimism in a world that seems to have lost its moral bearings. But if Spook learned only one thing from working with Pete Seeger, it is to hold steady as a reporter of good news.

Here’s the Good News: We still have the tools we need to reshape our world and set it back on course toward sanity. Performing alongside Pete Seeger (pictured at right singing with Spook) more than 50 times in the last 10 years of Pete’s life, Spook has learned full well that we STILL have a Hammer, we STILL have a Bell, and, dab nabbit, we STILL have a Song to Sing! The moral compass is STILL in our midst. And with your help, we are going to shine a little bit more light on it.

Carrying Folk Music Forward: Spook’s concerts are both nostalgic and on the cutting edge of American folk music. He weaves songs from folk music greats like Pete Seeger, Peter Paul & Mary, and Woody Guthrie with his own songs and stories to form a cohesive, healing, heartfelt, spirit-lifting message about the world we live in today. You will laugh and cry and leave Spook’s concert with your spirits uplifted.

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In the Wake of the Pandemic, folk music venues are struggling to stay open. But Spook has been fortunate to find a variety of other venues: He’s been invited to give concerts in classical music recital series; “Keynote Concerts” at educational and other types of conventions; Libraries, Community Centers, JCCs (with his Tecun Alum concert), House Concerts, and other venues.

Spook is the author of “Looking For America” – a weekly Substack series of Tales from the Road, Times with Pete Seeger, song lyrics, stories behind the songs, and other surprising and crazy stuff.

Spook Also Offers:
Lessons and Workshops – one-on-one, or for groups at festivals, conferences, and in classrooms;
Topics include – Guitar, Songwriting, Performance, and “From the Campfire to the Concert Hall.”
In-Class Lectures at colleges and universities
Singing Telegrams – with acting experience to make it a memorable event for everyone.

The Next “Time to Heal” Tour is currently being planned for Virginia, Tennessee, North and South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida.
Visit Spook’s Upcoming Shows page for the latest schedule.

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Spook’s 2019 album, “Songs of Pete, Woody & Me, Volume II – Dedicated to the Proposition

No. 3 on the International Folk Radio Charts

“The passion, purpose and spirit of American folk music
are alive and well with Spook Handy.”… Gary Wien – Editor in Chief, New Jersey Stage

“If you have the chance to book him don’t hesitate”.
… Tom Kohlhepp – Producer of the Maryland Folk Festival

“GRAND SLAM !! – Spook’s music shines a beautiful light on the heart, mind, and soul of the human condition. Truly one of our best concerts to date. And SOLD OUT, too!”
Lyndon Harris – Tigg’s Pond Concert Series, NC

Spook’s 2016 album “Songs of Pete, Woody & Me, Volume I – Keep the Flame Alive”
No. 3 CD/No. 2 and No. 3 songs on International Folk Radio Charts!!

Active Image Remembering Pete Seeger. World Tour Update:
Spook continues to bring the passion, purpose, and spirit of the songs of Pete Seeger, Woody Guthrie, and his own originals to audiences throughout the U.S. and Canada (and soon globally) on his “Remembering Pete Seeger” and Album Release Tour. Spook shares the songs and stories he learned directly from Pete (having performed alongside him over 50 times in the last ten years of Pete’s life) plus a few he wrote himself that in some way have Pete’s stamp on them. Thanks to you, Spook will bring this concert to all 50 U.S. states, all 10 Canadian provinces, all 21 New Jersey counties, and as many other countries around the world as possible. Stay tuned!

Recent Tour Highlights
Keynote Speaker at Highlander Center
With John McCutcheon and Charlie King – “Carry it on! – The legacy of Pete Seeger”
– New Market, TN

In Concert with Pete Seeger & David Amram
The Cutting Room, 44 E 32nd St, Manhattan to benefit WBAI
– November 14, 2013 – SOLD OUT!!

“A real troubadour in the style of Pete Seeger and Phil Ochs.”
…. Jim Beckerman – Bergen Record

“Spook really understands how to write a good song that says something important.
“Death Came Anyway” is a great song!”
… Pete Seeger

“… nostalgic, optimistic, heart-breaking and empowering at the same time … (Spook’s) songs embody the same intellectual rattle and simple honesty that have characterized so much of (Pete) Seeger’s career.”
… Kim Ruehl – contributor to No Depression Magazine

Spook is a sustaining member of Food & Water Watch

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