Songs of the Lower Columbia River

Subject: Songs of the Lower Columbia River
From: mg
Date: 18 Oct 07 - 11:14 PM

Hi..I am putting on a workshop soon on this (Sea Shanty Camp recent thread). This is Lower Columbia...not sure where it ends..but maybe Longview? I am guessing. Maybe Portland/Vancouver? Don't know. Maybe further downriver. Anyway, this is not a Woody Guthrie symposium unless he wrote them for this part and I am not aware that he did. I am hard pressed to think of any standard ones, but know some recently composed really really great ones by local people...who unfortunately probably can't join me.

Any suggestions? mg

Subject: RE: Songs of the Lower Columbia River
From: GUEST,mg
Date: 19 Oct 07 - 02:12 PM

Gee..there must be some...mg

Subject: RE: Songs of the Lower Columbia River
From: Stewart
Date: 19 Oct 07 - 03:31 PM

Mary, just sing your songs, they're great.

Cheers, S. in Seattle

Subject: RE: Songs of the Lower Columbia River
From: johnross
Date: 19 Oct 07 - 03:50 PM

Hobe Kyter has collected a bunch of songs from that area, and maybe written some new ones. I have some on tape that I could share with you -- contact me offlist.

The Guthrie songs were written specifically to promote the dams and electrification project, so he wasn't concerned with anything downstream of Bonneville Dam, more or less.

Subject: RE: Songs of the Lower Columbia River
From: open mike
Date: 19 Oct 07 - 04:43 PM

does the Hood River Roll On into the Columbia?
Utah Phillips has that in a song...

Subject: RE: Songs of the Lower Columbia River
From: GUEST,mg
Date: 19 Oct 07 - 04:55 PM

mmm...not sure..I am on the wrongoops other side of the river..it would be probably either to Willametter or Columbia...

I was hoping that Hobe would be able to participate..he is an absolute font of knowledge on the whole area and the maritime history and is a wonderful song writer...I will b.c. you...he has written some new ones but I could not do justice to them...one really is fantastic about horse seining in Ilwaco I believe...mg

Subject: RE: Songs of the Lower Columbia River
From: johnross
Date: 19 Oct 07 - 04:56 PM

It does, but that's not the lower Columbia.

Subject: RE: Songs of the Lower Columbia River
From: mg
Date: 19 Oct 07 - 04:59 PM

what is exactly the definition? West of Longview maybe? I would say Stella for sure is LC but not sure..but I saw one map that went to Vancouver...mg