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I volunteered as a photographer at the Winnipeg Folk Festival 1977 through 1979. If you haven’t been … you should go …
“They said, ‘You have a blue guitar,
You do not play things as they are.’
The man replied, ‘Things as they are
Are changed upon the blue guitar.'”
– The Man With The Blue Guitar – Wallace Stevens
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Buffy Ste Marie performing at the Winnipeg Folk Festival, Bird’s Hill park Mb
Workshop stage; Len Udow (left) at Winnipeg Folk Festival, Bird’s Hill park Mb
Workshop stage; Len Udow (left) and Gamble Rogers and Walt Lysack (right), Winnipeg Folk Festival, Bird’s Hill park Mb
Workshop stage; Gamble Rogers (right), Winnipeg Folk Festival, Bird’s Hill park Mb
Roosevelt Sykes performing at the Winnipeg Folk Festival, Bird’s Hill park Mb
Crowd at workshop stage, Winnipeg Folk Festival, Bird’s Hill park Mb
Performer at workshop stage, Winnipeg Folk Festival, Bird’s Hill park Mb
Tim, Megan and Geoff Erickson, Winnipeg Folk Festival, Bird’s Hill park Mb
Shari Ulrich and Danny Greenspoon at workshop stage, Winnipeg Folk Festival, Bird’s Hill park Mb
Crowd at workshop stage, Winnipeg Folk Festival, Bird’s Hill park Mb
The Red Clay Ramblers; l. to r. Bill Hicks, Mike Craver, Jim Watson, Tommy Thompson and Jack Herrick at the Winnipeg Folk Festival, Bird’s Hill park Mb
Jack Herrick of the Red Clay Ramblers at the Winnipeg Folk Festival, Bird’s Hill park Mb
Brent Parkin and Gord Kidder of Houndog, Winnipeg Folk Festival, Bird’s Hill park Mb
Harri Vallittu, Houndog, at the Winnipeg Folk Festival, Bird’s Hill park Mb
Barry Dunford of Houndog at workshop stage, Winnipeg Folk Festival, Bird’s Hill park Mb
Allie Young with Les Balfa Frères, Winnipeg Folk Festival, Bird’s Hill park Mb
Dewey Balfa and Dick Richard of Les Balfa Frères performing at the Winnipeg Folk Festival, Bird’s Hill park Mb
Crowd at workshop stage, Winnipeg Folk Festival, Bird’s Hill park Mb
John Hammond, Winnipeg Folk Festival, Bird’s Hill park Mb
John Hammond, Winnipeg Folk Festival, Bird’s Hill park Mb
Gerry and Ziz, Gerry Paquin and Gerard Jean, at workshop stage, Winnipeg Folk Festival, Bird’s Hill park Mb
Performers at the Winnipeg Folk Festival, Bird’s Hill park Mb
Mitch Podolak, director, Winnipeg Folk Festival, Bird’s Hill park Mb
Ken Bloom performing on workshop stage at the Winnipeg Folk Festival, Bird’s Hill park Mb
Floyd Westerman performing at the Winnipeg Folk Festival, Bird’s Hill park Mb
Crowd sheltering from rain at workshop stage, Winnipeg Folk Festival, Bird’s Hill park Mb
Jim Watson of the Red Clay Ramblers backstage at the Winnipeg Folk Festival, Bird’s Hill park Mb
Dixie Flyers guitarist at workshop stage, Winnipeg Folk Festival, Bird’s Hill park Mb
Dave Landy, photographer, Winnipeg Folk Festival, Bird’s Hill park Mb
Crowd at workshop stage, Winnipeg Folk Festival, Bird’s Hill park Mb
Mandolin player at workshop stage, Winnipeg Folk Festival, Bird’s Hill park Mb
Garnet Rogers, Winnipeg Folk Festival, Bird’s Hill park Mb
Winnie Winston, steel guitar player, workshop stage, Winnipeg Folk Festival, Bird’s Hill park Mb
Crowd sheltering from rain at workshop stage, Winnipeg Folk Festival, Bird’s Hill park Mb
Utah Phillips on a workshop stage, Winnipeg Folk Festival, Bird’s Hill park Mb
Workshop stage, Winnipeg Folk Festival, Bird’s Hill park Mb
Performers moving between workshop stages at the Winnipeg Folk Festival, Bird’s Hill park Mb
L. to r. Winnie Winston, Ken Bloom, unidentified and Nancy and Norman Blake on workshop stage, Winnipeg Folk Festival, Bird’s Hill park Mb
Norman and Nancy Blake at the Winnipeg Folk Festival, Bird’s Hill park Mb
Winnie Winston, steel guitar player, Winnipeg Folk Festival, Bird’s Hill park Mb
Tom Paxton (left) and Utah Phillips on workshop stage, Winnipeg Folk Festival, Bird’s Hill park Mb
Performers at workshop stage, Winnipeg Folk Festival, Bird’s Hill park Mb
Duck Donald and Cathy Fink at workshop stage, Winnipeg Folk Festival, Bird’s Hill park Mb
Ken Bloom at workshop stage, Winnipeg Folk Festival, Bird’s Hill park Mb
Dave van Ronk at workshop stage, Winnipeg Folk Festival, Bird’s Hill park Mb
David Amram performing at the Winnipeg Folk Festival, Bird’s Hill park, Mb
Barde performing at Winnipeg Folk Festival, Bird’s Hill park Mb
Larry Fisher demonstrating a mouth bow (?) in the Handmade Village, Winnipeg Folk Festival, Bird’s Hill park Mb
The Apple Chill cloggers performing at the Winnipeg Folk Festival, Bird’s Hill park Mb
Jam session backstage at the Winnipeg Folk Festival, Bird’s Hill park Mb. The young man on the right is Daniel Koulack
Jam session backstage at the Winnipeg Folk Festival, Bird’s Hill park Mb
Busker at the Winnipeg Folk Festival, Bird’s Hill park Mb
Bruce Cockburn and Tom Jackson (right) backstage at the Winnipeg Folk Festival, Bird’s Hill park Mb
Dancing at the Winnipeg Folk Festival, Bird’s Hill park Mb
Dancing at the Winnipeg Folk Festival, Bird’s Hill park Mb
Walt Lysack and Claudia Schmidt, dulcimer duet, Winnipeg Folk Festival, Bird’s Hill park Mb
Stan Rogers (2nd from left) at workshop stage, Winnipeg Folk Festival, Bird’s Hill park Mb
Jean Christie, photographer, Winnipeg Folk Festival, Bird’s Hill park Mb
Big Dave McLean at Winnipeg Folk Festival, Bird’s Hill park Mb
Crowd at workshop stage, Winnipeg Folk Festival, Bird’s Hill park Mb
Crowd at workshop stage, Winnipeg Folk Festival, Bird’s Hill park Mb
Dave Van Ronk and Rosalie Sorrels, Winnipeg Folk Festival, Bird’s Hill park Mb
Duck Donald and Cathy Fink backstage, Winnipeg Folk Festival, Bird’s Hill park Mb
Crowd at Main stage, Winnipeg Folk Festival, Bird’s Hill park Mb
Peter Paul Van Camp backstage, Winnipeg Folk Festival, Bird’s Hill park Mb
Jam session at Winnipeg Folk Festival, Bird’s Hill park Mb. Jim Watson (Red Clay Ramblers ) and Daniel Koulack on right.
Brent Parkin and Gord Kidder of Houndog back stage at Winnipeg Folk Festival, Bird’s Hill park Mb
Blimp backstage at the Winnipeg Folk Festival, Bird’s Hill park Mb
Stan Rogers (center) backstage with Tom Jackson (background right) at Winnipeg Folk Festival, Bird’s Hill park Mb
Warming drums for performance backstage, Winnipeg Folk Festival, Bird’s Hill park Mb
Chilean group performing at the Winnipeg Folk Festival, Bird’s Hill park Mb
Chilean group performing at the Winnipeg Folk Festival, Bird’s Hill park Mb
Al Simmons, The Human Juke Box, moving between stages at the Winnipeg Folk Festival, Bird’s Hill park Mb
Playground area at the Winnipeg Folk Festival, Bird’s Hill park Mb
Playground area at the Winnipeg Folk Festival, Bird’s Hill park Mb
Crowd dancing at at workshop stage, Winnipeg Folk Festival, Bird’s Hill park Mb
Al Simmons, The Human Juke Box, performing at the Winnipeg Folk Festival, Bird’s Hill park Mb
Crowd at the Winnipeg Folk Festival, Bird’s Hill park Mb
Sneezy Waters performing on workshop stage, Winnipeg Folk Festival, Bird’s Hill park Mb
Performer at workshop stage, Winnipeg Folk Festival, Bird’s Hill park Mb
Crowd at workshop stage, Winnipeg Folk Festival, Bird’s Hill park Mb
Dance grroup performing at Winnipeg Folk Festival, Bird’s Hill park Mb
Ensemble folklorique de la Rivière-Rouge on workshop stage, Winnipeg Folk Festival, Bird’s Hill park Mb
Ensemble folklorique de la Rivière-Rouge on workshop stage, Winnipeg Folk Festival, Bird’s Hill park Mb
Al Simmons, the Human Jukebox, at the Winnipeg Folk Festival, Bird’s Hill park Mb
Al Simmons, the Human Jukebox, singing the eye chart at the Winnipeg Folk Festival, Bird’s Hill park Mb
Valdy performing on the Main stage, Winnipeg Folk Festival, Bird’s Hill park Mb
Jim Post at workshop stage, Winnipeg Folk Festival, Bird’s Hill park Mb
Chilean performer at the Winnipeg Folk Festival, Bird’s Hill park Mb
Chilean performer at the Winnipeg Folk Festival, Bird’s Hill park Mb
Poet/spoken word performer at workshop stage, Winnipeg Folk Festival, Bird’s Hill park Mb
Elizabeth Cotton on workshop stage, Winnipeg Folk Festival, Bird’s Hill park Mb
Sukay performing at the Winnipeg Folk Festival, Bird’s Hill park Mb
Performers on the Main stage, Winnipeg Folk Festival, Bird’s Hill park Mb
Performer on Main stage, Winnipeg Folk Festival, Bird’s Hill park Mb
Crowd at the Main stage, Winnipeg Folk Festival, Bird’s Hill park Mb
Jean Christie and Dave Landy, photographers, at the Winnipeg Folk Festival, Bird’s Hill park Mb
Klezmorim performing at the Winnipeg Folk Festival, Bird’s Hill park Mb
Accordionist, Village Green Morris Men, at the Winnipeg Folk Festival, Bird’s Hill park Mb
Village Green Morris Men at the Winnipeg Folk Festival, Bird’s Hill park Mb
Village Green Morris Men at the Winnipeg Folk Festival, Bird’s Hill park Mb
Village Green Morris Men at the Winnipeg Folk Festival, Bird’s Hill park Mb
Village Green Morris Men at the Winnipeg Folk Festival, Bird’s Hill park Mb
David Williams, Village Green Morris Men, at the Winnipeg Folk Festival, Bird’s Hill park Mb
7 Responses
These are wonderful!
Thank you Leslie …
Lovely sets of Photos ! It was nice to see Bruce Cockburn, again !
Thank you
I have shared this widely. I said hello to Stan right after the workshop in the photo. What a treasure!
Thank you Bill …
“Those were the days, my friend, we thought they’d never end…”
Thanks for the memories, Rob. At that point in my life, I’d not built my first harp. I’m still building harps, and nearing my 540th one nowadays.