David HB Drake  Festivals & Events

  The American Songbag
David performs the songs that make up America's Heritage for festivals and fairs of all kinds.
The American Songbag is a collection of songs from our collective past from the days of the pioneers to the folk music of the 60's (performed from an extensive request list passed out to the audience!)
See "Dangerous Folk" for a trio performance of the great folksongs from the 60's!

Great for County Fairs, Community Celebrations, Band Shell Series,
Historic and Heritage Events and Church Festivals-
Repertoire and costume is tailored to your town's particular theme, celebration, history, and locale.

David has performed at thousands of festivals, concert venues, schools, libraries, senior and community centers across Wisconsin, Illinois, and the Midwest.  E-mail or call for a listing of references and past programs in your community! Main stage and family stage concerts covering a wide variety of folk and popular regional music appropriate to each festival’s theme including the Heartland, The Great Lakes, or various themes. All of the programs above from history to families can be included. 

David also does strolling costume characters including :

Carrie O'Tunne	Graybeard the Pirate	Singalong Santa
Gnorman the Gnome	Jon Jonson	Casey Jones

CARRIE O'TUNNE  - an Irish troubadour
GRAYBEARD the Ancient Mariner - an old salt from the High Seas or
JIMMY THE SQUEEZE  - An historic concertina playing Great Lakes sailor
SANTA CLAUS - A right jolly old elf who sings Christmas songs
GNORMAN THE GNOME  - a singing sidekick for someone else as Santa
JON JONSON  - A north woods lumberjack or Midwestern farmer
CASEY JONES  - a trainload of railroad songs

Here as a brief list of venues at which David has performed:

A "DAVID HB DRAKE SAMPLER" CD AVAILABLE ON REQUEST!