Hardly Strictly Bluegrass
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Hardly Strictly Bluegrass, originally Strictly Bluegrass, is an annual free and non-commercial music festival held the first weekend of October in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, California. Concei
Hardly Strictly Bluegrass in 2015
Hazel Dickens
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Hazel Jane Dickens was an American bluegrass singer, songwriter, double bassist, guitarist and banjo player. Her music was characterized not only by her high, lonesome singing style, but also by her p
Hardly Strictly Bluegrass
…Holliday and Sternberg agreed to help and would continue to produce the festival, respectively, each year thereafter. From the start, Hellman most wanted Hazel Dickens to perform at the festival but Dickens, who was known for political songs about workers' strikes, was wary of performing because of Hellman's wealth…
Hazel Dickens
Dickens was known for her activism on behalf of non-unionized mineworkers
Grave in Princeton, West Virginia