Hank Harris Performs Popular Songs From Deadwood's Early Days

From the dance halls and concert halls of 1880 Deadwood comes the music of an era. Between 1876, when Deadwood began as a raucous mining camp, and 1900 when the town had evolved into a bastion of respectability, attending a musical performance was a major social activity. On one end of Deadwood there was music being played in the roughest barrooms, where performers dodged bullets, and in ornate concert halls built to show that the mining town was anything but wild. Gilbert and Sullivan's The Mikado, in fact, debuted in Deadwood in 1885. Just down the street in one event, an axe was thrown at a well-known musician who then drew a pistol and shot his attacker-later ruled as self defense. Hank and guest musicians revive classic American songs like Dixie, John Henry, Yankee Doodle, Cielito Lindo and The Dreary Black Hills. In concert setting the songs are rendered faithfully on traditional instruments of the day. Harris tells stories throughout the evening about each of the selections.

Historical and entertaining, the Deadwood Song Show is a unique way to draw a crowd to your event. The Deadwood Songbook CD, recently released on Sunbunny Records, is another treat for listeners to take home and is also available at www.hankharris.com. Book this show now and relive the sometimes wild and sometimes cultured days of early Deadwood.

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