Dana Lyons
American musician
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| name | Dana Lyons |
| birth_place | Kingston, New York, U.S. |
| occupation | Musician, author |
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| name = Dana Lyons | birth_place = Kingston, New York, U.S. | occupation = Musician, author
Dana Lyons is an American folk and alternative rock musician, who wrote and performed the 1996 comedic folk song "Cows With Guns".
Life
His environmentalist song "Our State Is a Dumpsite", became the subject of a proposal in the Washington legislature during the 1980s to be made the official state song. He went on to perform music for the environmental group Earth First!.
Lyons is the author of the children's book The Tree (2002). Jane Goodall penned the foreword and David Danioth provided the illustrations. , Lyons lived in Bellingham, Washington.
Discography
- Cows with Guns (1997) – No. 32 album Australia
Bibliography
- Cows with Guns illustrated by Jeff Sinclair, 1998
- The Tree illustrated by David Danioth, 2002
References
References
- Bonino, Rick. (March 13, 1989). "Rules, reality don't coincide at City Hall". [[Spokesman-Review]].
- Young-Metzler, Melissa. (October 24, 1986). "Traveling brothers push anti-nuke measure". Ellensburg Daily Record.
- Dillon, Cathy. (February 14, 1986}}{{Dead link). "Nuclear waste concerns singer". Tri City Herald.
- 3CR. (2019-04-01). "Treesits, lock-ons and barricades: Environmental blockading in the 1980s".
- Entry, A. Calendar. "House Concert with Dana Lyons".
- (2014-02-18). "SOLD OUT! Chuckanut Radio Hour with Bill McKibben, 'Oil and Honey: The Education of an Unlikely Activist', and musical guest Dana Lyons".
- "Discography Dana Lyons".
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