I know we don't usually do concert announcements here except house
concerts, but even though this is a rather large event, there has been
little or no publicity and the promoters asked me to pass along a
message here. The City of New York charges large sums of money for
events over 2,000 people, so advertisement has been limited to
grass-roots, internet, artist publicity, etc.
Anyway, here's the scoop:
A Tribute to Allen Ginsberg and the Beat Generation
Friday, June 12, 1998
New York City, Central Park at the SummerStage Bandshell
11am-6pm
Free Admission
Performers include:
Richie Havens
Rick Danko
Ellis Paul
David Amram
Christian Bauman
Craig Harris
Poets include:
George Plimpton
Al Aronowitz
Amiri Baraka
Eugene Brooks
Ted Joans
Ed Sanders
Pedro Pietri
I'll be playing with my little folk band The Assassins (this time
around: Gregg Cagno, Carol & Connie & Linda Sharar, Karl Dietel, Ken
Collins, and Lara Gonzalez)...
We're opening the event at 11am, and playing again around 4:30 or so.
This should be a wonderful day, full of good words and thoughts and
energy for Ginsberg and the others.
If you come out, be sure to stop by and say hi!
-Chris
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Christian Bauman
http://www.folkweb.com/christianbauman
http://www.pobox.com/~camphoboken ducksquack@hotmail.com
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"I can please only one person per day. Today is not your
day. Tomorrow isn't looking good either." Kevin Nelson
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[Alan sez: We also post information about festivals and this event sounds
like a one day festival to me.]