Larry Long (singer-songwriter)

While in his early 20s, Long wrote a song for farmers fighting a high voltage power line Pope County Blues and traveled with a tractorcade of family farmers to Washington, D.C. to demonstrate for fair prices.

[citation needed] A Smithsonian Folkways recording artist, Long has sung at Awesome Africa Festival (South Africa), Winnipeg Folk Festival (Canada) and at the Hollywood Bowl with Kris Kristofferson.

[citation needed] In May, 2009, he performed at Madison Square Garden with Joan Baez and others for Pete Seeger's 90th Birthday Celebration.

[citation needed] In 1989, while working with communities in rural Alabama, Long created an intergenerational process called Elders' Wisdom, Children's Song.

Based on these stories, the children create songs and lyrical work that celebrate the diverse and often unsung history makers of their community.