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The Songs of Rod MacDonald

Instructor
Rod MacDonald & the Humdingers
WPL02164
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Course Description

In 2020, Music Americana Instructor Rod MacDonald released his 13th CD, “Boulevard”, a collection of "first songs" written in NYC's Greenwich Village. Other songs recorded by fellow artists include “A Sailor's Prayer”, which has been recorded by dozens of sea shanty and Renaissance bands, “Every Living Thing”, “American Jerusalem”, and “White Buffalo”. The evening will include stories of Native American reservations, newly-free Czechoslovakia, occasional romances, and multiple tours of Europe, Australia. The Fort Lauderdale Labyrinth Café, where MacDonald sang in concert each year, noted "his personal commitment to communicating events that have affected and shaped our world's societies….MacDonald's songs will stay in your heart and mind long after the music has ended." Join MacDonald & the Humdingers for a fun and low-decibel tour through MacDonald’s life and music, as told in his songs.


Course Info

  • Time: 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
  • Date: Wednesday, February 16
  • Location: Friedberg Auditorium, Lifelong Learning Building
  • Fees: Member - $30
    $75 for any combination of three events, members only
    Non-member - $35
    One-time guest pass, Member or Non-member at the door - $35.

About the Instructor

  • Rod MacDonald, guitar/vocal, has 14 CDs of his songs, plus three with Big Brass Bed (aka The Humdingers), as heard on WLRN. He performs frequently in South Florida, North America, and Europe and is a lifelong devotee of popular songs. An instructor with FAU Lifelong Learning since 2006, his current series is Music Americana. Bill Meredith, drums, is the backbone of several Palm Beach County rock and roll bands, including Big Brass Bed and The Cravens. He’s toured throughout the US and Canada and appears on over a dozen CDs. Brad Keller, piano, has toured with Maynard Ferguson and The Ink Spots, played the Montreux Jazz festival, and written the jazz instruction book used by many county schools. Doug Lindsey, bass, performs with the Mario LaCasse Band and several Palm Beach County groups. Mario LaCasse, lead guitar, playing roots, blues, or jazz, has refined his sound as a member of Misbehavin, Flight, the Mario LaCasse Band, Lowdown 13, and the NattyBos, Groove Merchant band, and Copland Davis.