Clan Dyken's Beauty Way Tour Benefit Concert for Big Mountain Diné (Navajo) ~Ashland, OR~ Fri 11/13
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Clan Dyken's Beauty Way Tour In support of their 35th annual Thanks Giving Food & Supply Run to the Big Mountain/Black Mesa region of the Dine’ (Navajo) Nation
All funds raised will be used to purchase food, supplies, and firewood, and to bring them to families on the reservation.
Please join us on Friday, November 13th, when the Beauty Way Tour comes to Jackson Wellsprings in Ashland, Oregon. Clan Dyken will play a concert of their Rock Rebel Music with powerful lyrics that will get you thinking and a high energy sound that will get you up dancing!
In addition, there will be a Blanket Dance with Elk Thunder Drum and Silent Auction with whimsies and treasures, so please be sure to bring some extra cash.
WHEN:
Fri, Nov 13, 7pm Doors / 7:30pm Concert
WHERE:
Jackson Wellsprings
2253 Hwy 99N, Ashland, Oregon
SUGGESTED DONATION
$15 - $50
TICKET LINK
Cancel out of this window, and you will see the ticket link back on the main page (the "About" tab) of this Facebook Event.
ALSO... ACCEPTING DONATIONS...
Consider Donating Non-Perishable Foods (winter squash, apples, pears, dried grain and beans, etc. ~ all in very good condition, ready for the long ride to Big Mountain) plus Tools or Supplies (also in great condition) or the Dyken’s to bring with them. You can bring these to the concert.
"We have capacity to take tools, blankets and coats if they are in excellent condition. Hand tools that are most helpful - axes, mauls, wedges, saws, and gloves. Flashlights and batteries, too. Chainsaws are in high demand.
Thank you!"
ABOUT THE BEAUTY WAY TOUR
Come and learn about the Dyken’s Beauty Way Tour and how it has supported Diné elders and other tribal members, bringing them non-perishable food, firewood, tools and other supplies at thanks giving time, over the last 35 years!
Since 1991 we’ve been traveling to the Big Mountain/Black Mesa region of the Dine’ (Navajo) Nation to bring food, supplies, fire wood and labor to elders and families. These earth defenders have been resisting forced relocation since 1974 due to their opposition to the world’s largest coal strip mine. We’re part of an extended network of activists from around the globe who support the original people of Turtle Island.
To raise funds for the journey and awareness of the issue, Clan Dyken has been setting out on the annual Revive the Beauty Way Tour through the west coast of the United States for 35 years.
For all those years the members of our extended musical family have been supporting this effort. We look forward to the tour, followed by the journey to the remote regions of the Dine’ Nation to deliver your good will. Many of you have attended and/or played music at the shows, given generously of your harvest and other resources –you are part of the gifts of food, firewood and supplies we bring to the elders and families. You have hosted us in your communities, sheltered and fed us in your homes and sent us off in a good way. We are grateful for the role we get to play in this exchange and look forward to seeing you all again in 2023.
ABOUT THE BAND
Wavy Gravy called Clan Dyken:
"One of the greatest rock and roll bands in the free world."
Based in California’s Calaveras County Foothills, Clan Dyken, formed by brothers Mark and Bear Dyken, has harmonized, toured, activated, and entertained for more than 30 years. Through the years, many talented members of their immediate and extended family have rotated in and out of the band.
Clan Dyken’s unique, original sound is easily identifiable but at the same time defies description according to genre. Brothers Mark (drums and vocals), and Bear Dyken (guitar, harmonica and vocals) have been playing music together for over 5 decades. Silas Dyken (bass guitar, keyboards and vocals) grew up with the music and has been playing with his uncle Mark and his dad, Bear, for two of those decades, as well as developing his own roots and reggae based hip hop music. Kris Osward, the accomplished bassist and vocalist well known and respected for his considerable musical prowess in too many bands to list, is a long-time collaborator and member of the family.
A life of recording and touring has led the band around the world and found them on the bill and sharing the stage with musical legends from the Jerry Garcia Band and The Jefferson Airplane to Ramblin’ Jack Elliot and Michael Franti. From street corners, fire circles, and coffee houses to some of the biggest music festivals in the world, Clan Dyken has been bringing the healing power of dance music, and a message of love to audiences of all sizes in every kind of venue for a long time with no plans to stop. Part of their enduring legacy is a commitment to using the music to support the causes of peace, justice, and environmental awareness.
Their 35-year involvement with the Dine’ (Navajo) Nation survivors of US Government relocation policy was documented in the book "When the Creator Moves Me" (2019) by author Shelley Muniz. A long-time friendship with Western Shoshone elder, healer, and peace activist Corbin Harney inspired their album “ hundahai," and led the band to tour with Corbin across the US and England as he delivered his message of peace, and harmony with all creation along with his opposition to nuclear weapons testing on Shoshone land. "Shundahai" was also the world’s first album recorded using all solar power. Clan Dyken has been involved in solar, and bicycle powered music, and touring since the late 80’s ~ using clean power as part of the art form.
They toured with a solar powered stage that folded out of the side of an old school bus, stumped for Nobody for President in a cross country tour with Wavy Gravy, and have used the magic of the music to make friends around the world. This is music from the vernacular of community, rallies, and demonstrations. They’ve always been willing to lend a hand, tunes, and sound equipment to a worthy campaign.
During a lifetime of playing music with a great number of diverse, talented musicians the Dyken sound has continued to evolve. Over the course of 15 albums, the Dyken sound ranges from a stark, acoustic solo project by Bear to an eight-piece band with screaming guitar solos, keyboards, horns and long percussion jams to jazz instrumentals in 5/4 time to drum and voice chants. Quiet studio pieces, dynamic live concerts and home recordings have been part of the ever changing mix.
Clan Dyken continues to refine the tribal-funk-eco-folk-rock-hippy-soul music they’ve been making for more than 30 years, while taking us on an incredible journey into the heart of how we can all contribute to society’s positive evolution through collective and personal action.
SOME HISTORY (courtesy of Dar)...
Northern Arizona holds one of the largest coal reserves in the United States. In the 1960's Peabody asked the US Govt to determine who owned the land above the coal so that they might have an entity to sign a lease agreement. The land was shared by Hopi and Diné and other tribes. Some Hopi created a political government, (they had only had a spiritual before this). Peabody gave them an attorney, and they obtained the lease agreement to mine the coal and opened a coal mine that had devastating impacts on the folks still living in the region.
The Diné are a matriarchal pastoral tribe, needing hundreds of acres to herd sheep. Sheep are currency in a Diné's life. Families need hundreds of acres to herd, grow corn and squash, and pick needed plants. Their lives were tied into the land, coal was the liver, water is sacred.
Surrounded by 4 sacred mountains.
But Peabody constructed fences to shut off watering holes and made it difficult to water livestock.
Then in 1974, the Navajo-Hopi Settlement Act resulted in 10,000 Diné being forcibly removed from their lands. About 3000 resisted and stayed. That's a whole 'nother story. But basically the BIA fabricated/exploited range tensions between the Diné Hopi, and settled it by forcing both Diné and Hopi off their lands. 12,000 left. About 3000 Stayed. That is who we support. The ones attempting to maintain their cultural heritage. Those who relocated lost their language, their way of life, their sheep. Their entire way of life changed, from ranging on open lands and living in hogans, to square homes with electric bills.
The people who remained have been hit with constant harassment, severe reduction of livestock herds, and constant impoundment. They face extremely restrictive laws that prevent them from rebuilding homes, cutting firewood, or having gatherings/ceremonies. They have no electricity or water on homestead.
So we go, every year during Thanksgiving week and bring food, supplies and dog food. We work with another group to help provide firewood or buy the wood on the rez from locals.
We need your help. Money helps us get more dog food and buy the staples a family needs to get through the winter.
Please come to this benefit and learn more. It is a super fun benefit, with great music, drumming, a blanket dance, and a silent auction.
This event is spearheaded by Clan Dyken. Brothers Mark and Bear have been going to rez for 35 years to do this run. They have gathered many of us supporters on the way. The Diné we visit are very appreciative.
If you want to just donate (and learn more) please go to www.clandyken.com, and in the top menu bar, click the last item "Donate."
Peace and thank you so much
Dar
REVIEWS
"I made a point of catching the Clan's next performance.
I soon found myself swept into the whirling dervish
of sweaty humanity,
twirling to the Clan's hypnotic, congofied chord patterns
and shouting some paean to peace and social justice,
celebrating Earth Mother in a Sacramento style
Dead Head ceremony, sans-hallucinogens."
~ Tim McHargue, Suttertown News ~
"The lyrics cry out for us to care a little more
about our fellow man and our planet,
the music lifts our spirits to a state of joyous celebration ~
there’s just no sitting still when the Clan weaves its spell."
~ Kim Angelis, The Violin Voyager ~
CLAN DYKEN ~ REVIVE THE BEAUTY WAY
See you on Friday, November 13th! Please bring your friends and family and some extra cash for the blanket dance and the silent auction.
All funds raised will be used to purchase food, supplies, and firewood, and to bring them to families on the reservation.
Please join us on Friday, November 13th, when the Beauty Way Tour comes to Jackson Wellsprings in Ashland, Oregon. Clan Dyken will play a concert of their Rock Rebel Music with powerful lyrics that will get you thinking and a high energy sound that will get you up dancing!
In addition, there will be a Blanket Dance with Elk Thunder Drum and Silent Auction with whimsies and treasures, so please be sure to bring some extra cash.
WHEN:
Fri, Nov 13, 7pm Doors / 7:30pm Concert
WHERE:
Jackson Wellsprings
2253 Hwy 99N, Ashland, Oregon
SUGGESTED DONATION
$15 - $50
TICKET LINK
Cancel out of this window, and you will see the ticket link back on the main page (the "About" tab) of this Facebook Event.
ALSO... ACCEPTING DONATIONS...
Consider Donating Non-Perishable Foods (winter squash, apples, pears, dried grain and beans, etc. ~ all in very good condition, ready for the long ride to Big Mountain) plus Tools or Supplies (also in great condition) or the Dyken’s to bring with them. You can bring these to the concert.
"We have capacity to take tools, blankets and coats if they are in excellent condition. Hand tools that are most helpful - axes, mauls, wedges, saws, and gloves. Flashlights and batteries, too. Chainsaws are in high demand.
Thank you!"
ABOUT THE BEAUTY WAY TOUR
Come and learn about the Dyken’s Beauty Way Tour and how it has supported Diné elders and other tribal members, bringing them non-perishable food, firewood, tools and other supplies at thanks giving time, over the last 35 years!
Since 1991 we’ve been traveling to the Big Mountain/Black Mesa region of the Dine’ (Navajo) Nation to bring food, supplies, fire wood and labor to elders and families. These earth defenders have been resisting forced relocation since 1974 due to their opposition to the world’s largest coal strip mine. We’re part of an extended network of activists from around the globe who support the original people of Turtle Island.
To raise funds for the journey and awareness of the issue, Clan Dyken has been setting out on the annual Revive the Beauty Way Tour through the west coast of the United States for 35 years.
For all those years the members of our extended musical family have been supporting this effort. We look forward to the tour, followed by the journey to the remote regions of the Dine’ Nation to deliver your good will. Many of you have attended and/or played music at the shows, given generously of your harvest and other resources –you are part of the gifts of food, firewood and supplies we bring to the elders and families. You have hosted us in your communities, sheltered and fed us in your homes and sent us off in a good way. We are grateful for the role we get to play in this exchange and look forward to seeing you all again in 2023.
ABOUT THE BAND
Wavy Gravy called Clan Dyken:
"One of the greatest rock and roll bands in the free world."
Based in California’s Calaveras County Foothills, Clan Dyken, formed by brothers Mark and Bear Dyken, has harmonized, toured, activated, and entertained for more than 30 years. Through the years, many talented members of their immediate and extended family have rotated in and out of the band.
Clan Dyken’s unique, original sound is easily identifiable but at the same time defies description according to genre. Brothers Mark (drums and vocals), and Bear Dyken (guitar, harmonica and vocals) have been playing music together for over 5 decades. Silas Dyken (bass guitar, keyboards and vocals) grew up with the music and has been playing with his uncle Mark and his dad, Bear, for two of those decades, as well as developing his own roots and reggae based hip hop music. Kris Osward, the accomplished bassist and vocalist well known and respected for his considerable musical prowess in too many bands to list, is a long-time collaborator and member of the family.
A life of recording and touring has led the band around the world and found them on the bill and sharing the stage with musical legends from the Jerry Garcia Band and The Jefferson Airplane to Ramblin’ Jack Elliot and Michael Franti. From street corners, fire circles, and coffee houses to some of the biggest music festivals in the world, Clan Dyken has been bringing the healing power of dance music, and a message of love to audiences of all sizes in every kind of venue for a long time with no plans to stop. Part of their enduring legacy is a commitment to using the music to support the causes of peace, justice, and environmental awareness.
Their 35-year involvement with the Dine’ (Navajo) Nation survivors of US Government relocation policy was documented in the book "When the Creator Moves Me" (2019) by author Shelley Muniz. A long-time friendship with Western Shoshone elder, healer, and peace activist Corbin Harney inspired their album “ hundahai," and led the band to tour with Corbin across the US and England as he delivered his message of peace, and harmony with all creation along with his opposition to nuclear weapons testing on Shoshone land. "Shundahai" was also the world’s first album recorded using all solar power. Clan Dyken has been involved in solar, and bicycle powered music, and touring since the late 80’s ~ using clean power as part of the art form.
They toured with a solar powered stage that folded out of the side of an old school bus, stumped for Nobody for President in a cross country tour with Wavy Gravy, and have used the magic of the music to make friends around the world. This is music from the vernacular of community, rallies, and demonstrations. They’ve always been willing to lend a hand, tunes, and sound equipment to a worthy campaign.
During a lifetime of playing music with a great number of diverse, talented musicians the Dyken sound has continued to evolve. Over the course of 15 albums, the Dyken sound ranges from a stark, acoustic solo project by Bear to an eight-piece band with screaming guitar solos, keyboards, horns and long percussion jams to jazz instrumentals in 5/4 time to drum and voice chants. Quiet studio pieces, dynamic live concerts and home recordings have been part of the ever changing mix.
Clan Dyken continues to refine the tribal-funk-eco-folk-rock-hippy-soul music they’ve been making for more than 30 years, while taking us on an incredible journey into the heart of how we can all contribute to society’s positive evolution through collective and personal action.
SOME HISTORY (courtesy of Dar)...
Northern Arizona holds one of the largest coal reserves in the United States. In the 1960's Peabody asked the US Govt to determine who owned the land above the coal so that they might have an entity to sign a lease agreement. The land was shared by Hopi and Diné and other tribes. Some Hopi created a political government, (they had only had a spiritual before this). Peabody gave them an attorney, and they obtained the lease agreement to mine the coal and opened a coal mine that had devastating impacts on the folks still living in the region.
The Diné are a matriarchal pastoral tribe, needing hundreds of acres to herd sheep. Sheep are currency in a Diné's life. Families need hundreds of acres to herd, grow corn and squash, and pick needed plants. Their lives were tied into the land, coal was the liver, water is sacred.
Surrounded by 4 sacred mountains.
But Peabody constructed fences to shut off watering holes and made it difficult to water livestock.
Then in 1974, the Navajo-Hopi Settlement Act resulted in 10,000 Diné being forcibly removed from their lands. About 3000 resisted and stayed. That's a whole 'nother story. But basically the BIA fabricated/exploited range tensions between the Diné Hopi, and settled it by forcing both Diné and Hopi off their lands. 12,000 left. About 3000 Stayed. That is who we support. The ones attempting to maintain their cultural heritage. Those who relocated lost their language, their way of life, their sheep. Their entire way of life changed, from ranging on open lands and living in hogans, to square homes with electric bills.
The people who remained have been hit with constant harassment, severe reduction of livestock herds, and constant impoundment. They face extremely restrictive laws that prevent them from rebuilding homes, cutting firewood, or having gatherings/ceremonies. They have no electricity or water on homestead.
So we go, every year during Thanksgiving week and bring food, supplies and dog food. We work with another group to help provide firewood or buy the wood on the rez from locals.
We need your help. Money helps us get more dog food and buy the staples a family needs to get through the winter.
Please come to this benefit and learn more. It is a super fun benefit, with great music, drumming, a blanket dance, and a silent auction.
This event is spearheaded by Clan Dyken. Brothers Mark and Bear have been going to rez for 35 years to do this run. They have gathered many of us supporters on the way. The Diné we visit are very appreciative.
If you want to just donate (and learn more) please go to www.clandyken.com, and in the top menu bar, click the last item "Donate."
Peace and thank you so much
Dar
REVIEWS
"I made a point of catching the Clan's next performance.
I soon found myself swept into the whirling dervish
of sweaty humanity,
twirling to the Clan's hypnotic, congofied chord patterns
and shouting some paean to peace and social justice,
celebrating Earth Mother in a Sacramento style
Dead Head ceremony, sans-hallucinogens."
~ Tim McHargue, Suttertown News ~
"The lyrics cry out for us to care a little more
about our fellow man and our planet,
the music lifts our spirits to a state of joyous celebration ~
there’s just no sitting still when the Clan weaves its spell."
~ Kim Angelis, The Violin Voyager ~
CLAN DYKEN ~ REVIVE THE BEAUTY WAY
See you on Friday, November 13th! Please bring your friends and family and some extra cash for the blanket dance and the silent auction.
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