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Lifetime Learning: Country & Western Music - Late 1940s through the 1970s

  • Snow Library 67 Main Street Orleans, MA United States (map)

John Whelan, Former WOMR radio host, author, and Great American Songbook presenter, will teach this three-part course on classic country music, accompanied by Peter Gaines on piano and vocals, with the additional vocals of Denise Page. Composers/singers like Hank Williams, Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, Kris Kristofferson, and many others will be featured. John will tell stories and show videos, accompanied by live performances featuring Peter and Denise. Country/Western music has been recorded by singers like Sinatra, Tony Bennett, Linda Ronstadt, Ray Charles, and others associated with the standards from that era.

Presented by the Friends of Snow Library. To register or for more information, visit https://friendsofsnowlibrary.org/lifetime-learning-program/.