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Harvey Reid Bio for Apalachicola Doin’ Time documentary

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Circles

By Harvey Reid

Lyrics:
I throw a stone into the water and I watch the circles as they grow
While holidays and birthdays leave footprints like soldiers in the snow
The flowers and the icicles are spokes in a wheel that has no end
And the passing of the seasons makes me think about circles again

The sun and the moon, circles tracing circles in the sky
While old people and children look at each other in the mirror in the eye
Like the turning of a waterwheel like the voice of a long lost friend
When I think about my old friends I think about circles again

Round and round and round in circles we spin
Over and over we end up right where we begin
Those things that never change, those things that are never the same
Though it looks like a straight road I’m traveling in circles again

These round coins in my hand there’s so much I do that they ask me
What goes around will come around; there are wheels turning night & day right past me
I had a dream long ago I was hiding but a clock always found me
And now everywhere I look I see circles all around me

1991 by Harvey Reid (Quahog Music BMI) Used with permission.

Singer Songwriter and Musician Harvey Reid

Biography:
Songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Harvey Reid has honed his craft since the 1970s in countless clubs, festivals, streetcorners, cafes, schools and concert halls across the nation. He has been called a “giant of the steel strings” and “one of the true treasures of American acoustic music,: and is considered to be one of the modern masters and innovators of the acoustic guitar, autoharp and 6-string banjo. He has absorbed a vast repertoire of American contemporary and roots music and woven it into his own colorful, personal and distinctive style. His 32 recordings on Woodpeckers Records showcase his mastery of many instruments and styles of acoustic music, from hip folk to slashing slide guitar blues to bluegrass, old-time, Celtic, ragtime, and even classical.

Reid is also the author of dozens of music education books as well as an important visionary and pioneer in modern troubadour education. He is the creator of the Liberty Guitar Method, a ground-breaking advance in beginning guitar.
Reid’s skills and versatility on the guitar alone mark him as an important new voice and one of the deepest artists in acoustic music.

He won the 1981 National Fingerpicking Guitar Competition and the 1982 International Autoharp competition. Yet he’s also a veteran musician with a long list of studio and band credits, a strong flatpicker who has won Bill Monroe’s Beanblossom bluegrass guitar contest, a versatile and engaging singer, a powerful lyricist, prolific composer, arranger and songwriter, a solid mandolin, mandocello and bouzouki player, and a seasoned performer and captivating entertainer.

Harvey Reid maintains an extensive website that has the lyrics, liner notes, guitar tunings and more for all of his songs.

Mike Jurgensen Bio for Apalachicola Doin’ Time documentary

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Music Drifts Along this River

By Mike Jurgensen

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Singer Songwriter Mike Jurgensen

Biography:
Michael Jurgensen has lived in the Tampa Bay area since 1968, when he moved from his native Chapel Hill, NC. Mike began playing the guitar when he was seven years old, but it was not until 1992 that he began performing in public seriously. It was then that he discovered the Iron Horse coffee house in Tarpon Springs, where he began playing open mics. Over the next two years he branched out to do open mics and feature sets at other Tampa Bay area coffee houses and restaurants, as well as regularly emceeing the Iron Horse open mics.

He has also played at several local fairs and festivals, and he has been the featured artist a number of times on various live radio shows on WMNF in Tampa. Although Mike had written several songs prior to 1992, he has only been writing seriously since 1992. Mike was a finalist in the 1994 and 1996 South Florida Folk Festival song-writing competitions, and he won the Best New Florida Song award at the 1998 Will McLean Festival.

In April of 1994 Mike joined the well-known Florida acoustic group, Myriad, which had been together for about 4 years at the time. Together with Myriad, he played concerts at coffee houses, radio shows, benefit concerts, and festivals around the state. The group also has several recordings including two CDs, “Song Circle” and “New Strings.” Mike also has a solo recording project.

In recent years he has performed as part of the trio known as 2PM featuring Mike, Pete Price and Pete Hennings. The trio has performed at a wide variety of Florida festivals and music venues and has three CDs: “Keepin’ Time,” “Let’s Just Play One More,” and their newest project, “Writing on the Wall.”

More information on Mike’s group “2PM” is available at their website. To hear more of Mike’s music click here. Mike can also be reached by mail: 6985 Coronet Dr. / New Port Richey, Fl 34655

Mark Smith Bio for Apalachicola Doin’ Time documentary

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Wisdom of the River by Mark Smith

 

Singer Songwriter Mark Smith

Lyrics:
I have seen a river, and a river has seen me
I have felt its current flowin’ to the sea
In its deep reflection are scenes from yesterday
The wisdom of the river is showin’ us the way
The landscape is the canvas…the water is the brush
Painting out a poem in the stillness and the hush
Then a whisper from a whirlpool takes a shadow for a ride
And the wisdom of the river has found its way inside
When the river talks I…wanna listen, wanna pay attention now, don’t be slow.
When the river talks I…wanna listen, cuz it might say something I wanna know
With skin of fluid motion, that paddle can caress,
It holds me like a lover unafraid to be undressed
With secrets barely hinted, not quite an open book
The wisdom of the river invites a closer look.
(repeat first verse)
Mark Smith, Used with permission

Biography:
Raised on the St. Johns River and in the salt marshes of coastal Northeast Florida, Mark developed a passion for his native Florida at an early age. Always one to find a song in seemingly obscure moments or places, Mark brings the subtleties of Florida’s landscapes and history to life in his original music.
With three albums to his credit, Mark has toured Florida since 1992 performing at numerous established folk venues. He has appeared numerous times at the prestigious Florida Folk Festival in White Springs. He lives in Gainesville.
Mark Smith is accessible via email or regular mail at 2027 NW 56th Terrace / Gainesville, FL 32605.

Jeanie Fitchen Bio for Apalachicola Doin’ Time documentary

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Changes in the Wind

By Jeanie Fitchen

Musician Jeanie Fitchen

Biography:
From the age of thirteen, Jeanie Fitchen has enchanted concert and festival audiences from the Alaskan Arctic to the Carribbean Tropics, bringing to them her singular musical art intertwining original stories and stellar vocals in a rich musical synthesis.

Born and raised in Orlando, Florida, Jeanie grew up with the music of great masters such as Verdi, Puccini and Mozart. Her mother had hoped that she might train for the opera but Jeanie found her musical niche in the simple beauty and artistic style of folk music, viewing it as a vehicle for personal and social expression.

At age 15, Jeanie made her festival debut with appearances at the Florida Folk Festival in White Springs and the Fox Hollow Folk Festival in Petersburg, New York. She continues to be a major performer and MC at numerous festivals and acoustic venues around the country.

She is the recipient of the 2016 Florida Folk Festival Legends and Legacy Award.

In 2010 she was awarded the Fellow Man and Mother Earth Award from the Stetson Kennedy Foundation in recognition of her outstanding song contributions to Florida. The songs she has written and sung praise the defense of Florida’s natural and cultural heritage and have done much to enrich the lives of the living and insure that these treasures will be passed on for generations to come.

In 2001 she she received the Florida Folk Heritage award for outstanding folk artists and culture advocates who have made long-standing contributions to the folk cultural resources of the state. Established in 1985, the program parallels the National Heritage Fellowships.

Jeanie’s concert performances take the listener through the entire gamut of emotions as she spins yarns and tugs at the heartstrings, incorporating traditional as well as contemporary topical elements in her programs. She is a highly-acclaimed songwriter with the ability to evoke through melancholy and euphoria the wondrous resilience and vitality of life.

More information about Jeanie’s music is available at her website