A series dedicated to individuals who have lived inspirational lives.

Song #1 “One of These Days” – A song dedicated to Martin Luther King Jr., John Lewis, Pete Seeger and the Civil Right’s Movement. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kc3uu1SinsE&t=0s&list=PLOyRYerTUWm1wWx0rABevP5sOfMkRgmtp&index=7

Song #2 “Ain’t Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Around” – A traditional song that was sung often as part of the Civil Rights Movement. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4ERLX3b3kE&list=PLOyRYerTUWm01EyFXwjCXqQiseHfEAHdk&index=5&t=5s

Song#3 “Going Down the Road (Feeling Good) ” – (new verses to a Woody Guthrie Depression Era song) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXvrQqXzPbs&index=5&t=0s&list=PLOyRYerTUWm1wWx0rABevP5sOfMkRgmtp

Song #4 “Freedom O’ Freedom” A song about freedom and the responsibility that goes along with it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U12XMr18GBs&t=0s&index=13&list=PLE97D99925458A2C2

Song #5 “This Little Light” – (Harry Dixon Loes ) The Civil Rights Movement was strengthened by people singing together wherever they gathered. This Little Light was one of the most popular songs of the movement.

Song #6 “Gonna Sing Until I’m Done” – A morale booster for those days when we’re having doubts about how we want to proceed in our lives’.

Song #7 “The Hammer Song” – (Lee Hays and Pete Seeger) Written in 1949 in support of the progressive movement, and was first recorded by The Weavers.

Song #8 “May You Rest in Peace” – A peaceful memorial song.

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A series dedicated to individuals who have lived inspirational lives and this show starts out with a brief story about Yacouba Sawadoga.

Song #1 “Yacouba – The Village Fool” – A song about how important it is sometimes to look at things differently so we can find new solutions. Yacouba Sawadogo did just that and he helped to hold back the desert from taking his farm and those of his neighbors. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ciH48jYmPyo&index=18&list=PLOyRYerTUWm0DE4ISRsl4aW5VXvcEWoaf&t=0s

Song #2 “If There’s a Will, There is a Way” – A song that espouses the belief that if we can work together we can make things safer for both citizens and the police. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmM_6243HNE&list=PLOyRYerTUWm0DE4ISRsl4aW5VXvcEWoaf&t=0s&index=2

Song #3 “Until This Planet’s Green” – An environmental anthem for our planet and a declaration that “We won’t let you die in the hands of greed. We will help you until this planet’s green.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqqnNxFtoIU&index=22&list=PLD31BC21FB0FC09BF&t=0s

Song #4 “Garden Song“ by David Mallett

Song #5 “This Land Needs Care from You and Me” – (new words to Woody Guthrie’s “This Land)  This song proposes that the land really belongs to the Creator or the organizing energy that has created it and that we are most importantly stewards of the land. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrVtRJJg4io&t=0s&list=PLOyRYerTUWm0DE4ISRsl4aW5VXvcEWoaf&index=14

Song #6 “Plant Those Seeds with Love” – A song that encourages us all to invest our love in the seeds (our life endeavors) that we plant each and every day of our lives. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lxxDXpDX0k&t=4s&index=16&list=PLD31BC21FB0FC09BF

Song #7 “You Can Do It” – A comforting, motivational song that reassures us that we can make it through the trials that confront us by recognizing the love within and around us. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmwwrnQqztg&t=38s&index=2&list=PL5294AD25E7CB1953

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Another show in a series dedicated to encouraging us all to share our stories.

This month’s story: “ Splishing and Splashing My Way to Aqua-phobia “ – A story about how a young boy’s early plunge into water over his head stayed with him for a life time.

Song #1 “Things Will Be Better Soon “ – A song that reminds us that if we’re always waiting for things to get better soon we might miss much of what life’s about. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZNTGnNHuaM&t=24s&index=6&list=PLE97D99925458A2C2

Song #2 “Hanging By a Thread” – Some days we might feel like we’re barely able to hang on, but this song encourages us to keep “swaying with the wind” and hanging on.

Song #3 “Life’s the River, Love’s the Sea” – A song about the joyous moment when life and music just flow along in time. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RujN97eHPuQ&t=0s&list=PL5294AD25E7CB1953&index=21

Song #4 “We’re Not in High School Anymore” – The sudden awakening to the fact that a lot of older people are acting much like they did in high school and that there is a need for it to be addressed in song form.

Song #5 “What a Day” – A day when you realize that you can lift your voice and sing your own song.

Song #6 “Tell Me Your Story” – Telling our story is important so we can learn and evolve from what we have to share. We all need to contribute, however we can, to our human evolution and although unbelievably slow it will continue to grow with each generation.

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A second show dedicated to remembering Jane Held and some of her beautifully performed songs.

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Songs related to this Fresh Toones’ tag line.

Song #1 “Fresh Toones”– The theme song for the Fresh Toones’ creations. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOPYx1Vc0Iw&t=0s&list=PLDFCDA87680F196CD&index=2

Song #2 “Only a Song” – “Love is only a song whistling through your heart … like the wind in the dark.”

Song #3 “She’s Calling You” – The voice that calls us out to us when we are experiencing stressful times in our lives. The voice that is there coaxing us to keep trying when we are feeling in despair.

Song #4 “Sing Your Song” – Your basic, be sure to live your life as the person you want to be, song.

Song #5 “The Song is Love” – “She reaches out to everyone and she calls out your name, but will her efforts all be in vain?”

Song #6 “You’ve Got a Song” – A simple song that stresses the necessity for each of us to sing our part in the great choir that rings out every day in the universe. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_IB-1hr29_4&list=PLOyRYerTUWm2Q3t3EXyIOCfzzW4e0TZJf&index=3&t=0s

Song #7 “Gonna Sing It” – An upbeat positive song that encourages us to sing with all our might. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsdc6RXMVI8&list=PLE97D99925458A2C2&t=0s&index=20

Song #8 “We Sing Out!” – (Pete Seeger) A song written for the children’s Rivertown Singers.

Song #9 “You’ve Always Got the Song” – If you can keep in your heart, you’ll always have the song.

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Another show in a series dedicated to encouraging us all to share our stories.

This month’s story: “The Junkman’s Apprentice” – A story about how hard work and patience can often lead to rewards not originally imagined.

Song #1 “Life’s an Adventure” – A song about appreciating the adventure called “life.”

Song #2 “Take Your Time” – A simple song that encourages us all to be steadfast and patient in our search for love. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmgRuNAV6Lk&t=50s&list=PLOyRYerTUWm0DE4ISRsl4aW5VXvcEWoaf&index=8

Song #3 “Movin’ Kinda Slow” – Another song about taking our time and enjoying the view as we ride along.

Song #4 “Will Your Work Have Been Done?” – A song for re-evaluating where we are in life and if we’re staying true to the person we want to be

Song #5 “It’s Been a Long Hard Day” – A song for one of those long hard days when it hardly seems worth going on for.

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Songs from Rochester’s own Scott Regan.

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Joyful songs for a Happy Thanksgiving.

Song #1 “Oh, What a Joy”– A song about those moments when we truly appreciate all the blessings in our lives.

Song #2 “I Can See” – A song about the joy of discovering all the love that surrounds us. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MU6dz92e59g&t=0s&list=PLE97D99925458A2C2&index=12

Song #3 “Can’t Take Today Away From Me” – “Can’t send this smile away… Can’t hush the song that I hear.”

Song #4 “Give My Love To” – Give me the strength to find ways to better understand my love and then how I can share it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0h_xst15BI&t=0s&index=13&list=PL3B2C81B27208BD0D

Song #5 “It’s a Lovely Day” – A laid back lovely day song.

Song #6 “We Won’t Be Here Forever” – A bouncy upbeat song about how we won’t be here forever and how that’s not really what it’s all about. To be able to live in this very moment would be the greatest gift that we could give to ourselves and to those around us. Tick.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNl55kk5kUU&t=0s&list=PL3B2C81B27208BD0D&index=21

Song #7 “Our Love Will Give Us Love” – This song asks the question. Is it possible that as we give our love we are also creating a reserve of love that we can call upon in the future? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKZqfuQrneM&t=0s&list=PLOyRYerTUWm0DE4ISRsl4aW5VXvcEWoaf&index=19

Song #8 “Just as Happy as I’ve Ever Been” – A happy song for a joyful Thanksgiving Day.

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These are some old songs that inspired me to learn how to play guitar, which then enabled me to write my own.

Song #1 “Freight Train”– (Elizabeth Cotton)

Song #2 “My God How the Money Rolls In” – (Traditional) Many different lyrics to the melody “My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean.”

Song #3 “Michael, Row the Boat Ashore” – (Traditional) Pete Seeger’s version.

Song #4 “I’m Only Doing What Keeps Me Doing” – (Dave Puls) A happy upbeat song that encourages us all to seek out the things that lift us higher. If we do what keeps us doing our chances of finding some peace are greatly enhanced. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TyneCRvrAoE&index=17&list=PL5294AD25E7CB1953&t=6s

Song #5 “I Wish I Was Single Again” – (Traditional) Harlan Howard version.

Song #6 “Oh! Susanna” – (Stephen Foster)

Song #7 “Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen” – (African American spiritual)

Song #8 “It Takes a Worried Man” – (Traditional) (Woody Guthrie)

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A series dedicated to individuals who have lived inspirational lives.

This show starts out with the life story of Frederick Douglass, which was narrated by high school students for an animated video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fep0Rk8ntJw&index=5&list=PLOyRYerTUWm01EyFXwjCXqQiseHfEAHdk

Song #1 “Wade Water” – Traditional spiritual sung by Kim and Reggie Harris.

Song #2 “This Little Light Mine” – Traditional song.

Song #3 “Keep Your Eyes on It” – A song reminding us to keep our eyes on the love we want to become. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHtj5bx9e8E&index=3&list=PLE97D99925458A2C2&t=0s

Song #4 “We’ve Got a Long Ways to Go” – There may still be a long ways to go, but we know that we’re going to keep on trying to make things better. We also know that maintaining that effort is the healthiest and most rewarding thing that we can do.

Song #5 “Do I Sing or Do I Die?” – It’s a question that we all have to confront at some time in our lives. How we answer it will determine our very existence.

Song #6 “Thanks to the Folks” – A song that expresses an appreciation for the folks who led the battles for social justice. What they endured should never be forgotten so “let us thank them every day.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGN8v5SqgHc&t=0s&index=3&list=PLOyRYerTUWm01EyFXwjCXqQiseHfEAHdk

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