Spook Handy is a musician. He combines the musical influences of folk, blues, bluegrass and rock with a message of hope, peace and survival. He is a talented singer, acoustic guitar player, harmonica player and most of all a song writer. His new CD, "FREEDOM IS YOUR DESTINY" has gotten rave reviews. Read what the critics have to say. This page has some .wav audio samples which you can download so you can see if you agree. His songs sing of life, of hope and of freedom. Spook Handy touchs a spirit within us all which reminds us that our Soul is truly free.

The music is damn good.....

Hey Spook,
long may you run....

[album cover]




HERE ARE SOME OF SPOOK'S UPCOMING GIGS:


1997:
Mon Aug 11: The Kell's (w/ Chris Birmingham) Harvard Av, Boston 9pm
Thu Aug 14: WERS 88.9 FM Boston - live interview w/ Erin Leddy 10am
Fri Aug 15: Border's Books (w/ Merrideth Cooper on violin) Boston 5PM
Fri Aug 15: North East Brewing Company (w/ Gary Gore), Commonwealth Av
            Allston, Mass 9:30 pm
Sat Aug 16: Borders Books, Manchester, CT 2-4 PM
Thu Sep 11: John & Peter's (w/ Chris Birmingham, Gregg Cagno, Christian
            Bauman) 96 S Main St., New Hope PA 9PM $4
Fri Sep 12: Coffee & Cream Cafe, Rt 206, Hillsboro, NJ 8:30-11:30 PM
Sat Sep 13: Steve Greene's (w/ many special guests), Phila, PA 3PM
Sat Sep 20: Thirsty Moose Rt15 Jefferson NJ 8pm
Sat Sep 27: Thirsty Moose """"""""""""""""""8pm
Sun Sep 28: Borders Books Rt 18 East Brunswick NJ 2-4 PM
Sat Oct  4: Coffee & Cream Cafe, Rt 206, Hillsboro, NJ 8:30-11:30 PM
Fri Oct 10: Borders Books, Rt1 behind Home Depot, Princeton, NJ 8PM
Fri Oct 31: Borders Books, Bryn Mawr, PA 7:30 PM
Sun Nov  9: Borders Books, Farmingham, CT 1-3 PM
Wed Dec 31: First Night Flemington NJ (w/ Chris and Brian) 6-9PM
            First Night Somerville NJ (W/ Chris and Brian) 10-Midnight
1998:
Sat Jan 17: Borders Books, Lancaster, PA
* Also, a sprinkling of private parties, children's shows and nursing homes




Sound clips from Spook's CD "Freedom is Your Destiny"


[Blue bullet] Click here to hear about 18 seconds (198K) of the acoustic guitar instrumental "Finger Picker # 43". Click here for the same music in a 179K zip file.

[Blue bullet] Click here to hear about 24 seconds (258K) of a verse from "Tommorrow Only Comes and Goes". Click here for the same music in a 178K zip file.

[Blue bullet] Click here to hear about 16 seconds (172K) of a hot harmonica solo from "Freedom Is Your Destiny". Click here for the same music in a 113K zip file.

Sorry that the .wav files are of mediocre sound quality. The high quality samples we made were 4 meg each and bandwidth is an issue. Hopefully these samples will give you an idea of what the music is like. The sound quality of the CD is quite good. The above samples were created using the Windows "telephone quality" setting (11khz,8bit,mono for the geeks amoung us).



Some reviews of Spook's CD "Freedom is Your Destiny"


The Courier-News said that "Freedom Is Your Destiny is a beautiful sound illustration of the folk artists's philosophy that the spirit is the only true means of liberation." (2/29/96)


The Aquarian Weekly said that "Spook Handy addresses the search for soul, heart and the joy of music in his wonderful release, Freedom Is Your Destiny". They also said that "Anyone who's hungry for some soul-satisfying music should get a copy of this disc." (1/17/96) Wow, nice review. In an earlier issue they named Freedom Is Your Destiny as one of the top ten folk albums of 1995, in the company of such artists as the Indigo Girls and Patty Larkin.

Steve Lahet's Laid Back Review says "Score Spook's new CD. Some tracks are clearly folk-rock influenced, but I think Freedom Is Your Destiny is folk music at it's bluegrass finger pickin' best" (3/4/96)


The Home News and Tribune said "Spook Handy, not nearly as scary as that thing growing in the back of your refrigerator."(5/24/96)





To order a CD by mail, send a check (drawn on a US bank only) or money order, for $15 US ($25 US for outside North America) made out to "Morning Glory InterActive" and send to:

Morning Glory InterActive
3108 Stowe Lane
Mahwah NJ 07430
Please allow 3 to 4 weeks for delivery

[picture of mailbox] We'd love to hear from you. Click here to send us some mail relating to purchasing the CD.

[picture of mailbox] Spook would love to hear from you also. Click here to send him some mail concerning the meaning of life, his music, or booking information.

All music and images copyright © 1995, Akashic Records, 34 Handy St., New Brunswick NJ 08901 USA.



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