BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.1//EN TZID:America/New_York X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VEVENT UID:229@townecrier.com DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250504T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250504T183000 DTSTAMP:20250309T110411Z URL:https://townecrier.com/events/remembering-songs-stories-with-pete-seeg er-lydia-adams-davis-roland-mousaa-salon-stage/ SUMMARY:Remembering Songs & Stories with Pete Seeger: Lydia Adams Davis & R oland Mousaa – Salon Stage DESCRIPTION:\n\nComplimentary with Dinner\nOur Salon Stage provides Complim entary Live Music while you dine. We feature amazing local Hudson Valley a nd touring artists nightly. Join us for dinner and you may discover one of your new favorite artists. As always\, we prioritize seating for guests w ho are joining us for dinner. We also provide a great Tap Room for enjoyin g a cocktail or beer while listening to the live music on our Salon Stage. \nLydia Adams Davis\nSinger/songwriter Lydia Adams Davis brings fresh inte rpretations of Hudson River/Pete Seeger songs and poignant\, often funny\, originals. Her repertoire includes traditional American folk music and Am erican Songbook standards. She accompanies herself on a variety of instrum ents including guitar\, ukulele and piano. Lydia’s interaction with her audience welcomes singing along\, and participation in improvisational son gs on the spot.\n\nLydia has performed in festivals and coffeehouses throu ghout the United States and Canada\, including The Great Hudson River Revi val\, Mariposa\, Falcon Ridge and Boulder Folk Festivals\, and venues such as The Towne Crier and The Hudson Valley Folk Guild. She has shared the s tage with many prominent folk artists over the 40-plus years of her career . Guy Davis\, Dar Williams\, Tom Paxton\, Tom Chapin\, and the Hudson Rive r Sloop Singers have welcomed her opening sets and background harmonies.\n \n“Lydia combines warmth and magic to bring the long history of folk mus ic home to your heart.” Peter Yarrow\n\n“A splendid performer ~One of our finest folk composers!” Bob Sherman\, Woody’s Children\n\n\nRolan d Mousaa\nGrammy Award winner Roland Mousaa is a singer\, songwriter and i nventor who worked and performed with Pete Seeger\, to help start the envi ronmental Clearwater Organization.\n\nPete said\, “Roland is one of the greatest unknown musician/artists. He has worked with and been loved by ou r family since ’69.”\n\nIn 1968\, Pete’s main contact with American Indian Movement was Roland. He was also Pete’s main contact to the Buddh ist monks (Ishibashi) who lived and worked together in 1978 in Woodstock\, NY. With Pete’s help\, they created the historical Central Park\, NY\, 1982 Anti-Nuclear Demonstration\, which England immediately took after and created their own historical Anti-Nuclear Movement movement in 1983.\n\nR oland helped Pete with many concerts and participated in presenting the Na tive Indian Nations at Madison Square Garden\, on Pete’s 90th Birthday C elebration\, singing the “The Indian Prayer” song. Roland worked with Pete starting 1968\, until his death Jan. 27\, 2014. Today\, he now reside s on the Turtle Mt. Reservation in ND\, with Leonard Peltier\, who was fre ed on Feb. 13\, 2025 by President Biden.\n\nRoland is also an inventor who holds two U.S. patents and one pending on clean electrical wind energy.\n \nVictor Roland Vargas Mousaa is a Native American from New Mexico born on May 27\, 1949. From the age of 4\, he learned music and arts at St. Vince nt’s Home for Children in Denver\, CO. At age 14\, he was sent to farms\ , to work with farmers and migrant workers until he graduated high school. In his early years\, he learned Pete Seeger songs and from him became awa re of the corruption of politicians in Washington DC\, and refused to figh t the Vietnam War.\n\nRoland hitchhiked to Greenwich Village\, NY in 1968\ , and his talent was immediately spotted by John Hammond Sr. from Columbia Records\, who recorded him but could not release him because of his Vietn am draft dodging problem. Richie Havens recorded one of his songs called “The Indian Prayer\,” and invited him to the Woodstock 1969 Music Fest ival. Soon after\, he performed with Bob Dylan on PBS\, and after worked a nd performed with many other well known musicians. With Pete\, he work and lived on the Clearwater Sloop when it first sailed on the Hudson River\, in Beacon\, NY. Years later\, in 1972\, Congress finally was forced to pas s the “Clean Water/Air Act Bill” because of these environmental moveme nts.\n\nWorking with Pete\, he went to march on demonstrations in Washingt on\, DC\, and marched with him on the Civil Rights movements down South. H e also painted landscapes\, which won him the International Arts Award fro m the Metropolitan Art Museum in 1977. He then went to the School of Visua l Arts\, NY.\, on the Presidential Arts Scholarship Award.\nReservations s uggested\; call 845-855-1300 to book your table.\n\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://townecrier.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/0 3/Lydia-Roland-for-5-4-salon-web.jpg CATEGORIES:Salon Stage END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250309T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR