SAMW is WUMB's Summer
Acoustic Music Week. I've been attending this "band camp" since 1997
and the instructors and students have helped me find my musical
voice--literally and figuratively. I'm going to record various
things about SAMW on this page. SAMW was begun, nurtured and
sustained by Dick Pleasants, Bob Franke, and Lorraine Hammond. They
are gods in my life! Over the years I have also been profoundly
affected by Bennett and Lorraine Hammond, Pete and Maura Kennedy,
Joel Mabus, Kim and Reggie Harris, Guy David, Rev. Robert Jones,
Cliff Eberhardt, and many, many others.
SAMW is where I met the
folks who let me join their song circle, and eventually form the
"band" New England Weather (www.neweather.com): Kathy and
Mike Danielson, Angela Marseglia, Tom Maynard, Ken Porter, and
formerly Greg Hodgson.
Pictured at the top of the page is the
Chapel in the Pines where all the concerts, open mikes, and dances
occur. At night, the only time it is quiet, you can hear the natural
reverberance. It is magic.
Pictured above is the Inn. The porch of
the Inn is the location of the most wonderful jams every evening and
often during the day.
Here's a nice picture of me with Linda
Wheeler and Jack Murray at SAMW, Augusts 2009:
Vocal Harmony
Class, August 2009. Here's the class performance of
HELP! led by The Kennedys.
I
WISH YOU WOULD STOP SINGING, August 2009. Joined by
Kathy Danielson and Tom Maynard, I honored the SAMW community with a
parody of "How Can I Keep From Singing", which I learned years back
from Pete Seeger. I was blessed that the audience was willing to not
refrain from singing the refrain. Here's a recording
and the lyrics.
(Photo by Dan Senie.)
SAMW 2009...is James Kreuger the
vision of a young Mike Seeger? Remarkable!
SAMW 2009 Rev. Robert Jones'
Harmonica Class, featuring Ian's train on video:
BENNETT and LORRAINE, August
2008: Here is my tribute to Bennett and Lorraine Hammond. I
wrote new lyrics to the old standard "Sweet Lorraine". The live
video is about 3 minutes in. It was filmed by Pedro Ribiero
from Portugal. The MC was Cece Borjeson. Included in the performance
are Ken Porter on percussion, Rick Wood on upright bass, and Bruce
Jones--performance artist! Here is the video...and it's
also here in higher resolution... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9g7wKNT5NjU
Mike's Student Concert
Performances: The student concert culminates a week of fun
and learning. For the last few years I've decided what I was going
to play at the student concert months in advance.
2009:
"I WISH YOU WOULD STOP SINGING". Joined by Kathy Danielson and Tom
Maynard, I honored the SAMW community with a parody of "How Can I
Keep From Singing", which I learned years back from Pete Seeger.
2008: "Bennett and Lorraine" (parody of Sweet Lorraine) for
Bennett and Lorraine Hammond, with Ken Porter, Rick Wood, and visual
artist Bruce Jones. Here's the live recording.
2007: "Other World Eve", what I'm calling a co-write with Bob
Franke (www.bobfranke.com) and Pete and Maura
Kennedy (www.kennedysmusic.com), is a parody/mash up
of Bob Franke's "Other World Eve" and The Kennedy's "Stand" in
tribute to Bob, Pete, and Maura. Here's the live recording and lyrics.
2006: "Mando Slut", performed with fellow mando sluts (two
Johns!) Jack Murray and John Kirk (www.johnandtrish.com). Here's
the live recording and lyrics.
2005: "I Wanna Be Maura Kennedy" speaks for
itself. Pete and Maura Kennedy (www.kennedysmusic.com) were awesome, and
such good sports. I surprised them with this song, and Maura
surprised me by jumping on stage and bopping along with
the song. Pete and Maura embody what is truly special and spritual
about music. Namaste! MP3Lyrics. Video
by Rob Halper (WMV, 5 Mb)(WMV, 1Mb). Photos
by Sandra Waddock (JPG) and Graham Walker (JPG).
2004: "Colonoscopy"
2003: "1-800-CONFESS"
2002: ???
2001: "I'm Changing My Name to DOT.COM" (parody of I'm Changing
My Name to Chrysler, by Tom Paxton.)
(Photo by Dave Trahan)
(Photo by Dan Senie.)
