"Modern Poetry" by J.T. Woodhouse & The Leaves of Grass + Scout the Wise

An album-release party for Modern Poetry, a musical project featuring modern and contemporary poems—by Walt Whitman, Maya Angelou, Rainer Maria Rilke, William Carlos Williams and more—set to music and performed by J.T. Woodhouse & The Leaves of Grass, a 17-member all-acoustic band from Chico, Calif.

Plus, an opening musical performance by:
Scout the Wise

Tickets: $10 at the door

The 15 original compositions on Modern Poetry (see playlist below) were recorded by Chico engineer/musician Dan Greenfield (who has recorded Donald Beaman, Viking Skate Country as well his own band, West by Swan), with an all-acoustic crew of Nor-Cal folk, bluegrass, indie-rock, punk and musical theater players (including members of the October Coalition, Viking Skate Country and Sons of Jefferson): Jason Cassidy (vocals, guitar, ukulele, baritone ukulele, fiddle); Jeff Coleman (fiddle, mandolin, vocals); Ken Smith (ukulele, baritone ukulele, musical saw, vocals); Henry Crook Bird (vocals, stand-up bass, ukulele); Robert Smith (drums, percussion, baritone ukulele, vocals); Mike Strishak (guitar, banjo, ukulele, fiddle, vocals); Skylar Gibbons (vocals, guitar); Dan Greenfield (guitar, ukulele, vocals); Dave Greenfield (cello, banjo, vocals); Ashiah Bird (vocals); Connie Cassidy (vocals); Bryce Goldstein (accordion, vocals); Conrad Nystrom (bass); Michael Ennis (harmonica, vocals), Todd Steinberg (bass), Nate Daly (percussion), Tim Applebee (whistle).

Modern Poetry track list (and source poems):
1. The Red Wheelbarrow
(“The Red Wheelbarrow,” by William Carlos Williams)
2. Le Vin Perdu/The Lost Wine
(“Le Vin Perdu,” by Paul Valéry; English portions translated by Jason Cassidy)
3. I’ve Walked Many Roads
(“He Andado Muchos Caminos,” by Antonio Machado; translated to English by Jason Cassidy)
4. With All My Heart
(“Tiszta Szívvel,” by Attila József; translated to English by Peter Hargitai)
5. The Mysteries Remain
(from section “VI” of “The Mysteries: Renaissance Choros,” by H.D., aka Hilda Doolittle)
6. Wasteland
(excerpted from “The Waste Land,’ by T.S. Eliot)
7. The Panther
(“Der Panther: Im Jardin des Plantes, Paris,” by Rainer Maria Rilke; translated to English by Stephen Mitchell)
8. Molly Bloom’s Soliloquy
(excerpted from Ulysses, “Episode 18: Penelope,” by James Joyce)
9. l(a

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iness
(“l(a,” by E.E. Cummings)
10. Can’t Make it Out Here Alone
(“Alone,” by Maya Angelou)
11. Key of W
(adapted from “Song of Myself,” by Walt Whitman)
12. Der Panther
(“Der Panther: Im Jardin des Plantes, Paris,” by Rainer Maria Rilke)
13. December 24 and George McBride is Dead
(“December 24 and George McBride is Dead,” by Richard Hugo)
14. He Andado Muchos Caminos
(“He Andado Muchos Caminos,” by Antonio Machado)
15. The Ballad of the Harp-Weaver
(“The Ballad of the Harp-Weaver,” by Edna St. Vincent Millay

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