[bksvol-discuss] just submitted Sing Out, Warning! Sing Out, Love!: The Writings Of Lee Hays (American folk music member The Weavers)
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Hello,
I have just submitted the following.
I hope it may be of interest to one of you fine fellow Bookshare volunteers.
I think it of high quality, and tried to make it a good clean and easy
proofread.
My contact info is in the volunteer comments, should it be needed for
questions or assistance.
Thanks.
Rik
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Book Information
ISBN:1-55849-423-5
Title: Sing Out, Warning! Sing Out, Love!: The Writings Of Lee Hays
Author(s):Lee Hays, Robert S. Koppelman (Editor)
Publisher:University of Massachusetts Press
Copyright Date:2003
Copyrighted By:University of Massachusetts Press
Brief Synopsis:A collection of published and unpublished writings by Lee
Hays the bass singer and songwriting member of The Weavers (Pete Seeger,
Ronnie Gilbert, Fred Hellerman.)
Long Synopsis:For fans and scholars of American Folk Music, particularly the
folk song movement, this has some essential reading, much of which has
previously not been published. Lee Hays (1914—1981) is remembered today as
the bass singer of the Weavers, the popular folksinging quartet that
included Pete Seeger and was blacklisted during the early years of the cold
war. Hays is especially well known for his collaborations with Seeger on a
number of political songs, including "The Hammer Song," and for his central
role in producing Wasn't That a Time!, the 1981 film documentary about the
Weavers. But he was also a talented, multifaceted writer of prose. In "Sing
Out, Warning! Sing Out, Love!" Robert S. Koppelman brings together a
selection of Hays's published and unpublished literary output and places the
author and his work in historical context. In these writings, Hays emerges
as a learned, incisive, and witty advocate of a new aesthetic that he helped
introduce to American culture—an aesthetic grounded in the music of both the
Methodist church of his father and the black churches of his Arkansas
neighbors. Hays honed his participatory, inspirational musical style and his
skills as a song leader while working in the southern labor movement, where
he became acquainted with the left-wing notion of "Art as a Weapon." Yet as
the autobiographical pieces in this collection make clear, it was not until
he moved to New York City, teamed up with such iconic folk figures as Woody
Guthrie and Seeger, and began performing before a mass public that he fully
matured as a musical artist with a political message. In addition to
documenting the trajectory of Hays's career, the volume includes samples of
his well-crafted work as a writer of fiction and creative nonfiction.
Together these writings reveal Hays to be an artist of diverse personal
talents and deep social commitment. Robert S. Koppelman is assistant
professor of English at Broward Community College and a banjo player and
singer.
Comments:This book was scanned with K-1000 version 12 from the 1st edition
hardcover. Images were kept, should the proofreader have any questions for
me to help with. Ranked Spelling was run and it was over 99 percent
accurate, after making manual corrections. There is quite a bit of content
that has words of song lyrics, and things a spell checker will alerted. I
cheked many of them as I went along with the scanning. All page numbers were
moved from the bottom to the top of the page, with a blank line inserted
above and blow each page number. To contact me, Rik, directly with
questions, write me at d28rik@xxxxxxx or ohio1803@xxxxxx
Adult content:No
Language: English US
Book Quality:EXCELLENT
Categories: Entertainment, Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs
B4E Significant:No
SFWA Challenged:No
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