LEWISTON — Musician Marc Black is scheduled to bring history to life through the songs of 1950s and 60s in his Boppa Chua Program at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 2, at the Lewiston Public Library at 200 Lisbon St. This free, public program will take place in Callahan Hall and is directed towards adults, though all ages can participate.
Black, a New York Blues Hall of Fame inductee, will guide participants through an evening of song, storytelling, and laughter through these two historically defining decades. Songs as diverse as “Itsy Bitsy, Teeny Weeny Yellow Polka-Dot Bikini” and “Blowin’ in the Wind,” will be celebrated as well as tunes by artists ranging from Dean Martin to George Harrison, according to a news release from the library.
In addition to the music and conversation, this program will feature a slide show by Susan Black. Black also will perform his own group’s top 40 hit from his tour with The Doors, Neil Diamond, The Dave Clark Five and Van Morrison.
Black is an eclectic folk-rocker who deals with life, and all its social and political challenges, one song at a time. Inducted into the New York Chapter of the Blues Hall of Fame in June 2014, he has performed and recorded with many luminaries including Art Garfunkel, John Sebastian, Rick Danko, Richie Havens, Taj Mahal and Pete Seeger. He was chosen to play at one of the Levon Helm’s Midnight Rambles and was also named Folk Artist of the Year on ABC Radio.
While still in high school, his band, the Blades of Grass, reached the top 40 performing alongside the biggest acts of the day including the Doors, Van Morrison and Neil Diamond. Black also won the American Library Association Award for Best Children’s Album of the year for his production of American Children.
His song subjects have ranged from his love for the New York Mets to good coffee and just about everything in between. His guitar influences include the fingerstyle blues of Mississippi Hurt and Lightnin’ Hopkins while vocally his appreciation can be heard for Tim Hardin and Mose Allison. Black has produced 15 audio recordings and his YouTube videos have been viewed more than a 100,000 times.
For more information, contact the library at 207-513-3135 or LPLReference@lewistonmaine.gov.
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