Old Town School – On The Road

Dispatches from the road from our wayfaring travelers.

This Land is Your Land, Also

Oh man! What a couple of days. I have so much to write. But I do want to share this.

Long story short – we went to have dinner before we were going to attend a practice of some Rapper Dancers that Maria had met on her previous trip.

We stumbled into an Irish Session that wasn’t. Turns out the session was reschedule to make way for a Bob Dylan 70th birthday sing-a-long jam.

This is our new friend Tom.

Tom, host of the Bob Dylan 70th Birthday Celebration at The Cumberland Arms


This is us singing This Land is Your Land with him and some friends. He called the song as the first tune of the Bob Dylan sing-a-long.

This Land is Your Land – Cumberland Arms

My love of Bob Dylan in high school slowly but surely lead me to the Old Town School of Folk Music.

We also sang I Am a Pilgrim and You Ain’t Goin’ No Where. I think Maria has recordings of those.

Then we were off to the Rapper Dance rehearsal. There’s at least two other great stories from this one evening. Those will have to wait.

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Today was the official kick-off the The Hexham Gathering, although we’ll be checking it out for the first time tomorrow (Thursday). We’ve got 15 minutes on a bill with Hannah James on Friday. The days are going by quickly.
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Tomorrow (Thursday, May 26) is the Thursday Night Open Jam – 7:00 until 10:30 or so – every Thursday night at the Old Town School of Folk Music, 4544 N. Lincoln Ave. Go sing those songs!
JMac

Filed under: England,Newcastle,Notes from Jason by Jason | May 25, 2011 | Comments (2)


2 Comments so far

  1. Libby on May 25, 2011 8:23 pm

    Can’t wait to hear more about your adventures, Safe travels!

  2. Mom McInnes on May 25, 2011 9:07 pm

    Wish I could be in Chicago when you get back to hear more of your wonderful stories. Are you getting any sleep at all? Love you guys.

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