xxAACP Newsletter, Volume 13, Number 3, Summer 1999
AACP CELEBRATES 15 YEARS!!!
"Da Blues in Da Big Easy"
AACP members! You said you wanted an organization.
You got it. 15 years of progress. Yes we had the blues. Yes we sang the Blues
but after 15 years we don't have to sing any more. The AACP has built a
reputation and a voice in American Psychiatry to represent public psychiatrists
who are serving all those mentally ill folks who really have the blues and other
stuff. So to celebrate us not having to sing the blues we got some real blues
singers to sing it for us.
Dave Van Ronk and Odetta have been singin Blues longer than we have. Both go
back to the fiftys and have connections to some of the great historic figures in
American blues, folk, and country music. Dave learned his stuff from the likes
of the Reverend Gary Davis and Mississippi John Hurt, two of the greatest blues
men of all time. He honed his gritty style as a seaman and later in the subways
of New York. He continues to perform world wide and record 2-3 new CD's a year.
Odetta is also a living legend with a black African style all her own she is
utterly spell binding. Join us for a little shmoozing and o lot of listening on
Saturday, October 30, 1999, 8 PM in the Esplanade Rooms A-C, Second Floor, Hyatt
Regency New Orleans for the AACP 15th year celebration/reception/concert New
Orleans style.
Back to Summer 1999 Table Of Contents