From:   
   Steve Suffet   
   E-mail: Suffet@worldnet.att.net   
      
   PRESS RELEASE   
      
   WOODY GUTHRIE BIRTHDAY BASH VIII   
      
   For immediate release on or after May 23, 2008:   
      
   • Bowery Poetry Club to host Eighth Annual Woody Guthrie Birthday Bash.   
      
   • Round robin style songfest to take place at New York City club on Sunday,   
   July   
   13, 2008, from 7:00 to 9:30 PM.   
      
   New York City's Bowery Poetry Club will play host to a two-and-a-half-hour   
   songfest honoring the 96th birthday of American folk music legend Woody   
   Guthrie.   
   This Eighth Annual Woody Guthrie Birthday Bash will begin promptly at 7:00 PM,   
   Sunday, July 13, 2008. The cover charge is only $6, with a minimum purchase of   
   one drink required.   
      
   Born in Okemah, Oklahoma, on July 14, 1912, Woody Guthrie lived in New York off   
   and on from 1940 until his death from Huntington's disease in 1967.   
      
   The Birthday Bash will feature songs of Guthrie and others performed in round   
   robin fashion by the folk ensemble MacDougal Street Rent Party -- Joel Landy,   
   Sandy Pliskin, Anne Price, Steve Suffet, and Gina Tlamsa -- along with Hillel   
   Arnold, Jessica Feinbloom, and Emma Graves. Each is an established performer in   
   his or her own right. Carlos Vazquez will provide accompaniment on the bass.   
      
   In addition to celebrating Woody Guthrie's birthday, this year's songfest will   
   pay tribute to Eric Levine, who recently passed away at the age of 51. Eric,   
   who   
   had performed in all seven previous Woody Guthrie Birthday Bashes, was a   
   singer,   
   guitarist, and banjo player, as well as the musical director of MacDougal   
   Street   
   Rent Party.   
      
   The Bowery Poetry Club is located at 308 Bowery between Houston and Bleecker   
   Streets in the East Village section of Lower Manhattan. It is directly across   
   the street from where CB's 313 Gallery, the site of the first six Woody Guthrie   
   Birthday Bashes, had been located. For information regarding the Bowery Poetry   
   Club, please call (212) 614-0505.   
      
      
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