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American River Acoustic Music Camp
Blues In The Schools Interview & Music
Blues In The Schools Videos/Audios:
all under 3 minutes:
"The
Blues Had A Baby And They Called It Rock And Roll":
about 10 minutes:
Colorado
Blues Society produced video:
Ashland Daily Tidings news article and video
With over 40 years of performing experience, Michael “Hawkeye” Herman personifies the range of possibilities in blues and folk music. His dynamic blues guitar playing and vocal abilities have won him a faithful following and he leads a very active touring schedule of performances at festivals, concerts, school programs and educational workshops throughout the U.S., Canada, and Europe. His original music has been included in video dramas and documentaries and in four hit theatrical productions. “Everyday Living,” Hawkeye’s first nationally released album from 1987, now reissued on CD, features blues giants Charles Brown and “Cool Papa” Sadler, and established the demand for his now longstanding festival and concert touring. His latest recordings, “Blues Alive!,” “It’s All Blues To Me,” and “Hawkeye Live In Concert” (DVD) have been greeted with rave reviews. Hawkeye’s journalistic efforts have been published in numerous national and regional blues and music-related periodicals. In 1998 he was the recipient of the Blues Foundation’s “Keeping The Blues Alive” Award for achievement in education. He served on the Board of Directors of the Blues Foundation for six years. Hawkeye was inducted into the Iowa Blues Hall of Fame in 2004. In September of 2005, Hawkeye composed, at the request of the British Broadcasting Company (BBC), “Katrina, Oh Katrina (Hurricane Blues),” detailing the hurricane disaster on the Gulf Coast. The song was aired to over 7 million listeners on BBC Radio news’ “Today” program. He is the co-founder of the Rogue Valley Blues Festival, Ashland, OR. This musician has definitely carved out a spot for himself in the contemporary acoustic blues/folk field, and has earned a reputation as one of the most accomplished artists in the genre. Enthusiastic audiences have come to know and appreciate Hawkeye’s talent, dedication, and captivating performances.
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For the past 31 years, Michael "Hawkeye" Herman has been
explaining that
"blues is the roots and everything else is the fruits" to
more than half a
million children in more than 500 schools spanning 25 states and eight
foreign countries through his Blues in the Schools program.
http://www.hawkeyeherman.com/blues_in_the_schools.htm
Herman moved to Ashland in 1999 to work at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival
for a play for which he had written the music.
A performance in Ashland by Hawkeye Herman can be a rare event as Herman
prefers not to work where he lives. "I don't have to worry about
playing in
clubs here in the Rogue Valley until late at night and carrying equipment
and setting up equipment," said Herman, "and the reason why
I say that is
because I spent between 25 and 30 years doing that all over the country
to
get to the level to play festivals and concerts."
Herman was accompanied in his performance at the Tidings Café
by Southern
Oregon University professor and harmonica player Irving Lubliner who
has
been playing for about 42 years. The two seasoned blues men traveled
light
to the Tidings newsroom on a sweltering afternoon. Lubliner and Herman
fell
into synch, performing an original song written by Herman. Striking
is the
level of professionalism demonstrated by these musicians.
Other than being a professional musician, Herman also is a blues educator,
visiting schools and universities all over the United States and Europe.
"That's a really important part of what I do, along with two other
musicians, Billy Branch and Fruteland Jackson," said Herman. "We're
the
three main blues educators who tour the country and also do Europe in
terms
of going into schools and universities explaining to people that blues
is
the roots and everything else is the fruits."
The work of teaching younger generations about the blues and leading
workshops have fit well into Herman's touring schedule of blues festivals
and concerts during the weekends. As Herman explains, he found that
while
touring in the early 1970s he needed work during the week when he was
on the
road.
"I have an older sister and she lived in the Midwest and she asked
if I
would be interested in going to my niece's second-grade class and playing
the guitar for the kids and talking to them about blues," said
Herman. "I
went and it was great. I had a great time, and that's what started the
blues
in the schools program."
One might ask, just where does a blues educator go to learn about the
blues?
For Herman, it was Berkeley in the late '60s. "From about 1967
to 1974 there
was a Berkeley Blues festival that went on at the UC Berkeley campus
and
they brought all these really great unbelievably famous blues men to
the UC
Berkley campus to not only perform but to give workshops and to have
one-on-ones with musicians and fans," said Herman.
Herman, who lived about six blocks from the campus, would go busking
(performing in public places for tips) nearby playing for college students.
He also frequented coffee houses where blues musicians were known to
play.
"I sat close and watched and learned from people like Lightnin'
Hopkins and
Son House and Bukka White and Furry Lewis and Brownie McGhee was a friend
of
mine and John Jackson and Sam Chatmon and all these old blues guys that
are
now just sort of dusty, old photos and anybody who is under 50-years-old
wonders what they were like," said Herman. "I not only got
to see those guys
play, but got to learn from them and have personal interaction with
them."
The lessons that Herman received from legendary blues musicians allowed
him
to make a living in music since 1975. With the tutoring of his early
blues
mentors and the years of experience that come with being a blues musician,
Herman's message for school kids began to take shape.
"Blues that sprang from African-American culture influenced and
helped
create the rest of American popular music," said Herman. "Kids
don't learn
that generally in the course of being in school, and I think it's very
important that they do."
The main point Herman hopes to drive home is the affect blues has had
on our
popular culture. And one way he conveys this message is through his
song
based on a Willie Dixon quote, that the "blues is the roots and
the rest is
the fruits."
"I can tell you that I frequently will be at a blues festival
and will bump
into people who will say 'You're Hawkeye. You were at my school 25 years
ago.' And that person will have three little kids with them. So I can
see
the impact and they will say to me, 'the blues had a baby and called
it rock
'n' roll, that's the song you sang for us,' '' Herman said.
"That is exactly my lesson, in one little song, the blues had
a baby and
they called it rock 'n' roll, and that's an easy way to remember the
influence of blues music and where it came from on our modern culture."
The popularity of hip hop and rap along with other forms of pop music
is why
Herman feels the responsibility to educate kids about the history of
music.
"Most of what people know about music is from pop music and my
point is,
that it's blues music that actually influenced so many genres of music
and
gave us what we have as pop music," said Herman.
As Herman finished his Tidings Café performance and headed out
the door, to
continue his blues crusade one can't help but wonder what lies ahead
for the
future of blues. Perhaps someday future generations will talk about
getting
to interact with the legendary blues man Hawkeye Herman.
photo attachement:
Michael "Hawkeye" Herman, right, and Southern Oregon University
professor
Irving Lubliner perform at the Tidings Café in the Ashland Daily
Tidings
newsroom
http://www.hawkeyeherman.com/blues_in_the_schools.htm
> Dear friends of the blues and blues educational programs / efforts,
>
> Here, below in this message, are some reviews and outreach from
France
> regarding my upcoming 2-day seminar/'master class' "Teaching
the Teachers"
> sponsored by the Blues sur Seine Festival, in France. This will
be my 4th year of
> participation in the Blues sur Seine Festival in the last 5 years,
and my
> third year of presenting this seminar. This year the event/seminar
will be
> held on Nov. 6th and 7th.
>
> The seminar/workshop is for musicians and teachers interested in
creating
> their own unique blues educational programs according to their
own background
> and skills. I have presented this workshop/seminar for the Blues
Foundation
> in Memphis, as well as for blues societies across the USA.
>
> FYI: There's an informative article about this workshop/seminar
here:
> http://www.hawkeyeherman.com/pdf/BITS-Reader-10-07.pdf
>
> Thanks so much for your support of the music and related blues
educational
> efforts and programs.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Michael "Hawkeye" Herman
> www.HawkeyeHerman.com
> 1998 Blues Foundation "Keeping The Blues Alive" award
recipient for
> achievement in education
> Iowa Blues Hall of Fame - 2004 inductee
> ----------------
> From GG/French deejay and blues promoter/producer:
>
> Bonjour to all
>
> The upheavals in my own personal life at this time, I have not
allowed to
> carry out a regional project based on what Hawkeye taught me in
his 2-day
> seminar at Festival Blues sur Seine. But it was very enriching
on a personal
> level. Having dealt, at once, with excellent French blues musicians
who also
> attended, Roland Tchakounte, Jérome Piétri, and Jean-Jacques
Milteau on the
> same benches. A real happiness.
>
> And then think of the children and understand how they can address
our
> music if simply according to the methods of Hawkeye is enchanting.
Whatever your
> motivations, and what you do after or not, you do not regret never
these
> two days.
> Hawkeye and his wife which accompanies Willitte are wonderful people.
>
> Bon stage !
> Good Blues!
>
> Gérald "GG Bluz" Tremblais
> Ize, France
>
> --------
> Bonjour, for the 3rd time, Blues sur Seine will organize a «
master class »
> training of educators for in school blues programs. Here are some
> testimonials of two participants precedents:
>
> Jean-Jacques Milteau/France's premiere blues harmonica player :
> "The love does not exist; there is that evidence of love ...
I think it is
> the same for the blues, each of us has his own vision. That of
Michael
> Hawkeye Herman is particularly pertinent and especially of valuable
assistance
> for all those who wish to teach or simply comment on this music.
A meeting
> constructive."
>
> Jérôme Pietri/French blues musician and educator:
> "I am extremely grateful for bringing this great Mr. Hawkeye,
that these
> two days have been enriching beyond my expectations in what relates
to me, and
> that you can count on me to echo from the largest number, so that
you can
> repeat this seminar.
>
> The first two sessions in 2007 and 2008 having been evaluated very
> positively by the participants, Blues sur Seine decided for its
12 th edition of
> renewing this master class. THE Ariam Ile de France has decided
to support to
> new this original project and to include in its program of training.
>
> The "training of trainers" of 2 days be held at the National
School of
> Music of Mantes and Yvelines (78) 6 and 7 November, a Saturday
and Sunday to
> allow employees to participate.
>
> The "training of trainers" of 2 days be held at the National
School of
> Music of Mantes and Yvelines (78) 6 and 7 November, a Saturday
and Sunday to
> enable the employees to attend on the weekend. The master class
will again be
> led by Michael Hawkeye Herman, probably "the" American
specialist of the
> domain that has already not only organized such master class but
said have
> personally met with some 1/2 million students and adolescents/adults
> (kindergarten to university levels) from 1978, over 32 years, in
over 500 schools in 28
> states and 8 foreign nations.
>
> The proposal concerns, of course, bluesmen in career development
but also
> on teachers of music, English, and social studies. The maximum
number of
> participants is limited to 20. Thanks to support obtained from
the Ariam, the
> price charged to the trainees is 100 euros, with simultaneous translation.
The
> seminar will consist of lectures, demonstrations, and presentations
of
> audiovisual media.
>
> For more information, it is suggested to consult the web page «
Blues In
> The Schools " on the site of Hawkeye :
> http://www.hawkeyeherman.com/blues_in_the_schools.htm
>
> Those interested in attending Hawkeye's seminar can contact Blues
sur
> Seine:
> 28 rue de Lorraine,
> 78200 Mantes la Jolie),
> contact@blues-sur-seine.com
> and telephone 01 34 78 43 80
>
> May the knowledge surround you.
>
> In Friendship,
>
> Jean Guillermo
> founder: Festival Blues sur Seine
> -------
> Bonjour à tous,
>
> Les bouleversements survenus dans ma vie personnelle à cette
époque, ne
> m'ont pas permis de mener à bien un projet régional
basé sur ce que fait
> Hawkeye (devenu mon ami, tout comme Jérôme) mais ce
fut extrêmement enrichissant
> sur un plan personnel. Avoir côtoyé, à la fois,
Roland, Jérôme et
> Jean-Jacques sur les mêmes bancs, comme à la communale,
un réel bonheur. Et puis penser
> aux enfants et comprendre comment ils peuvent aborder notre musique
si
> simplement selon les méthodes d'Hawkeye est un enchantement.
> Quels que soient vos motivations, et quoi que vous en fassiez après
ou pas,
> vous ne regretterez jamais ces deux jours. Hawkeye et sa femme
Willite qui
> l'accompagne sont des gens merveilleux. Foi de GG ;o))
>
> Bon stage ! Bon Blues !
> Biz à toutes et tous.
> GG
>
> De : LCDB@yahoogroupes.fr [mailto:LCDB@yahoogroupes.fr] De la part
de Jean
> Guillermo
> Envoyé : mercredi 6 octobre 2010 12:36
> À : LCDB@yahoogroupes.fr
> Cc : Flore Crubilé - Blues sur Seine; Raphael Pares; Sophie
Daumoinx -
> Blues sur Seine; Arnaud Bel Blues sur Seine
> Objet : [LCDB] Master class FORMATION d'intervenants scolaires
BLUES
> -------------
> Bonjour,
>
> Pour la 3 ème fois, Blues sur Seine va organiser une «
master class » de
> formation d'intervenants scolaires blues.
> Voici les témoignages de deux participants précédents
(outre Roland
> Tchakounté, GGBlues ...)
>
> Jean-Jacques Milteau :
> "L'amour n'existe pas ; il n'y a que des preuves d'amour ...
Je crois qu'il
> en va de même pour le blues, dont chacun de nous a sa propre
vision. Celle
> de Michael Hawkeye Herman est particulièrement pertinente
et surtout d'une
> aide précieuse pour tous ceux qui souhaitent enseigner ou
simplement
> commenter cette musique. Une rencontre constructive."
>
> Jérôme Pietri :
> "je vous suis extrêmement reconnaissant d'avoir fait
venir ce grand
> Monsieur, que ces deux jours auront été enrichissants
au-delà de mes
> espérances en ce qui me concerne, et que vous pouvez compter
sur moi pour
> m'en faire l'écho auprès du plus grand nombre, afin
que vous puissiez
> renouveler cette intervention.
>
> Les deux premières sessions en 2007 et 2008 ayant été
évaluées très
> positivement par les participants, Blues sur Seine a décidé
pour sa 12 ème
> édition de renouveler cette master class.
>
> L'Ariam Ile de France a décidé de soutenir à
nouveau ce projet original et
> de l'inscrire dans son programme de formation.
>
> Le stage de "formation de formateurs" de 2 jours se déroulera
à l'École
> Nationale de Musique de Mantes en Yvelines (78) les 6 et 7 novembre,
un
> samedi et un dimanche pour permettre à des salariés
de participer.
>
> Il sera à nouveau animé par Michael Hawkeye Herman,
probablement "le"
spécialiste américain du domaine qui a déjà
non seulement organisé de telles
master class mais dit avoir personnellement rencontré quelques
500.000 > enfants et adolescents/adultes (de la maternelle à
l'Université) depuis
1978. La Fondation du Blues à Memphis lui a décerné
en 1998 le prix
reconnaissant son action dans le monde éducatif ("Keeping
the Blues Alive"
Award for "achievement in education").
La proposition concerne bien entendu des bluesmen en développement
de
carrière mais aussi des professeurs de musique, d'anglais,..
Le nombre
maximum de participants est limité à 20.
Grâce au soutien obtenu de l'Ariam, le prix demandé aux
stagiaires est de 100 euros, avec traduction simultanée.
Le stage se déroulera avec causeries, démonstrations,
présentations de supports audiovisuels
Pour plus d'information, il est suggéré de consulter le
chapitre « Blues In The Schools » sur le site de Hawkeye
:http://www.hawkeyeherman.com/blues_in_the_schools.htm
Les inscriptions se font en contactant Blues sur Seine : 28 rue de
Lorraine,
78200 Mantes la Jolie), contact@blues-sur-seine.com
et téléphone 01 34 78 43 80
Faites le savoir autour de vous. AmicalementJean
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