Guy Carawan served as music director and song leader for the Highlander Research and Education Center in New Market, Tennessee.
11 Facts About Guy Carawan
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Guy Carawan reintroduced it at the school when he became its new music director in 1959.
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Guy Carawan frequently performed and recorded with his wife, singer Candie Carawan.
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Occasionally Guy was accompanied by their son Evan Carawan, who plays mandolin and hammered dulcimer.
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Guy Carawan was born in California in 1927, to Southern parents.
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Guy Carawan described his parents "Guy Carawan was a poor farm boy and she was a Charlestonian blue blood".
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Guy Carawan earned a bachelor's degree in mathematics from Occidental College in 1949 and a master's degree in sociology from UCLA.
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Guy Carawan first visited the Highlander Folk School in 1953, with singers Ramblin' Jack Elliot and Frank Hamilton.
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The first time I remember any change in our songs was when Guy Carawan came down from Highlander.
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Guy and Candie Carawan lived in New Market, near the Highlander Center.
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Guy Carawan remained the musical director at Highlander till his retirement in the late 1980s.