Oscar Brand (Special Event)

Bardic and Bawdy, Ballads and BallotsHow does one describe and sum up a legend who goes back as far as Oscar Brand?Oscar is a Folk Singer, Recording Artist, Songwriter, Guitarist, Bawdy Song Balladeer, Sea Chantey Performer, Radio Broadcaster, Television Program Host, Special Events Director, Emcee, Broadway Musical Composer, Playwright, Actor, Author, Storyteller, Musicologist, Historian, Children's Recording Artist, Curator of the Songwriters Hall of Fame and Honorary Ph.D. He was also on the panel that created Sesame Street...His repertoire includes American political songs (both current and historical), bawdy songs (both crude and hysterical), ballads and ballots, and a plethora of serious and hilarious songs that come to his encyclopedic mind. Oscar has been around long enough to have hosted the longest running folk-music show on radio anywhere--"Folk-song Festival" has been running since he started it in 1945 on New York Public Radio. His programs have been hailed as "Wonderful", "Exciting" and "Fantastic," but underneath he claims to be a very ordinary and humble great folk singer. His programs have captivated audiences all over Canada, the United States, and Staten Island. Come hear this folk legend; we?ll give him free rein to be as unexpurgated and wide-ranging as he wishes. (Parents are hereby warned that their children may hear words and language they?ve probably heard before anyway.)