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BUT…We try and keep our ticket prices as affordable as possible with ALL of the proceeds going to the performers. All of the headlining performers are appearing in other parts of the UK with ticket prices considerably more, sometimes double. Please support us and the performers by telling your friends about the great “live” music you can see and hear at Grateful Fred’s.
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Wednesday 1st February 2012
“Hard Times & Hard Travellin”
A “live” musical documentary of the Life of Woody Guthrie
Written and performed by Will Kaufman
Plus: Nadine Carina
and Grateful Fred
Doors open at 7.45pm – Music starts at approximately 8.00pm
Will Kaufman’s WOODY GUTHRIE: HARD TIMES AND HARD TRAVELLIN‘ is a captivating “live documentary” that sets the songs of Woody Guthrie in the context of the American 1930s – the Dust Bowl, the Depression, the New Deal and the state of popular music itself. Such hard-hitting Guthrie songs as “Vigilante Man“, “Pretty Boy Floyd” and “I Ain’t Got No Home” are brought into conversation with other relevant songs – from Joe Hill’s “The Preacher and the Slave” to “Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?“. Altogether the show highlights the blending of music and radical politics that marks Guthrie’s most powerful work.“No one can understand the American people without listening to Woody Guthrie. Will Kaufman’s doing important work here.” - Tom Paxton“I thank Will Kaufman for introducing a new generation of Europeans to ‘the other America’. It’s a wonderful job he’s doing.” – Pete Seeger
“I am paraphrasing Woody Guthrie when I say, ‘Anyone spreading the word about the music, writing, art and humanity of Woody Guthrie sure is a true friend of mine!’ Keep up the great work, Professor Will!” – Ralph McTell
“Will does it all so well! You can taste the dust and hear the freight train whistle blow.” – Steve Tilston
“Had me and everyone else in the audience hooked…. A crowd pleaser that is quite unique.” – Folk and Roots Review
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