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Wendy Woo is a singer/songwriter in Colorado.〔 * * * * * *〕 She is also known for her guitar work, especially using her acoustic guitar as a percussion instrument.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgK_zk7gDf0&feature=youtu.be&t=3m59s )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKOtIL-z8hI&feature=youtu.be&t=2m54s )〕 Woo is one of a small number of Colorado performers to win the Westword Music Awards five times (after that, a five-time winner becomes ineligible and is named a member of the Westword Hall of Fame). Woo plays both acoustic and electric guitar. She performs both as a solo and with her band. She has recorded more than 100 original songs in a variety of genres: folk, jazz, blues, funk, rock, and pop. During her career, she has been associated with three different Colorado music scenes: Boulder/Nederland, then Denver, and now Northern Colorado. Because Woo is so popular in Colorado, she has been called the "Queen of the Denver Scene," the "Denver DIY queen," and the "queen of the local scene." She has toured nationally, but Colorado has always been her homebase. "I know that I do get lumped into that hometown artist thing but ... well, the bottom line is that I love it here." ==Childhood with the Beats== Wendy Woo is the daughter of Bataan and Jane Faigao, founding faculty members of Naropa University in Boulder. In 1982, Jane coordinated a 10-day conference at Naropa to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Jack Kerouac's book, ''On the Road''. Among those involved with the conference were notable members of the Beat Generation, including Allen Ginsberg, William Burroughs, Gary Snyder, Gregory Corso, and Lawrence Ferlinghetti, plus others influenced by the Beats, including Ken Kesey, Hunter S. Thompson, Abby Hoffman, Timothy Leary, and Paul Krassner.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://heritagewest.coalliance.org/items/show/64355 )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.thirdmindbooks.com/pictures/1774.JPG )〕 According to author Brian Hassett, "It was every major Beat figure alive at the time, except Gary Snyder who was officially off building a zendo (a Buddhist meditation hall) in California ..." The Faigao home became a gathering spot for this group whenever they were in Boulder and Woo got to know them well.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=https://www.facebook.com/thewendywooband/photos/a.389034395638.203356.90051070638/10153623889290639/?type=1 )〕 Her song, "One Way Ticket," mentions growing up as a "beatnik's kid," and Gregory Corso teaching her how to play poker. The family would stay with Allen Ginsberg whenever they were in New York.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=https://www.facebook.com/thewendywooband/photos/pb.90051070638.-2207520000.1423153416./10152473870830639/?type=3&src=https%3A%2F%2Ffbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.net%2Fhphotos-ak-xpf1%2Ft31.0-8%2F1233108_10152473870830639_185840166_o.jpg&smallsrc=https%3A%2F%2Ffbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.net%2Fhphotos-ak-frc3%2Fv%2Ft1.0-9%2F999766_10152473870830639_185840166_n.jpg%3Foh%3D38352b43cc99be67454db6a7c20cbf69%26oe%3D55555C42%26__gda__%3D1433170749_1ee181ea575bc347e1fe9d164eecb47b&size=700%2C1048&fbid=10152473870830639 )〕 He dedicated a poem, "In My Kitchen in New York – for Bataan Faigao," to her father, which Ginsberg recites on video while doing Tai chi.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://ginsbergblog.blogspot.com/2010/12/allen-ginsberg-does-tai-chi.html )〕 (The Faigaos started the T'ai-chi Ch'uan program at Naropa.)〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://magazine.naropa.edu/2012-fall/university-news/bataan-faigao.php )〕 Woo and her father did an album of music and poetry together, ''Ecolalia,'' which was named by both the ''Denver Post'' and ''Westword'' as one of the top 10 Colorado albums of 2001. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Wendy Woo」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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