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The Almanac Singers was an American New York City-based folk music group, active between 1940 and 1943, founded by Millard Lampell, Lee Hays, Pete Seeger, and were joined by Woody Guthrie. The group specialized in topical songs, mostly songs advocating an anti-war , anti-racism and pro- union philosophy.
Songs for John Doe is the 1941 debut album and first released product of The Almanac Singers, an influential early folk music group. The album was released in May 1941, at a time when World War II was raging but the United States remained neutral. The Soviet Union and Nazi Germany were still at peace, as provided by the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact.
The members of the Almanac Singers and residents of the Almanac House were a loosely defined group of musicians, though the core members included Guthrie, Pete Seeger, Millard Lampell and Lee Hays. In keeping with common utopian ideals, meals, chores and rent at the Almanac House were shared.
The Almanac Singers – Talking Union, 1941; Charlie Byrd - Charlie Byrd at the Village Vanguard, 1961; The Weavers – The Weaver's Almanac, 1963; Pete Seeger – Greatest Hits, 1967; Spirituál kvintet – "Za svou pravdou stát" (Stand Behind Your Truth), translation to Czech language, on Dostavník 18, 1983; Billy Bragg – Between the Wars ...
Millard Lampell (born Milton Lampell, January 23, 1919 – October 3, 1997) was an American movie and television screenwriter who first became publicly known as a member of the Almanac Singers in the 1940s.
Many of the verses they wrote were nonsensical, but after an hour, Lampell and Hays saw that they had created the beginnings of a new song. [3] Yet another Almanac Singers Pete Seeger , who already had written a verse for the song, wrote an upbeat ending (Unrhymed) to complete the song.
The Almanac Singers Almanac members Millard Lampell, Lee Hays, Pete Seeger, and Woody Guthrie began playing together informally in 1940; the Almanac Singers were formed in December 1940. [32] They invented a driving, energetic performing style, based on what they felt was the best of American country string band music, black and white.
Mazia was introduced to Guthrie in 1940 through her activity as a Martha Graham dancer. According to the Marjorie Guthrie Project: Marjorie Mazia met Woody Guthrie in 1942, when he was a member of the Almanac Singers, living at 430 6th Avenue, in Greenwich Village in a communal apartment playfully named Almanac House.