Have you ever heard the tune, “Long Way from Bonners Ferry,” or “Fire of 1910,” or how about, “Are They Going to Hang My Poppa?”These and other songs will be performed Thursday, June 3, at 7 p.m. in the Community Room of the Coeur d’Alene Public Library, 702 E. Front Ave. Gary Eller will perform as part of his free program “Historically Based Songs of Idaho.”
Eller has played American roots music since he grew up in rural West Virginia. Following a 30-year career as a nuclear scientist at Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico, he retired to Nampa and immediately became deeply involved in Idaho history and music.
With funding from the Idaho Humanities Council in 2007 and 2008, he compiled almost 200 historically rooted songs of our region and performs them at many events throughout Idaho.
Eller works closely with regional museums and universities to collect, archive, and bring to life through performance and interpretation the wonderful windows into Idaho’s heritage that these songs present.
This presentation is funded by a grant from the Idaho Humanities Council, a nonprofit organization that serves as the state-based affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities. It is supported locally by the Friends of the Library.
Anyone who needs accommodation to participate in a library program is asked to contact the staff prior to the activity by calling 208/7692315. More news and information about the library is available online at www.cdalibrary.org.
Eller has played American roots music since he grew up in rural West Virginia. Following a 30-year career as a nuclear scientist at Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico, he retired to Nampa and immediately became deeply involved in Idaho history and music.
With funding from the Idaho Humanities Council in 2007 and 2008, he compiled almost 200 historically rooted songs of our region and performs them at many events throughout Idaho.
Eller works closely with regional museums and universities to collect, archive, and bring to life through performance and interpretation the wonderful windows into Idaho’s heritage that these songs present.
This presentation is funded by a grant from the Idaho Humanities Council, a nonprofit organization that serves as the state-based affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities. It is supported locally by the Friends of the Library.
Anyone who needs accommodation to participate in a library program is asked to contact the staff prior to the activity by calling 208/7692315. More news and information about the library is available online at www.cdalibrary.org.
