Hootenanny

	Hootenanny

A "hootenanny" is a casual gathering of singers and instrumentalists celebrating the art of music; the word is slang and comes from American folk music in the 1940s. According to legend, young cowboy performer Hoot Gibson and his wife, Annie, threw highly anticipated parties with jam sessions until all hours of the morning. So the best parties were “at Hoot 'n' Annie's.”
See also: jubilees, holidays, colleges
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Carnegie Hall Hootenanny - September 22, 1962
Farmyard Hootenanny - Glow with the Flow on Duck Run - October 12, 2002 at Pine Lane Campground in E. Springfield, PA
Hootenanny 2002 - July 5 at Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, CA
LeTourneau University - Events Heritage Weekend. Hootenanny
Igor's Jazz Cowboys Online Hootenanny - based out of Tempe, AZ, the band plays cowboy jazz mixed with acoustic western swing
Junkyard Hobo Hootenanny - the Founding Fathers of "Hobograss"
Riverside Church Folk Hootenanny, New York, NY - July 29, 1961
ROOTS OF BOB DYLAN - May 31, 1963; "Anything called a hootenanny ought to be shot on sight, but the whole country is having one."

Improv Hootenanny - in Denver, Colorado; comedy club
Hootenanny - in Orange County; July 7, 2007; auto show
Hootenanny - at Wind River Ranch in Estes Park, Colorado; a Christian guest ranch
Indepdendent Rock & Roll Hootenanny Series - music all over Washington state
Rootin' Tootin' Hootenanny - Metropolitan Washington Mensa's Regional Gathering

resources

Hootenanny Magazine - A web supplement to the hard copy magazine published twice yearly in New York City.
HOOTENANNY! - cartoon

Hootenanny Pancakes recipe - courtesy of Mountain Hollow Bed & Breakfast, Sandy, Utah

HOOTENANNY - the ABC-TV series that capitalized on the popularity of folk music during the early 1960's

last edited Tuesday, December 16, 2008