Hootananni show.

correct me if i spelled the title wrong. don't know why i neglegted to ask this earlier. on the CBC clip with Kingston Trio member Bob Sheen and they were talking about this show they mentioned. was this am American or Canadian show?

correct me if i spelled the title wrong. don't know why i neglegted to ask this earlier. on the CBC clip with Kingston Trio member Bob Sheen and they were talking about this show they mentioned. was this am American or Canadian show?

Although I don't remember the show, I remember going to quite a few Hootnanny's with my mom. She was REALLY into all that stuff back then. She learned how to play guitar (and most every other instrument) and I was dragged along. I clearly remember, I guess I was about 4 or 5, we were in a very large room where everyone sat in the round and there was a stage down below, but, mostly, people kind of decided together what they were going to play. It was a real come-together time. It had a terrific feeling of comraderie, very folk-y. All the guys wore sandals and peace (love) beads, everyone wore their hair long (esp. the guys), ponchos (woven ones) were very "in"... it was a very cool time. But, the first time that I recall hearing a GL song (IYCRMM)was, as I've mentioned in previous posts, at my brother's 1972 high school graduation. Took me to another place and time. It was magical.

Sheryl

[This message has been edited by Sheryl Klein (edited December 02, 2004).]

Although I don't remember the show, I remember going to quite a few Hootnanny's with my mom. She was REALLY into all that stuff back then. She learned how to play guitar (and most every other instrument) and I was dragged along. I clearly remember, I guess I was about 4 or 5, we were in a very large room where everyone sat in the round and there was a stage down below, but, mostly, people kind of decided together what they were going to play. It was a real come-together time. It had a terrific feeling of comraderie, very folk-y. All the guys wore sandals and peace (love) beads, everyone wore their hair long (esp. the guys), ponchos (woven ones) were very "in"... it was a very cool time. But, the first time that I recall hearing a GL song (IYCRMM)was, as I've mentioned in previous posts, at my brother's 1972 high school graduation. Took me to another place and time. It was magical.

Sheryl

[This message has been edited by Sheryl Klein (edited December 02, 2004).]

[Auburn Annie]

It's Hootenanny, and thanks for bringing back memories. From tvtome.com:

Welcome to the Hootenanny guide at TV Tome.

Hootenanny was presented as a traveling folk music jamboree. Taped at various college campuses, it debuted in the Spring of 1963 as a 30-minute show (8:30pm EST, Saturday) for 13 weeks.

The program was not without controversy and is remembered today as the show that blacklisted Pete Seeger (along with other members of Seeger's group The Weavers), for alleged communist affiliations. For this reason, several of the genre's most prominent acts - The Kingston Trio, Bob Dylan, Joan Baez and Peter, Paul & Mary, among others - refused to appear. Nevertheless, folk music was then at its commercial peak and Hootenanny was a ratings success.

To its credit, the program did strive for a balance between commercial folk groups (The Limeliters, The New Christy Minstrels) and ethnic folk performers (Theodore Bikel, Addis & Crofut, Josh White). Topical songs were not avoided either - the Chad Mitchell Trio, who appeared nine times, sang the satiric "John Birch Society," Tom Paxton's "What Did You Learn in School Today?" and Dylan's "Blowin' in the Wind." The otherwise well-scrubbed Goodtime Singers covered Phil Ochs' "Freedom Calling (What's That I Hear?)." And while Seeger and the Weavers were barred, their music was not: The Simon Sisters performed Seeger's "Turn, Turn, Turn" and The Chad Mitchell Trio performed his "Where Have All The Flowers Gone?" (a hit for the boycotting Kingston Trio and Peter, Paul & Mary); Bikel sang Weaver Fred Hellerman's anti-war song "Come Away, Melinda."

In the Fall of 1963, Hootenanny was expanded to 60 minutes (7:30pm EST, Saturday) and scheduled against Jackie Gleason on CBS. Although not the time slot winner, Hootenanny scored well enough to keep Gleason out of the top 30, and by Christmas there was talk that it would continue for another season. But less than two months later, everything changed: Beatlemania had come to America and the popularity of folk music began a rapid decline. In fact, many performers who appeared on Hootenanny as folk singers (John Phillips, Cass Elliot, Gene Clark, Carly Simon) would find greater success in rock 'n' roll.

In 1964, ABC cancelled Hootenanny in favor of a new music program: Shindig!

[Auburn Annie]

It's Hootenanny, and thanks for bringing back memories. From tvtome.com:

Welcome to the Hootenanny guide at TV Tome.

Hootenanny was presented as a traveling folk music jamboree. Taped at various college campuses, it debuted in the Spring of 1963 as a 30-minute show (8:30pm EST, Saturday) for 13 weeks.

The program was not without controversy and is remembered today as the show that blacklisted Pete Seeger (along with other members of Seeger's group The Weavers), for alleged communist affiliations. For this reason, several of the genre's most prominent acts - The Kingston Trio, Bob Dylan, Joan Baez and Peter, Paul & Mary, among others - refused to appear. Nevertheless, folk music was then at its commercial peak and Hootenanny was a ratings success.

To its credit, the program did strive for a balance between commercial folk groups (The Limeliters, The New Christy Minstrels) and ethnic folk performers (Theodore Bikel, Addis & Crofut, Josh White). Topical songs were not avoided either - the Chad Mitchell Trio, who appeared nine times, sang the satiric "John Birch Society," Tom Paxton's "What Did You Learn in School Today?" and Dylan's "Blowin' in the Wind." The otherwise well-scrubbed Goodtime Singers covered Phil Ochs' "Freedom Calling (What's That I Hear?)." And while Seeger and the Weavers were barred, their music was not: The Simon Sisters performed Seeger's "Turn, Turn, Turn" and The Chad Mitchell Trio performed his "Where Have All The Flowers Gone?" (a hit for the boycotting Kingston Trio and Peter, Paul & Mary); Bikel sang Weaver Fred Hellerman's anti-war song "Come Away, Melinda."

In the Fall of 1963, Hootenanny was expanded to 60 minutes (7:30pm EST, Saturday) and scheduled against Jackie Gleason on CBS. Although not the time slot winner, Hootenanny scored well enough to keep Gleason out of the top 30, and by Christmas there was talk that it would continue for another season. But less than two months later, everything changed: Beatlemania had come to America and the popularity of folk music began a rapid decline. In fact, many performers who appeared on Hootenanny as folk singers (John Phillips, Cass Elliot, Gene Clark, Carly Simon) would find greater success in rock 'n' roll.

In 1964, ABC cancelled Hootenanny in favor of a new music program: Shindig!