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Jim Anger could be called a singer-guitarist-songwriter, but if he has a specialty, it is performing for and with kids! Anger performs a wide range of music with voice, guitar and harmonica--everything from country songs to the Christmas holiday standards, with folk songs and his own material thrown into the mix. In a group of performers, Jim is likely to be the one doing songs such as "Frog Went A-Courtin'," "She'll Be Comin' 'Round the Mountain," the Utah Phillips song, "Daddy, What's a Train?" or the Woody Guthrie classic, "This Land Is Your Land."
As a songwriter, Anger has written more than 90 songs, several about one of his favorite subjects, trains! While his musical interests are broad, he loves folk music the best---for the stories the songs can tell.
He has been a member of two bands, Life's Full Circle and Whistle Junction, but now mostly sings solo. He has performed at schools, Cub Scout meetings, public library programs, the Wolf River Theater (New London, WI) and at Appleton, WI and Shawano, WI coffee houses. For many years he has been a member of the Green Apple Folk Music Society (Appleton), and has been on stage at many Green Apple programs. Recently, Jim hosted the Open Mic portions of the annual Shawano Old Time Music and Crafts Festival, and performed there, as well.
To provide variety in his music, Anger uses both six-string and 12-string guitars, harmonicas, a strumstick, autoharp, ukulele, and a four-string or tenor banjo, which he plays guitar style.
This page was last updated on 07/03/07.
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