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Jam On Gerry's Rock
Jam on Gerry’s Rock, alternatively written as Jam on Jerry's Rock, is a folk song. It has been recorded by the Wisconsin Folk Song Recording Project, The Limeliters, Pete Seeger, and the Mallett Brothers Mallett is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Aaron Mallett (born 1994), American hurdler * Ashley Mallett, Australian cricketer * Daryl F. Mallett, American science fiction editor and writer * David Mallett, American singer- .... The song is about a young foreman warning his colleagues as he is about to break up a log jam on a river. After the surge he is eventually found bruised, bloodied, and dead downstream, with the song serving as tribute. There has been research and speculation on the song's origins. There are various title variations and iterations of the song. It is generally associated with Maine. References {{Song-stub American folk songs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wisconsin Folk Song Recording Project
The Wisconsin Folk Song Recording Project is a University of Wisconsin and Library of Congress sponsored project carried out by Helene Stratman-Thomas and Leland A. Coon to record folk songs. The collection includes recordings, notes, and photographs gathered from 1937 to 1946. "Song catcher" Sidney Robertson Cowell was also involved in making recordings. The collections include many vocal recordings as well as music performed on instruments including the accordion, guitar, Hardanger fiddle, psalmodikon, and tamburica. The original black and white photographs are stored with the Wisconsin Historical Society while the recordings are at the Archive of Folk Song, now the Archive of Folk Culture at the Library of Congress. The University of Wisconsin also has an extensive collection of material related to the endeavor and makes the recordings available at its Mills Library. The project was interrupted for several years by World War II. Several songs in the collection relate to the timb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Limeliters
The Limeliters are an American folk music group, formed in July 1959 by Lou Gottlieb (bass violin/bass), Alex Hassilev (banjo/baritone), and Glenn Yarbrough (guitar/tenor). The group was active from 1959 until 1965, and then after a hiatus of sixteen years, Yarbrough, Hassilev, and Gottlieb reunited and began performing again as The Limeliters in reunion tours. On a regular basis a continuation of The Limeliters group is still active and performing. Gottlieb died in 1996 (age 72), Yarbrough died in 2016 (age 86), and Hassilev (born 1932), the last founding member, who had remained active in the group, retired in 2006, leaving the group to carry on without any of the original members. Origins Gottlieb performed with the Gateway Singers in the mid-1950s but moved to California to complete his PhD in musicology. Later when he was working as an arranger for the Kingston Trio, Gottlieb was in the audience one night when Alex Hassilev and Glenn Yarbrough appeared on stage to sing a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pete Seeger
Peter Seeger (May 3, 1919 – January 27, 2014) was an American folk singer and social activist. A fixture on nationwide radio in the 1940s, Seeger also had a string of hit records during the early 1950s as a member of the Weavers, notably their recording of Lead Belly's "Goodnight, Irene", which topped the charts for 13 weeks in 1950. Members of the Weavers were blacklisted during the McCarthy Era. In the 1960s, Seeger re-emerged on the public scene as a prominent singer of protest music in support of international disarmament, civil rights, counterculture, workers' rights, and environmental causes. A prolific songwriter, his best-known songs include "Where Have All the Flowers Gone?" (with additional lyrics by Joe Hickerson), " If I Had a Hammer (The Hammer Song)" (with Lee Hays of the Weavers), " Kisses Sweeter Than Wine" (also with Hays), and "Turn! Turn! Turn!", which have been recorded by many artists both in and outside the folk revival movement. "Flowers" was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mallett Brothers
Mallett is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Aaron Mallett (born 1994), American hurdler * Ashley Mallett, Australian cricketer * Daryl F. Mallett, American science fiction editor and writer * David Mallett, American singer-songwriter * Harry Mallett, English cricketer and administrator * Garry Mallett, New Zealand politician * Harry Mallett, English cricketer * Jane Mallett, Canadian actress * Jef Mallett, American artist and writer, creator and artist of the comic strip Frazz * Jeff Mallett, Canadian entrepreneur and investor, COO of Yahoo! 1995–2002 * Jerry Mallett, American baseball player * Joe Mallett, English professional footballer * John Mallett, English rugby union player * Joshua Mallett, American recording artist, producer, DJ and filmmaker * Keith Mallett, American artist * Marc Mallett, Northern Irish television presenter and journalist * Marc Mallett, Northern Irish broadcaster and journalist * Marla Mallett, Canadian curler * Martell Mall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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