Dana Lyons
Dana Lyons | |
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| Born | Kingston, New York, U.S. |
| Occupations | Musician, author |
Dana Lyons is an American folk and alternative rock musician, who wrote and performed the 1996 comedic folk song "Cows With Guns".[1]
Life
His environmentalist song "Our State Is a Dumpsite",[2] became the subject of a proposal in the Washington legislature during the 1980s to be made the official state song.[3] He went on to perform music for the environmental group Earth First!.[4]
Lyons is the author of the children's book The Tree (2002). Jane Goodall penned the foreword and David Danioth provided the illustrations. As of 2014, Lyons lived in Bellingham, Washington.[5][6]
Discography
- Cows with Guns (1997) – No. 32 album Australia[7]
Bibliography
- Cows with Guns illustrated by Jeff Sinclair, 1998 ISBN 978-0-670-87890-1
- The Tree illustrated by David Danioth, 2002 ISBN 978-0-9701907-3-4
References
- ^ Bonino, Rick (March 13, 1989). "Rules, reality don't coincide at City Hall". Spokesman-Review. p. A8. Retrieved 29 April 2011.
- ^ Young-Metzler, Melissa (October 24, 1986). "Traveling brothers push anti-nuke measure". Ellensburg Daily Record.
- ^ Dillon, Cathy (February 14, 1986). "Nuclear waste concerns singer". Tri City Herald.
- ^ 3CR; McIntyre, Iain (2019-04-01). "Treesits, lock-ons and barricades: Environmental blockading in the 1980s". The Commons Social Change Library. Retrieved 2024-08-12.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Entry, A. Calendar. "House Concert with Dana Lyons". WhatcomTalk. Retrieved 2019-10-13.
- ^ "SOLD OUT! Chuckanut Radio Hour with Bill McKibben, 'Oil and Honey: The Education of an Unlikely Activist', and musical guest Dana Lyons". Village Books: Building Community One Book at a Time. 2014-02-18. Retrieved 2019-10-13.
- ^ "Discography Dana Lyons". australian-charts.com. Retrieved August 23, 2022.