Happy Birthday Buffy Sainte-Marie!

[G_j]

Happy Birthday Buffy Sainte-Marie! Born February 20, 1941 in Qu'Appelle Valley, Saskatchewan, Canada.

[Egalitarian Thug]

1. I've got a brand new pair of rollerskates...

I haven't heard that name for decades. Nice catch.

[Brickbat]

3. Yeah. No.

[HERVEPA]

7. Uh, that's Melanie, not Buffy. so close.

[Egalitarian Thug]

11. Ah, right. My parents had them both playing during the same time, I must

have conflated the two in my pre-adolescent mind.

Thanks.

[HERVEPA]

14. No prioblem :-)

[Brickbat]

2. The best! As a child of the 70s, this is how I know her:

[laundry_queen]

5. Love those clips! nt

[G_j]

9. Somehow I think that wouldn't happen

in today's atmosphere (nursing a baby on a children's show)
What a great segment!

[Tansy_Gold]

4. One of the best. n/t

[shenmue]

6. Happy birthday and many happy returns.

Love her!

[Tanuki]

8. "My country tis of thy people you're dying"

[Hekate]

10. KnR. Thanks for the memories!

[KitSileya]

12. Thank you for this! I love Buffy Sainte-Marie.

I have all her albums (well, cds, that is) and she has so many great songs. 'Universal Soldier' gives me shivers up my back every time, and I use 'My Country 'tis of Thy People they're dying' in my classes, but my personal favorite is 'Goodnight'. The first time I heard that song I was having a really hard time of it, a young college student living on her own for the first time, and everything I had survived in my first 20 years were crashing down on me. That song became my life-line, and I played it on a loop on my new cd player. I still can't hear it without getting tears in my eyes.

Happy birthday, Ms Sainte-Marie, and thanks for all the music.

[Straw Man]

13. Love her!

Always have.

I especially love the fact that after starting out as a quirky folkie (not usually the most lucrative of music career paths), she made a bazillion dollars as a songwriter ("Universal Soldier," "Until It's Time For You to Go," "Up Where We Belong," etc.) and used the money to not only enjoy life but also further causes she believes in.

http://www.nihewan.org/founder.html