Hope Machine
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Home Town: Peekskill, NY
Genre: Folk
Posted By: Fred
Joined On: June 9, 2005
Page Views: 10,338
Song Plays: 509
Current Rank: 1,267
Highest Rank: 16
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Albums
March
Similar Artists
Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, The Almanac Singers
Group Members
Fred Gillen Jr., Steve Kirkman, and many special guests
Instruments
guitar, "peace drum," harmonica, dobro, resonator, mandolin, washboard, feet
Musical Style
rabble-rousing folk-rock-native-industrial-rockabilly-foot-stompin'-songs for peace and justice
Influences
Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, Bob Dylan, Neil Young, John Trudell, Bill Miller, Dan Bern, Daniel Lanois, Tom Waits, Johnny Cash, Hank Williams |
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Brief Description
"It's an honor to see individual musicians joining together to sing and share Woody (Guthrie's) material. Thanks to these performers, Woody's work is being heard by the next generation of movers and shakers."
-Pete Seeger, from Poughkeepsie Journal article
about Hope Machine, July '05
History/Biography
"Ever since the beginning there's always been the guys designated to carry the coal. Remember? See, when the tribe's fire went out, when they moved on, someone had to carry the last hot coal to start up the next fire with at the next campfire. They needed this fire to cook with, sleep near, and even for some good 'ol talks and songs. Now many of these coal holders, over time, became folk singers. Later, some went electric. Some even became rock and rollers. (Hey, different tribes, different instruments.) However the job has never changed." -Nora Guthrie
Biography:
Hope Machine is a group of coal-holders, keepers of the flame, messengers;foot-stompin', guitar-bangin', drum-beatin', song-leadin', harp- blowin', hand- clappin', human hoping machines. They started out singing the songs o fWoody Guthrie. These days they sing plenty of Woody, Pete Seeger, traditional, and original songs with messages of hope, love, and spiritual transformation in celebration of the human spirit. They incorporate old-time, modern, native- American, folk, rock, and whatever other influencesgive strength to the spirit of their coal-holding. They encourage people to sing along, dance, yell, yodel, jump up and down, or to do whatever else their spirit moves them to do. They carry the message of human unity, hope, and spiritual freedom handed down to them by their elders. They sing songs that make you take pride in yourself and in your work...
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