Doug Mishkin

King John signed the Magna Carta on June 15, 1215.  We had to wait another 752 years for the television debut of The Monkees.

June 4 was the 70th anniversary of Browder v. Gayle, banning racial segregation in the public buses of Montgomery, Alabama.  Fred Gray was the 26 year old lawyer who won the case.

From Tom Chapin and John Forster: “My closest buddy calls herself a Cuke/But also says she’s gotta lotta Zuke/Zuke, Cuke, whatever it’s a wash/She’s just my friend I love her like a squash.

We need a National Gun Violence Awareness Day, because it seems every day is National Gun Violence Day. Tom Paxton said it well…

From Tom Chapin and John Forster: “My closest buddy calls herself a Cuke/But also says she’s gotta lotta Zuke/Zuke, Cuke, whatever it’s a wash/She’s just my friend I love her like a squash.

I think folk music 🎶 like religion - should comfort the afflicted - and afflict the comfortable….✨

My song ‘Save Your Prayers’ can be found on my recent album Tip Of The Spear, which is streaming everywhere you listen to music.🎶

Turns out the governor of Florida thinks he knows more than the history books. 📚

Those of us who know history, beg to differ.

Here is the Link to my song “If They’d Been Black” - from my album TIP OF THE SPEAR
👉🏻 https://bit.ly/40Gv3Wq

The joys and stories of being a grandfather are boundless!
In fact, it’s ’The Delicious Part’🎶

Penning the lyrics to this song was such a labor of love!

I’d love to come to your town and perform and share them all. 🙌🏻
Details are at the end of this clip!

I love doing house concerts. 🏡
I love the intimacy of a small group of people who want to listen. 🎧 I love doing them as benefits for local social justice organizations, where the amounts we raise will have an impact in the community.

Above it all, I love the feeling in the room. Now more than ever (it feels like we’re always saying that), we all need to be together around a shared set of values, to remember that we are not alone.🙌🏻