Promotional Blurb

PLEASE USE THIS TO PROMOTE SPOOK’S “REMEMBERING PETE SEEGER” CONCERT:
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Spook Handy performed alongside Pete Seeger at festivals and concerts more than 50 times from 2003 – 2013 learning firsthand many of Pete’s songs and the stories behind them. Even more, he learned who Pete Seeger was and what he stood for. Spook is now traveling throughout the U.S. and Canada with his “Remembering Pete Seeger” World Tour, keeping alive Pete’s tradition by sharing a few songs of Woody Guthrie (Pete’s most notable mentor), plenty of songs by Pete Seeger and a healthy handful of new songs Spook wrote under Pete’s tutelage.

Spook’s 2019 album, “Songs of Pete, Woody & Me, Volume II – Dedicated to the Proposition,” reached No. 3  on the International Folk Radio Charts in May, 2019.  His 2016 album, “Pete Woody & Me, Volume I – Keep the Flame Alive,” held the No. 3 position for two months in 2016 with his original songs reaching as high as No. 2. Recorded with his backup band “The Seed Planters,” the CD is more than just a tribute to Pete.  It is a work that, as John Weingart of WPRB Radio says, “certainly rests on the shoulders of the past but is unmistakably steeped in the present.” 

Spook was named Best Folk Artist by Upstage Magazine, Aquarian Magazine, Gannett New Jersey, The Courier News, The Home News and About.com.  His song “Whatcha Gonna Do?” was used in the BBC documentary film “Doomday Code.”  And four of this songs including “Bring Back Abiyoyo” were used in a theatrical adaptation of Pete Seeger’s children’s story “Abiyoyo.”  Spook is well known speaker and workshop facilitator at festivals and conferences around the country. 

“The passion, purpose and spirit of American Folk Music are alive and well with Spook Handy and his Remembering Pete Seeger World Tour and concert.”
… Gary Wien – Editor in Chief, New Jersey Stage
 

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OTHER QUICK PROMO QUOTES:

Spook’s 2019 CD: “Pete, Woody & Me, Volume II – Dedicated to the Proposition”
  No. 3 album on the International Folk Radio Charts – May 2019

“Pete, Woody & Me, Volume I – Keep the Flame Alive”
  No. 3 album – June and July 2016
No. 12 album of the year 2016

individual songs:
 
No. 2 song – “Vote” – Nov 2016 and Nov 2018 and
No. 7 song of the year 2016
No. 3 song – “Banks of Marble” – June and July 2016
No. 7 song – “Pete Seeger’s Life” – May 2019

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“Spook Handy has created a record that certainly rests on the shoulders of the past but is unmistakably steeped in the present….The musical arrangements, … playing … (and) lyrics are rich and delightful.” more …
.. John Weingart – “Music You Can’t Hear on the Radio” – WPRB, Princeton, NJ

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Spook was named Best Folk Artist
by Upstage Magazine, Gannett New Jersey, The Courier News, The Home News and About.com.  
Learn more about the tour at www.spookhandy.com/wp/pete
Learn more about Spook at www.spookhandy.com/wp/bio.