Jeff Lee will join September 2 Song & Story Swap

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Pioneer Valley Folklore Society Happenings -- September 2017

Contents

* Songwriter Jeff Lee will join September 2 Song & Story Swap
* Cosy Sheridan to play Coho
* John O'Connor coming to Greenfield
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Jeff Lee will be September 2 Song & Story Swap guest

Please come share in an evening of music and stories at the Pioneer Valley
Folklore Society Song & Story Swap.

Saturday, September 2, 7:00 p.m. at the The Nacul Center, 592 Main St.,
Amherst, Mass.

Guest performer at the September 2 Song & Story Swap will be songwriter and
local folklorist Jeff Lee.

Throughout his four decades in the Pioneer Valley, Jeff Lee has been an
active devotee of the region's popular music and folk culture. A reticent
performer, he has nonetheless amassed a volume of original songs that have
informed and entertained countless attendees at the venerable Pioneer Valley
Folklore Society's monthly song & story swaps.

Lee's songs tend toward the topical, and are often laced with humor and
irony. "En Viager" relates a stranger-than-fiction episode in the life of
the world's oldest woman. "In Defense of the Little Boy Who Cried Wolf"
offers a postmodern view of the classic children's fable.

Local events are the subjects of "The Ballad of Sam Lovejoy," about a
historic act of civil disobedience in Montague, and "Pliny's Rock," the
story of the world's first discovery of a dinosaur footprint. The latter
song was a finalist in the Connecticut River Watershed Council's 2009
Songwriting Contest.

In addition to his original compositions, Lee has created songs based on the
works of Australian balladeer Banjo Paterson and Parisian poet George
Brassens.

Catch a rare set of Jeff Lee's songs and help kick off the fall season of
the PVFS Song & Story Swap at the Nacul Center in Amherst on September 2.

The opening round theme is "vacation"

The Song & Story Swap is held on the first Saturday of each month, excepting
July and August, and is jointly sponsored by the Pioneer Valley Folklore
Society and the Nacul Center (http://www.nacul.com). Visit the Folklore
Society website at http://www.filbert.com/pvfs.

The Song & Story Swap is open to the public, free of charge with donations
accepted ($5 - $10 is suggested). People of all ages gather to share
stories and songs that are traditional, newly written, or of personal
experiences. You can tell, sing, or lead everyone in singing, or request a
song or story. Listeners are welcome.

For information contact Paul Kaplan, (413)-687-5002 or visit
http://www.filbert.com/pvfs.