I often enjoyed listening to the Old Folk Songs that were performed by artists like Burl Ives, Peter, Paul, and Mary, and even the songs written by Pete Seeger. Most of these artists have passed on, and Folk Singing has become more and more obsolete. I like to help keep Folk Singing alive, however, by performing Folk Song Concerts at various functions, or doing Folk Song Concerts at Retirement Communities and homes. My Gimmick is this: I picture the American Frontier during the 19th Century, where folks sit out in front of their cabins and homesteads, or inside their homes in front of the fireplace with nothing but their banjos, guitars, or autoharps playing and singing their favorite folk songs. When I do my concerts, I sit on a stool with my Baritone Ukulele (AKA: Four String Guitar) and sing the Popular Folk Songs of the 18th and 19th Century, plus the 1960's using no sound systems or technology, except for a microphone. I dress up in a simple Western outfit, and it is somewhat like folk singing out on the Old American Frontier. Most of my Folk Song Concerts have been at a Retirement Community in the main lounge in front of the Fireplace.

 

AVAILABILITY: I am available to do Folk Song Concerts at various functions, parties, and events, but I need to be notified and set everything up a few weeks in advance. I do not sing for money. I sing to inspire others, so I don't charge anything.

 

 

This is a list of Holiday Themed Folk Song Concerts I have done in the past at the Cheyenne Place Retiremement Community in Colorado Springs, Colorado:                      

FEAST DAYS OF THE SAINTS (Valentine & Patrick) CONCERTS:

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TYPES OF FOLK SONGS:  Love Songs and Celtic Songs

 

Popular Folk Song Titles Include:  Billy Boy

                                                                Wolverton Mountain

                                                                Lemon Tree

                                                                Barbara Allen

                                                                Wedding Song

                                                                Crabs Walk Sideways

                                                                Sweet Molly Malone

                                                                Rising of the Moon

                                                                The Unicorn Song

 

EASTER/SPRING FOLK SONG CONCERTS:

 

TYPES OF FOLK SONGS:  Song pertaining to Easter Sunday, Springtime, Arbor Day,                                                              African Spirituals and other Old Gospel Songs.      

 

Popular Folk Song Titles Include:  Twelve Gifts of Easter (Parody by Bill Baxter, DTM).

                                                                 He Arose.

                                                                 Peter Cottontail

                                                                 Allelu! Allelu!

                                                                 Green Grow the Rushes Ho.

                                                                 Once an Austrian Went Yodeling.

                                                                 Green Grass Grew All Around

                                                                  Lollipop Tree.

                                                                  Ride the Chariot/Climbing Up the Mountain Children.

                                                                  Ain't Got Time to Die.

 

FOURTH OF JULY FOLK SONG CONCERTS:

 

TYPES OF FOLK SONGS: Patriotic Songs and Hymns.

 

Popular Folk Song Titles Include: My Country/This Land is Your Land.

                                                               Battle of New Orleans.

                                                               Ballad of Davy Crockett.

                                                               Ballad of the Green Berets.

                                                               Statue of Liberty.

                                                               Hammer Song.

                                                               I Like it Here.

                                                               Where Have All the Flowers Gone?

                                                               God Bless America.

 

OKTOBERFEST/HALLOWEEN FOLK SONG CONCERTS:

 

TYPES OF FOLK SONGS: Ghost Songs, Cemetery Songs, Mythical Character Songs, Harvest/Thanksgiving Songs, and Autumn Songs.

 

Popular Folk Song Titles include: Ghost Riders in the Sky

                                                               Blue Tail Fly.

                                                               Beep! Beep!

                                                               Tie Me Kangaroo Down Sport.

                                                               Puff the Magic Dragon.

                                                               Snoopy vs. the Red Baron.

                                                               Angus MacFergus MacTavish Dundee.

                                                               Daddy Sang Bass

                                                               They Call the Wind Maria.

                                                               Oh Lord We Thank You.

 

CHRISTMAS FOLK SONG CONCERTS:

 

TYPES OF FOLK SONGS: Christmas Carols & Songs; and Winter Snow Songs.

 

Popular Folk Song Titles Include:  Bethlehem! Oh Bethlehem! (By Bill Baxter, DTM).

                                                                Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer.

                                                                Little Drummer Boy.

                                                                Do You Hear What I Hear?

                                                                Snoopy's Christmas.

                                                                Winter Wonderland.

                                                                Santa's Coming in a Whirlybird.

                                                                Let it Snow!

                                                                Must Be Santa.

                                                                Marsmallow World.