U.S. HISTORY IN BLACK SONG:
TUNES, TALES & TIDINGS
W/ Súle Greg Wilson of GRIOTPATH MEDIA

 
THREE SATURDAYS: February 6, 13, 20, 2021
5:00-5:45 p.m.

$125 for all three sessions

WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION:
In this three-part, sing-and play-along series we’ll bring our legacy to life, via voices and visions of African American composers—both known and unknown. Come on wit’ yo’ thangs, y’all!
 

SESSION ONE - 2/6/21 at 5pm

What/Why “Black History”?:  Whose version do we adhere to?

         AFRICA

                  Jalidong - A, post-13th century

         ANTEBELLUM/BELLUM

                  Run, Run - A, 1840s

                  Yellow Rose of Texas - A, 1850s

                  (I Wish I Was in) Dixie (’s Land) - Snowden, pre-1859

SESSION TWO - 2/13/21 at 5pm

         POSTBELLUM/HOT MUSIC/GILDED AGE/RAGTIME

                  Railroad Bill - A, 1896

                  Hot Time in the Old Town - A, pre-1896

                  (That’s Why They Call Me) Shine -  Mack & Brown, 1910

         BLUES/WW I/JAZZ AGE

                  St. Louis Blues - Handy, 1914

                  Charleston - Mack & Johnson, 1923

SESSION THREE - 2/20/21 at 5pm

         DEPRESSION/WW II/POST-WAR

                  Why Don’t You Do Right? -  McCoy, 1936

                  Shake, Rattle & Roll - Stone, 1954

         CIVIL RIGHTS

                  A Change is Gonna Come - Cooke, 1964

         FUNK/HIP HOP/MILLENNIUM

                  Say it Loud (I’m Black & I’m Proud) - Ellis, 1968

                  Waterfalls - Etheridge, Lopez, Organized Noize, 1995

Súle Greg Wilson
AMERICAN GRIOT and  URBAN SHAMAN

A community musician for over fifty years, Súle Greg Wilson, M.A., has played and danced ceildhs, jooks, gamelon, bembé, djembe, batucada, marches, hora and roda.  He embraces  tradition for the keys to spirit and survival inherent within.  True to Sankofa, he passes those lessons forward, making it part of his work as inter-cultural healer, Reiki master, yogi, and life path coach.

Born and raised in Washington, DC, Súle attended Oberlin College and New York University, and has had careers as an archivist (the New York Stock Exchange, the Smithsonian Institute) and an educator (New York City & Tempe, AZ Public Schools, Arizona State University).  A founding member of the Grammy Award-winning Carolina Chocolate Drops, he is blessed to have performed and/or recorded with Babatunde Olatunji, Pura Fé, Taj Mahal, Peter Rowan, Abraham Laboriel, Ruthie Foster, Ysaye Maria Barnwell, Mike Seeger, the International African-American Ballet, John Sebastian, Laura Love and others.

Wilson is the author of The Drummer’s Path: Moving the Spirit with Ritual and Traditional Drumming, and produced the Drumpath Rhythms DVD/book, as well as numerous CD projects.  His work has graced stage and screen, print and the street.  More information can be found at www.SuleGregWilson.com