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Fourth ofJuly Celebration Tuesday, July 4, 1989

2:00 Gates Open

3:00-3:45 LOUDON WAINWRIGHT III Koussevitzky Music Shed ^^M

4:30-5:30 LIVINGSTON TAYLOR Koussevitzky Music Shed

7 : 00 An Evening with PETE SEEGER and ARLO GUTHRIE Koussevitzky Music Shed

Hurdy Gurdy, Monkey & me; Murph the Physical Comedian; and The Grown-Ups will perform throughout the afternoon on the lawn.

Fireworks will take place over the Stockbridge Bowl following the evening concert. Born in New York City, Pete Seeger spent two years at Harvard before giving up his career goal of becoming a newspaperman. With Lee Hays, Woody Guthrie, and others, Mr. Seeger formed the Almanac Singers; later he and Mr. Guthrie performed at union halls and migrant farm worker camps across the country. After serving overseas in World War II, Mr. Seeger was a member of People's Songs, Inc. and the Weavers. The Weavers sold more than four million records and helped popularize folk music and topical songs before being blacklisted. Pete Seeger continued singing for schools and colleges. In the 1960s he sang for the civil rights movement and against the Vietnam War; today he continues his involvement with environmental causes and the anti-nuclear movement. The author of a book, "Carry It On," Mr. Seeger has been featured in two PBS documentaries.

Surrounded by music and musicians from birth, Arlo Guthrie has been performing for more than twenty-five years. His career was really launched at the 1967 Newport Folk Festival, where he performed his "Alice's Restaurant Massacree," the anti-draft song that inspired a movement and a film starring Mr. Guthrie. In recent years Mr. Guthrie has toured exten- sively, including a 1987 "Alice's" twentieth-anniversary tour and a six-week tour of Europe in 1988. He has recorded thirteen solo albums, two concert albums with Pete Seeger, one with Mr. Seeger, Holly Near, and Ronnie Gilbert, and the soundtrack to the PBS documentary about his father, "Woody Guthrie/Hard Travelin'."

Born in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, Loudon Wainwright III studied acting and directing at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, wrote his first song in 1968, and was soon singing in the folk clubs of Cambridge, Massachusetts, and Greenwich Village, New York. Since being "discovered" at the Village Gaslight in 1969, he has performed extensively, recorded many albums, and acted in two films and the television program "M*A*S*H." His most recent release on the Silvertone label, "Therapy," features thirteen original songs.

Born in Boston, Livingston Taylor grew up with four musical siblings. He recorded his first album in 1970 and had his biggest commercial success with the hit song "I Will Be in Love with You" from his 1978 album "Three Way Mirror." A prolific composer of songs, television themes, and commercials, he recently released his sixth album, "Life is Good," on the Critique label; it features guest performances by his brother James, John Sebastian, and Leah Kunkel. The album was named best folk/acoustic album of 1989 by the Boston Music Awards, and Mr. Taylor was named the best folk/ acoustic act.

With his authentic hurdy-gurdy organ and trained monkey, Hurdy Gurdy, monkey & me's Tony Lupo evokes the days of yesteryear when children would gather at the mere sound of a hurdy-gurdy to hear the magical instrument and watch the animal's antics. Their appear- ances on national and local television programs, and at fairs, festivals, shopping malls, con- ventions, fundraisers, colleges, and businesses throughout New England, have created thousands of special memories for adults and children alike.

Murph, the physical comedian began his entertainment career after receiving a degree in physical education from East Stroudsburg University in Pennsylvania. In addition to compet- ing as a professional freestyle skier, he co-founded two touring companies, was an instructor at the Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Clown College, and taught juggling at the Ecole Nationale du Cirque in Paris. Combining the magic of circus acts, the bite of the stand- up comedian, and the refined movements of the mime and gymnast, Murph has brought his unique style to festivals, comedy clubs, colleges, universities, and special events throughout the world. This year's Fourth ofJuly festivities mark his third appearance at Tanglewood.

The Grown-Ups duo of Woodhead (Mark Keppel) and Lenny Zarcone offers visual comedy talents that delight audiences of all ages. Among their combined performance credits are appearances in Halifax, Nova Scotia; Venice, Italy; and Japan, and at World Expo '88 in South Brisbane, Australia. In this country the Grown-Ups have performed in Las Vegas at Caesar's Palace, in Pasadena, California, at the Tournament of Roses Parade, in Florida at Disney World and Tampa Bay, in Baltimore at the Theatre Project, and in Massachusetts at Jacob's Pillow. Their Fourth ofJuly appearance here today marks Woodhead's fifth appear- ance at Tanglewood.