Musical Performance
Joan Friedenberg, Ph.D. (harmony vocals, keyboard, guitar, autoharp, ukulele) is a 30-year professor of education and author, and Bill Bowen (lead vocals, guitar, banjo, ukulele, harmonica) is a 35-year journalist, including 23 years at the Palm Beach Post. Both overlapped their careers with a penchant for performing music. They formed the PinkSlip Duo 13 years ago and use their research and writing skills to create musical lectures about their musical heroes. The PinkSlip Duo was named “Best Folk Band” for Palm Beach and Broward counties by New Times.
Sibling Harmony
The Everly Brothers' Story and Songs
Like most people in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky,
Ike Everly and his brothers toiled in coal mines, but in
their free time, they played music together, on fiddles
and guitars, singing at the top of their challenged
lungs. When Ike and Margaret’s sons, Don and Phil,
came along, they grew up surrounded by family jam
sessions, and by the age of eight and six, were singing
with their parents on live radio. Their guitar skills
grew as they became teenagers and when their
recording of “Bye Bye Love” soared to the top of the
charts, their serendipitous connection with
songwriters Felice and Boudleaux Bryant produced a
string of hits: “Wake Up, Little Susie,” “All I Have To
Do Is Dream,” and many others. The exquisite
harmonies of the Everly Brothers spice up this
program, which traces their lives, told in dramatic
narration and projected photographs, interspersed
with songs performed live by Joan Friedenberg and
Bill Bowen, who sing professionally as the harmonycentric
PinkSlip Duo. The Everly Brothers ruled the
charts in the late fifties and early sixties, with hits like
“Let It Be Me,” “When Will I Be Loved,” and “Cathy’s
Clown.” Also projected on the slides are the song
lyrics for sing-along in this fun and moving
presentation.
Register Early! There is a $5 charge for registering on the day of a one-time lecture or event.
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| Place: | Lifelong Learning Complex, Jupiter Campus |
| Dates: | Wednesday, December 2 2015 |
| Time: | 7 - 8:30 PM |
| Fee: | $25 / member; $35 / non-member |
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Marching On
Joe Hill, Mother Jones, The American Labor Movement and its Songs
This fall, three anniversaries remind us of the
accomplishments of the American labor movement:
the 100th anniversary of the execution of organizer
and songwriter Joe Hill (Nov. 19); the 85th year since
the death of legendary activist Marry Harris
“Mother” Jones (Nov. 30) and the 50th anniversary of
Cesar Chavez’s Delano Grape Boycott (Sept. 16). The
labor movement used song to press its points and
rally its members, and many of those songs, by the
likes of Woody Guthrie and the Almanac Singers, Pete
Seeger and the Weavers, Phil Ochs, Utah Phillips,
Billy Bragg, Anne Feeney and others, tell stories of
poor working conditions and union action that
propelled this social revolution and its victories, now
largely taken for granted, e.g. the 8-hour day,
workplace safety, pensions, health insurance, and the
prohibition of child labor. The PinkSlip Duo (Joan
Friedenberg and Bill Bowen) take you on a journey
through the labor movement, from the perspective of
its inspirational music, and perform the reminiscent
songs that helped change so many lives, such as “Joe
Hill,” “Which Side Are You On?,” “Bread And
Roses,” “Solidarity Forever,” and others, as well as
more contemporary songs, like Billy Joel’s
“Allentown,” Dolly Parton’s “Nine To Five,” and
more. As always, Joan and Bill illustrate their
fascinating history with slides, and project the song
lyrics for audience sing-along.
Register Early! There is a $5 charge for registering on the day of a one-time lecture or event.
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| Course # F1W1 — One Time Event
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| Place: | Lifelong Learning Complex, Jupiter Campus |
| Dates: | Wednesday, November 18 2015 |
| Time: | 7 - 8:30 PM |
| Fee: | $25 / member; $35 / non-member |
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