The Day Dr. King Died – Remembering April 4, 1968
The Day Dr. King Died Remembering April 4, 1968 April 4, 2018 I clearly remember the night Dr. Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated. I was a little boy watching a television program...
Spook Handy Blog
Where Do We Go from Here?
Where Do We Go from Here? Post-Election Thoughts from a Folk Troubadour by Spook Handy – Nov 16, 2016 (This article was published in No Depression Magazine) Last Tuesday, America and the world...
The Day I Met Yogi Berra
THE DAY I MET YOGI: I grew up in Montclair NJ and my boy scout patrol leader lived across the street from Yogi Berra. (I went to school with Dale Berra but didn’t really...
Thoughts on Ronnie Gilbert
My perspective on Ronnie Gilbert is a little different than what you are going to hear from most people. That is because I know almost nothing about her life. All I know is the...
“Can you provide me titles of songs about social justice for my school students?”
A teacher in Piscataway school system in New Jersey asked me for song titles for her grammar school art students around which they can design some works on the theme of social justice. Here...
“It’s the music of MY generation, too!”
This past July 19, 2014, I had the fortune of playing the concert aboard the AJ Meerwald, NJ’s Official Tall ship as we sailed the Hudson. One of the crew members who has been...
Pete Seeger – The American Soul
This week, The Atlantic published an article called “Pete Seeger and the American Soul.” I haven’t read it yet so I don’t know its content. But for quite a while I have had the...
What Pete Seeger’s Legacy Looks Like
I hope everybody who loved Pete or was touched by him even in the smallest way can find a way to get involved with a group of people and sing. It can be in...
On Music and Politics
This note was inspired by a conversation on the Folk Alliance List-serve about labeling people and groups, creating an “Us and Them” dichotomy between groups with different political and religious beliefs: I find that...
Thoughts on “Interactive Children’s Programs”
Somebody asked for thoughts/ideas on great interactive children’s programs. As a performer who plays for any audience that likes the music I play here are some thoughts on Interactive Children’s Programs: 1. I shy...
The Power is Back and I Look Different
As the East Coast of the United State recovers from the devastation of Hurricane Sandy I am happy that some of the people who need power and have suffered from this storm are getting...