The Wanderers

Bill Murlin on the left

Carl Allen on the right

The WANDERERS provide concerts and performances. Their material is based on Folk Music and Folklore, and includes favorite songs and ballads written by Woody Guthrie, Peter Paul & Mary, Pete Seeger, Bill Staines, Tom Paxton and many others.

For events, festivals, parties, and house concerts:
Suggested rates $300 to $1,000 plus expenses.
Fees are based upon the number of appearances at the event, by the hour, or based upon a percentage of the house (guarantee required)
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About Bill Murlin of the Wanderers

Bill is past president of the Portland Folklore Society. He is an audio-visual specialist for Bonneville Power Administration. In that position he was responsible for the collection and editing of the Woody Guthrie Columbia River Songs for the Fiftieth anniversary of the Bonneville Dam and Bonneville Power Administration. He graduated from Washington State University with a degree in Radio/TV-Speech and early in his career was a radio and television reporter for various stations in Washington and Oregon. He then moved on to the B.P.A. Folk music has always been near to his heart, back to his early days in High School in Spokane, where he hung around with members of the Chad Mitchell Trio. He is a fine guitar picker, and has recently been developing his skills with the 5 string banjo.

About Carl Allen of the Wanderers

Carl Started singing Folk Music in the late 50's, caught up in the Kingston Trio Era, and he has never stopped. Hooking up with Bill Murlin in 1959, he sang the high tenor parts to Bill's bass. Both have migrated towards second tenors with age. Allen has done two television specials for KCTS Channel 9 in Seattle and completed a two year tour of the Washington State for Inquiring Mind Series which is sponsored by the Washington State Commission for the Humanities. Carl does a first person characterization of Woody Guthrie singing the Columbia River Songs.

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Carl Allen, folk singer