San Diego Folk Song SocietyWe've
been getting together to sing and play since SDFSS was first founded by Sam
Hinton in the 1950s. We meet on the second Sunday of each month at Old Time
Music in North Park, at 2:00 PM, unless otherwise stated on the Meetings page.
We welcome all instruments and people at all levels of musicianship, from beginners
up, so, please, don't be shy. We invite you to come, bring your songs, your instruments,
and, your friends, to join us anytime. “All
music is folk music; I ain’t never heard no horse sing a song.” –
Louis Armstrong
ALLEN
SINGER SDFSS COORDINATORI
play and sing folk, blues, country, traditional music, old time tunes, and bluegrass
with a little jazz guitar on the side. I grew up listening to the music of The
Carter Family, Jimmy Rodgers, The Almanac Singers, The Weavers, Woody Guthrie,
Pete Seeger, Cisco Houston, Leadbelly, Ramblin' Jack Elliott, Dave Von Ronk, The
New Lost City Ramblers, The Greenbriar Boys, and Bob Dylan. At night I listened
to WWVA, a country music station from Wheeling, West Virginia, where I got a chance
to hear Roy Acuff, Ernest Tubbs, Hank Snow, Ralph Stanley, Johnny Cash and Mother
Maybelle Carter. I
played my first guitar chords during the 1960s folk revival in New York City.
Dave Von Ronk renamed it the "great folk scare." I flat and finger pick acoustic
guitar and play harmonica and have been performing and playing guitar for over
42 years.
Keep on picking and singing! --Allen
Singer Coordinator:
Allen Singer allens@allensinger.com ALLEN'S
CD IS AVAILABLE NOW! Our
very own Allen Singer has found time to make a CD which has a lots of the songs
he's performed for us over the years at our song circles. His choices range from
songs by Woody Guthrie, Jimmy Rodgers and Harlen Howard to the Delmore Brothers
and Bob Dylan. Allen
accompanies himself on his beloved Collings guitar and a harmonica. He is ably
assisted by Rob Edwards on slide guitar, piano, acoustic bass and strings. Rob,
who was our wonderful guest leader at the June meeting, also recorded and engineered
Allen's CD at his studio. Go
to www.cdbaby.com/cd/allensinger
and give a listen. It is available for $14.00. Or, if you don't shop via computer,
catch Allen at the next meeting and he may have some available then. The
CD is now also available at E folk Music: http://www.efolkmusic.org/
Be sure to visit
Allen's web site: http://www.allensinger.com/
(photo
by: Dennis Andersen) Allen
Singer performing during the Carolyn Hester concert on November 22, 2007.
WITNESS
TO THE GREAT FOLK SCARE THE ALLEN SINGER STORY The
SDFSS Coordinator is the subject of a feature article in the November 2006 issue
of the San
Diego Troubadour. Greenwich Village in 1962 and Allen was there! Don't miss
it!
Tanya
& Larry Rose Newsletter Editors TROUBADOUR
ARTICLE ABOUT YOUR EDITORS IN JULY 2006 ISSUE! If
you go to www.sandiegotroubadour.com
and access "The Front Porch" section of the July 2006 issue, you will find a very
nice article about Larry and me written by our very own Allen Singer. Allen's
article tells a lot about what you might want to know about us. As
you well know, Allen is an articulate writer and this is an accurate recounting
of our musical journey and life together. Mentioned in this article is our debt
to Sam Hinton, the man who really put us on the path
of singing traditional music when we were both youngsters. We were so pleased
that he came to the February 2006 meeting. His presence makes each song circle
complete and we hope to have him attend many, many more. ~
Tanya (photo:
Steve Covault --The Troubadour)
Here's
Sam with us, two of his musical "children" at his March 2006 birthday celebration.
Larry and I count ourselves lucky that our lives, among many others, have
been touched by this wonderful man.

He
who sings, prays twice. --St.
Thomas Aquinas |