Author: Larry Long

Festival of Giving

Larry & Fiddlin' Pete Watercott will be playing at the Festival of Giving with Dean McGraw, Marc Anderson, Louis Alemayehu, and Alex Goldfarb, September 7, 2013, 11:00 - 3:00 at Common Ground Meditation Center, 2700 East 26th Street, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55406. The event is offered free

Larry Long & Fiddlin’ Pete Watercott Reunion Concert

Larry Long & Fiddlin’ Pete Watercott have been playing music together for over 40 years. They have played music extensively throughout the United States—hitchhiking and hopping freights—and in the mid seventies they traveled in the much-beloved Lone Prairie Schooner and the Red Caboose down the

Soul Asylum and the Healing Process

On Friday, July 27th, I performed with Soul Asylum on their finale song, Stand Up & Be Strong, as part of Skyline Music Festival.  Michael Bland  and Dave Pirner asked that I bring other singers with me to join them, center stage, on the 3rd

In Honor of Steve O’ Neil

Steve O'Neil was called the “Mother Teresa of Duluth” for his work with the homeless and poor. His wife Angie and he lived their life in the proud Catholic Worker tradition of Dorothy Day. Steve and I have been friends for over thirty years. When I

The Mary Hanson Show

Larry Long will be featured on the Mary Hanson Show July 1st, Monday, on Channel 6 at 9 PM, Metro Cable Network (MCN).   For more information: www.maryhansonshow.com

Elders’ Wisdom, Children’s Song Featured in The Circle

Larry Long and Elders' Wisdom, Children's Song are featured on the front page of The Circle, March 2013.  The article talks about honoring Anishinabe Ojibwe elder Pat Bellanger on February 12th at Sanford Middle School in Minneapolis. Read the article: EWCS HONORS PAT BELLANGER WITH SONG For more

Music Has Great Healing Power

Music has great healing power. It makes grown people cry. It brings laughter to the faces of those in pain. It unites thousands of people to withstand the force of Bull Connor’s fire hoses in those times of Civil Rights in Alabama.

Riding on the California Zephyr – Liberty Train

A few weeks ago, my wife Jacqueline and I traveled on the California Zephyr—an Amtrak Train running from Chicago to Reno--with three other couples: Fiddlin’ Pete & Kathryn, Scott & Pam, and Kris & Karen. We called this journey the Liberty Train, with the goal

Leo Kottke

I first met Leo Kottke in the fall of 1969. It was on my first night of college at St. Cloud State University, and Leo was playing at the Ratskeller Coffeehouse, located in the basement of the Atwood Student Union. It was a

Edward Moore Kennedy, February 22, 1932 – August 25, 2009

My wife and I waited three hours in line last evening to show our respect for Senator Kennedy with thousands of others at the JFK Library in Boston, Massachusetts. The stories of those in line were rich with affection for the Senator and his family. One

Thoughts from Pete Seeger’s 90th Birthday Celebration

Looking out onto Madison Square Gardens was like looking out onto the Grand Canyons for the first time. Breathtaking. I walked up to a security guard and asked him, “Where did Mohammed Ali box?” He looked at me and said, “I don’t know. I’ve never