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Jessie and Lee Townsend’s Florida Folk Festival 2016 Highlights

June 2, 2016Arts, NewsAndy Garfield, David McBrady, Donna Green-Townsend, Dumbarton's Drums, Florida Folk Festival, Jeanie Fitchen, Jessie Townsend, Jim Ballew, Lee Townsend, Mark Smith, When I DieDonna Green-Townsend

What a memorable Florida Folk Festival for Jessie and Lee Townsend. Thanks to Jeanie Fitchen and Mark Smith for giving special stage time to them this year. There were some magic moments as this brother-sister duo performed “Dumbarton’s Drums” on the historic Old Marble Stage with Jeanie on her 50th year performing at the Florida … Continue reading Jessie and Lee Townsend’s Florida Folk Festival 2016 Highlights →

The Jessie and Lee Townsend Band’s Will McLean Festival Highlights

March 15, 2016Arts, News, UncategorizedAndy Garfield, Ann Thomas, Bill Monroe, Dale Crider, Don Grooms, Jessie Townsend, Jim Ballew, Red Henry, Tribute to Margaret Longhill, Will McLean FestivalDonna Green-Townsend

The 2016 Will McLean Music Festival was a tremendous success for the Jessie and Lee Townsend Band. If you didn’t have an opportunity to go, you can watch a few of their performances on the Magnolia, Azalea and Cypress Stages below. Thanks to Red Henry, Andy Garfield and … Continue reading The Jessie and Lee Townsend Band’s Will McLean Festival Highlights →

Will McLean: The Father of Florida Folk

January 17, 2016ArtsDale Crider, Department of Special and Area Studies, Don Grooms, Donna Green-Townsend, Florida Artists Hall of Fame, Florida singer songwriters, Gamble Rogers, George A. Smathers Libraries, Land of Flowers, Margaret Longhill, Pete Seeger, Popular Culture Collections, University of Florida, Will McLean, Will McLean Best New Florida Song Contest, Will McLean Folk FestivalDonna Green-Townsend

Click here to hear full length archival interviews with Will McLean (recorded by Donna Green-Townsend in 1985 & 1987) Will McLean is considered the “Father of Florida Folk.” The “Black Hat Troubadour” travelled all across his beloved state writing hundreds of poems, songs and stories. After his death in 1990 he was inducted into the … Continue reading Will McLean: The Father of Florida Folk →

Honoring the late guitar-picking, storyteller Gamble Rogers

May 4, 2015ArtsBarbara Johnson, Cindy Mangsen, Cousin Thelma Boltin, Dale Crider, Donna Green-Townsend, Elisabeth Williamson, fingerstyle guitar, Florida Artists Hall of Fame, Florida singer songwriters, Gamble Rogers, Nancy Rogers, Oklawaha County, Steve GilletteDonna Green-Townsend

Every spring St. Augustine plays host for the annual Gamble Rogers Festival. The festival honors the late singer songwriter who joins the late Will McLean in the Florida Artists Hall of Fame. Rogers is known for his Travis-style guitar fingerpicking along with his storytelling which brings a mythical Florida county called Oklawaha into the national spotlight. … Continue reading Honoring the late guitar-picking, storyteller Gamble Rogers →

The Gatherings (26-Part Music Series Recorded at various Florida festivals and venues)

July 16, 2014Arts, SpecialsAnn Thomas, Art Crummer, Bill Beckett, Bill Wharton and the Ingredients, Bobby Hicks, Boom Slang, Carrie Blackwell, Clyde Walker, Dale Crider, Don Grooms, Donna Green-Townsend, Florida Folk Festival, Florida folk performers, Florida singer songwriters, Folk and Blues From The Land of Flowers, folk festival, Frank Thomas, Grant Livingston, Harvey Reid, james hawkins, Jeanie Fitchen, Jim and Jesse and the Virginia Boys, Jim Bickerstaff, Ken Skeens, Lis and Lon Williamson, Magda Hiller, Marie Nofsinger, Mark Smith, Mary Ann Dinella, Mindy Simmons, Pam Laws, Paul Garfinkel, Rod MacDonald, Ron and Bari Litschauer, Roy Bookbinder, Sam Pacetti, Sno Rogers, Steve Blackwell, Sue Grooms, Tammerlin, TC Carr and the Catch, The Gatherings, The Spiritual Consolators, Valarie Caracappa, White SpringsDonna Green-Townsend

The Gatherings – Folk and Blues From The Land of Flowers 26 part live-music series (Producer- Bill Beckett and Host- Donna Green-Townsend) Program #1- Dale Crider & Roy Bookbinder Program #2 Al Scortino – Carrie Blackwell – Lon and Lis Williamson Program #3 Sue Grooms & Ron and Bari Program #4 Mark Smith – Grant Livingston – Paul Garfinkel … Continue reading The Gatherings (26-Part Music Series Recorded at various Florida festivals and venues) →

Water levels improving on Alachua County lakes

March 23, 2014NewsCross Creek, Cross Creek Lodge, Dale Crider, Donna Green-Townsend, Gary Palmeter, Lochloosa Lake, Newnan's Lake, Orange Lake, Yearling RestaurantDonna Green-Townsend

Business has picked up in the Cross Creek area in the past few weeks thanks to heavy rainfall during the first three months of this year. Lake levels are up in Orange and Lochloosa Lakes in Alachua County resulting in more boat traffic in recent weeks. People are fishing and airboating once again. … Continue reading Water levels improving on Alachua County lakes →

Will McLean Archival Audio Interviews from 1985 and 1987 (never before published)

March 19, 2014ArtsAway O'ee, Ballad of Scotty, Ballad of the Green Turtle, Black Hat Troubadour, Carnegie Hall, Conch Island, Cush Holston, Donna Green-Townsend, Father of Florida Folk, Florida Sand, Hold Back The Waters, Macclenny Farewell, Osceola's Last Words, Pete Seeger, Seminole, Tate's Hell, Wild Hog, Will McLeanDonna Green-Townsend

(Raw Interviews from 1985 and 1987 featured below) (all photos courtesy of Margaret Longhill and the Will McLean Foundation) In November of 1985 Will McLean showed up at my office at WUFT-FM on the University of Florida campus. McLean, known to many as the “Black Hat Troubadour” penned hundreds of songs, stories and poems … Continue reading Will McLean Archival Audio Interviews from 1985 and 1987 (never before published) →

Getting To Know Musician Lee Townsend

March 2, 2014ArtsAmanda Anderson, Andy Garfield, banjo player, Blue Linewalkers, bluegrass, Christian Ward, David McBrady, Erik Alvar, Lee Townsend, Orange and Bluegrass, P.K. Yonge Tumblin' Creek Bluegrass Band, Whitey Markle and the SwamprootersDonna Green-Townsend

(For bookings or to contact Lee send an email to dltownsend3@gmail.com or call 352-672-7574) The following YouTube Videos are from some of Lee Townsend’s various bluegrass performances around North Central Florida. (Read about Lee’s musical story and see pictures of Lee below the You Tube videos) Jessie and Lee Townsend Lee and Jessie … Continue reading Getting To Know Musician Lee Townsend →

These Diamonds

August 4, 2013SpecialsAmy Carol Webb, Bob Patterson, Dale Crider, Donna Green-Townsend, Florida singer songwriters, Frank Thomas, Grant Livingston, Ken Skeens, Mary Ann Dinella, Mem Semmes, Mindy Simmons, Paul Garfinkel, Steve Blackwell, These Diamonds, Will McLean FoundationDonna Green-Townsend

The late Will McLean spent his life writing songs to save Florida through music. Now the foundation named after the father of Florida folk is marketing an environmental CD trying to continue McLean’s lifelong mission. The acoustic CD features musicians from across the Sunshine State singing about a wide variety of environmental stories and issues. … Continue reading These Diamonds →

Mem Semmes

August 1, 2013Arts, SpecialsDonna Green-Townsend, Dunnellon, Florida, Florida singer songwriter, Mem Semmes, Sunday Sampler, Will McLean Folk Festival, Will McLean FoundationDonna Green-Townsend

The late Mem Semmes from Dunnellon loved music. Not only did she write hundreds of songs, but she also helped provide a long time venue for Florida’s singer songwriters through the monthly concert series, The Sunday Sampler. Just a few years before she died her son Jon Semmes helped Mem produce her first CD. Mem talked about songwriting … Continue reading Mem Semmes →