Please Note: This concert takes place at the William J. Mueller Gazebo at 23 W Maple Street, Lombard, IL.
This concert is funded in part with a grant from the Illinois Arts Council.
This concert weaves together Carl Sandburg’s poetry and American folksongs to bring to life one of America’s best loved poetic giants. Known around the world, Sandburg literally defines the essence of American life with his stunning free verse poetry and prose and music.
Carl Sandburg sings My Name Is Yon Yonson, 1958
Mr. Sandburg with Grandkids Playing Guitar
Photograph by June Glenn, Jr
Barry Cloyd has a self-described fascination for the music, poetry and life of Carl Sandburg, who from humble beginnings as the son of an illiterate Swedish blacksmith in Galesburg, Illinois, rose to become a two-time Pulitzer prize winner.
Barry is a Midwestern based, full-time touring singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist who performs more than 150 shows of all types per year. In addition to a touring concert schedule, he has been the resident stringed instrumentalist/vocalist on The Spirit of Peoria Paddlewheel Riverboat for 21 years, traveling the inland waterways, the Mississippi & Illinois Rivers.
He has shared the stage & recorded with many stars of the Blues and Americana worlds including members of Buddy Guy's Band, The Byrds, Stephen Still's, EmmyLou Harris', The Oak Ridge Boys, John Denver's and Dan Fogelberg's Bands.
