Holly Near
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Holly Near, 2006
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| Background information | |
| Born |
June 6, 1949 Ukiah, California, U.S. |
| Genres | Social change music, folk, cabaret |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, songwriter, actor, producer, motivational instructor |
| Instruments | Vocals |
| Years active | 1963 – present |
| Labels | Calico Tracks Music, Redwood Records, Appleseed Recordings |
| Associated acts | Inti Illimani, Ronnie Gilbert, emma's revolution, Klezmatics, Dr. Bernice Johnson Reagon, Pete Seeger, Cris Williamson, Carrie Newcomer |
| Website | hollynear |
Holly Near (born June 6, 1949 in Ukiah, California) is an American singer-songwriter, actor, teacher, and activist.
After starting high school in 1963, Holly Near began singing with the Freedom Singers, a folk group modeled on The Weavers. In 1968, she enrolled in the Theatre Arts program at UCLA; that year, she attended her first Vietnam War peace vigil and joined Another Mother for Peace.
Holly Near's professional career began in 1969 with a part on the television show The Mod Squad, which was followed by appearances in other shows, such as Room 222, All in the Family, and The Partridge Family. She also appeared in films such as Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse-Five, and Minnie and Moskowitz.
She was briefly a member of the musical comedy troupe, "First National Nothing", and appeared on the troupe's only album, If You Sit Real Still and Hold My Hand, You Will Hear Absolutely Nothing (Columbia Records – LP C 30006).
In 1970, Near was a cast member of the Broadway musical Hair. Following the Kent State shootings in May of that year, the entire cast staged a silent vigil in protest. The song, "It Could Have Been Me" (which was released on A Live Album, 1974), was her heartfelt response to the shootings. In 1971, she joined the FTA (Free The Army) Tour, an anti-Vietnam War road show of music, comedy, and plays, organized by antiwar activist Fred Gardner and actors Jane Fonda and Donald Sutherland. In 1972, Near founded an independent record label called Redwood Records (now defunct) to produce and promote music by "politically conscious artists from around the world".
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