By Alliance President Terry Gips
What can you say about a deeply moving song that gives people hope and gets them up on their feet cheering and dancing every time? Don’t miss it. Start what looks like a challenging year with this epic, uplifting and unforgettable anthem written in 2011 by Smithsonian Folkways recording artist and Alliance Sustainability Award winner Larry Long.
Larry produced the American Roots Revue with the equally renowned and virtuosic talents of Robert Robinson, Claudia Schmidt and Tonia Hughes. Check out this November 7, 2022 live recording at the Dakota made for broadcast by Twin Cities Public Television.
They are accompanied by Michael Bland (former Prince and current Soul Asylum Drummer), Billy Steele (Keyboardist for the Legendary Steele Family and Sounds of Blackness), Joe Savage on dobro and pedal steel, Jeff Bailey (Bassist with the MN Orchestra), Marc Anderson (Percussionist with Taj Mahal and Max Roach) and Geoff LeCrone on lead guitar.
And you can see Larry and the American Roots Revue perform live at 8:30 pm this Friday, January 3 at the Dakota (Tickets). You’ll be celebrating the season and $5 from every ticket benefits the Alliance thanks to the generosity of Larry and the Dakota. Come join us and our community to bring light to the darkness with this new show, “Songs of Freedom, Freight Trains & Hope.”
