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Harry Everett Smith - Artist, musician and shaman. Harry was a living conduit of folk music.  He delivered brilliant and unrecognized works of folk music created in the 1920's and 30's to the musicians of the 50's and 60's.  He was an amazing anthologist who made sure the roots of folk music were not forgotten.  He ran with the beat poets, lived an alternative and brilliant life full of art, movie making and was utterly devoted to teaching others the interconnectness of everything. The Day The Music Died, American Folk Music, Austin Osman Spare, We Could Be Heroes, Alternative Artists, Iconic Artists, Harry Smith, Blue Song, People Inspiration

Harry Everett Smith - Artist, musician and shaman. Harry was a living conduit of folk music. He delivered brilliant and unrecognized works of folk music created in the 1920's and 30's to the musicians of the 50's and 60's. He was an amazing anthologist who made sure the roots of folk music were not forgotten. He ran with the beat poets, lived an alternative and brilliant life full of art, movie making and was utterly devoted to teaching others the interconnectness of everything.

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‘The Dream of Color Music’: Abstract animator Oskar Fischinger, Harry Smith’s favorite director Oskar Fischinger, Tin Woodman, Music Abstract, Color Music, Experimental Film, Magic Inspiration, Kenneth Anger, Abstract Animation, Harry Smith

Harry Smith, the eccentric experimental filmmaker, artist, anthropologist, bohemian mystic and record collector, first encountered Oskar Fischinger’s animated films in 1947, when he was helping organize the experimental film festival Art in Cinema for the San Francisco Museum of Art. Fischinger’s work had a profound effect on Smith. According to Rani Singh, executor of the Harry Smith Archives, Smith traveled to Los Angeles in July 1947 on the festival’s behalf to connect with SoCal…

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