Happy Traum first appeared on record at a historic session in late 1962 when a group of young folk musicians, including Bob Dylan, Phil Ochs, Pete Seeger, Peter LaFarge, and The Freedom Singers, gathered in the studio at Folkways Records to record an album called Broadside Ballads, Vol. 1. With his group, The New World Singers.
For several years, Happy studied blues guitar with Brownie McGhee, who was a big influence on his guitar style. He was known as one half of Happy and Artie Traum, a duo he began with his brother. They released several albums, including Happy and Artie Traum on  Capitol records, and “Hard Times In The Country” on  Rounder Records. He continued as a solo artist and as founder of Homespun Music Instruction.
In 1971 Happy once again joined Dylan in the studio, playing guitar, banjo, bass, and singing harmony on four songs, which appeared on Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Vol. II, and The Bootleg Series Vol. 10, and Another Self Portrait. Dylan also invited Happy to participate in a famous session with poet Allen Ginsberg, which resulted in the box set Holy Soul Jelly Roll.
From  Jane Traum’s linernotes:  There is nothing like a live concert. It is spontaneous and the performer and the audience share the experience. There are no retakes or remakes. It is LIVE! The applause is real, the sound is real and the joy of performing is real. Happy loved to play music. He loved to teach music and he loved to communicate through his playing. The theater felt electric that night in 2017. I will treasure the memory of that evening always.


Koop dit album

Careless Love

Jay Gould's Daughter

Mississippi John / Freight Train

Sporting Life Blues

The Water is Wide

A nice little piece from a well-beloved holiday special

Little Birdie

CELLULOID DREAMS THE MOVIE SHOW -- 8/14/25

THIS WEEK'S SHOW: Something for everyone!

On her broken-down ranch, a young tattooed and recently-widowed horse trainer struggles with providing refuge for a small group of wayward teens while trying to manage finances and her own grief. EAST OF WALL is an authentic portrait of female resilience in the "New West" inspired and played by the women and girls who live it. Zooming in is writer/ director Kate Beecroft.

From 2020: Two couples nab the perfect oceanside rental house for a weekend getaway... until they discover something sinister, which exposes some well-kept secrets about each other. THE RENTAL is the directorial debut of Dave Franco (THE DISASTER ARTIST) which made a splash at drive-in theaters during the first Summer of COVID-19, and Dave joined us on the line!  

From 2009: TAKING WOODSTOCK dramatizes the true account of a young man in 1969 who, while working at his parents' New York motel, inadvertently helped the Woodstock festival happen. We sat down for a short chat with lead actor and stand-up comedian Demetri Martin.  

Then, ALL-NEW "Screen Scene" movie reviews (in theaters, if not specified) including ﻿﻿FREAKIER FRIDAY; WEAPONS; BOYS GO TO JUPITER; THE KNIFE; EAST OF WALL; ﻿THUNDERBOLTS* [4K][Disney Home Video]; ﻿THE ACCOUNTANT 2 [4K][Warner Home Entertainment]; SINNERS [4K][Warner Home Entertainment] and ﻿SNOW WHITE [Disney Home Video].

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This week's featured soundtrack:  WEAPONS﻿﻿ (music by Ryan Holladay, Hays Holladay & Zach Cregger) [WaterTower Music]

EAST OF WALL + DAVE FRANCO + DEMETRI MARTIN + MOVIE REVIEWS (CELLULOID DREAMS THE MOVIE SHOW) 8-14-25

AXB - The Screaming Metaphysical Blues

Fever Dream in Z Major

1.	Buffalo Springfield - For What It's Worth (1966)
2.	Creedence Clearwater Revival - Fortunate Son (1969)
3.	Jimi Hendrix - Solo Little Wing (1967)
4.	Santana - Soul Sacrifice (1969)
5.	Janis Joplin - Piece Of My Heart (1968)
6.	The Beatles - Tomorrow Never Knows (1966)
7.	Led Zeppelin Whole Lotta Love (1969)
8.	Steppenwolf - Born To Be Wild (1969)
9.	Liquid Smoke - Reflection (1969)
10.	The Beatles - Something (1969)
11.	Norman Greenbaum - Spirit In The Sky (1969)
12.	Steppenwolf - Magic Carpet Ride (1968)
13.	Traffic Band - Dear Mr. Fantasy (1967)
14.	The Mamas & The Papas - California Dreamin' (1965)
15.	Manfred Mann's Earth Band - Blinded By The Light (1976-oops!)
16.	Steamhammer - Junior's Wailing (1969)
17.	The Troggs - Wild Thing (1966)
18.	The Beatles - A Day In The Life (1967)

1960's Rock Mix - Piece Of My Heart

I am not a DJ nor pretend to be one.

I make "ruff cutz and mixes" for my own listening pleasure using a "Windows 7" desktop computer, mouse, and keyboard with "YOU.DJ" software.

For those wondering about the sometimes rough on the ears transitions, well, I don't use headphones either; just free-styling my way through the grooves. 

You are welcome to listen and enjoy!

Inventors of Digital Dungeoncore. A collective. An idea.

Musical composer with over sixteen years of musical experience. I do arrangements and original works

New tracks tagged #WOODSTOCK