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Si’s Musical Mother Jones in Heaven Now Touring Nationally

Sep 3, 2019

Can you use some reinforcements in the fights for justice in your community? The historic “Most dangerous woman in America” is available to help!

Si’s musical Mother Jones in Heaven is currently touring the country in an RV named “The MotherMobile” and can stop for a night, a weekend, or longer at your local theater, community center, union hall, college/university, faith community, or even your own living room. The musical stars third generation actor Vivian Nesbitt (Breaking Bad, Longmire, Night Shift) with guitar accompaniment and harmony vocals by Vivian’s spouse John Dillon. To find out where ‘Mother’ is going to be next and/or to arrange for a visit, please email info@motherjonesinheaven.com.

The musical opens as Mother Jones arrives in Heaven to discover that it’s identical to her favorite Irish Pub in Hyattsville, MD. In the course of the 70-minute performance, Mother Jones looks back over her life, balancing the scales as she sifts through her storied past, weaving moments of profound insight with hilarious tales of a hellion in her prime. On the one side, her methods and practices, on the other, her reputation and results. 

While you’re waiting for Mother Jones to arrive, take a listen to John Dillon’s latest original song “Greenland, Greenland.” Need we say more? Here’s the link where you can listen, read the lyrics and share on your favorite social media platform:
https://soundcloud.com/user-538233394/greenland-greenland

‘THE SONGS OF MOTHER JONES IN HEAVEN’ CD DEBUTED AT #12 ON THE FOLK CHARTS. CLICK HERE TO ORDER!

In Honor of Si’s 80th Birthday Today, April 23,

Please Join Us in Launching the Si Kahn Living Legacy

Cathy Fink, Marcy Marxer, John McCutcheon

The goal of the Si Kahn Living Legacy is to build awareness of, support for, and public access to the amazingly large body of Si’s creative work that no one except Si has ever seen, and ultimately to keep it alive and easily accessible after he’s gone.  Si has been recognized internationally as one of the most important English language social justice songwriters, connecting his cultural work and social activism like so many before him, including Pete Seeger (with whom he worked, toured, and recorded) and Woody Guthrie.  

Nora Guthrie and others started the Woody Guthrie Archives long after Woody’s passing. As Si turns the corner to his 80th birthday, it’s a perfect time to think ahead, to gather, catalog, and make available those of his songs, stories, book manuscripts, poems, and other creative works that have never before been seen or heard by anyone except Si. The time to do this is now, while he’s healthy, still actively creating, and available as a friendly resource to the Living Legacy’s growth and development. 

It of course takes funding to build and maintain a major project like this. Your contributions are tax-deductible, as the project is managed by and part of the 501(c)3 non-profit Generations: Music for Justice (EIN 87-1647310).

Let’s do this together, recognizing the importance of Si’s life not just as an organizer and musician, but as a humane, generous, deeply kind person, who has spent his entire life trying to make this tired world a kinder, gentler, more just place for all of us.