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Besides returning to music, David has continued writing magazine articles for national and regional publications. He has also ghost-written a book and he is working on two books of his own. David serves on the boards of four Cleveland-area non-profit organizations: Roots of American Music, Heights Arts, Art on Wheels and the Friends of Cain Park. He facilitates and moderates a series of writing workshops, called the Student Journalism Project, for high school students from all around the region. The program, held at Cleveland State University throughout the school year, is sponsored by the Contemporary Youth Orchestra. David is co-chairing the American Society of Journalists and Authors (ASJA) 2010 national Writers Conference, which will be held April 23-25 at the Roosevelt Hotel in New York City. He is also working on the committee that is producing the La Cave Reunion, a series of concerts and other events in June 2010 to commemorate Cleveland's 1960s folk (and, later, rock) nightclub. |
Events Long Road (l-r): Bob Sandham,Celia Lewis, Ray DeForest, David Budin, Kevin Richards (not pictured: Charlie Lewis) David Budin played music professionally from sometime in his teens until sometime in his 30s, then he stopped for a long time. But he came out of "retirement" a few years ago. His group Long Road is "Cleveland's favorite -- and only -- '60s-style folk group." They play a wide variety of songs from many eras and genres, but the songs go through the Long Road "filter" and come out sounding like '60s folk. And, of course, the group performs many actual '60s folk songs -- that is, the songs of many of the singer-songwriters of that era, with a few traditional songs. The group's six members play intricate arrangements involving many combinations of nearly 20 instruments. Five of the members trade off singing leads and there is lots of vocal harmony. Long Road's next confirmed appearances are at the Barnful of Tunes (Avon, OH), July 25, 2010, and Cain Park (Cleveland Hts., OH) July 27, 2010, performing a tribute to Elektra Records in the '60s. Long Road is: David Budin (guitar, vocals), Kevin Richards (acoustic and electric guitars, mandolin, fiddle, vocals), Bob Sandham (acoustic and electric guitars, pedal steel guitar, vocals), Celia Hollander Lewis (guitar, banjo, autoharp, hammered dulcimer, mountain dulcimer, Irish harp, bowed psaltry, vocals), Charlie Lewis (guitar, mandolin, banjo, vocals) and Ray DeForest (bass). Visit Long Road's website: www.longroadsongs.com. To receive the occasional Long Road e-newsletter, or for more information, contact PopCycles Productions at popcycles@sbcglobal.net. |
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