Ross Henderson develops pop-rock music and recording projects on Beaver Island, 1989

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Event

Date: 1989-07
Kind: Publication
Where: Beaver Island
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: performancepublicationeducationcommunitycommunication
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The July Beacon profiles Ross Henderson, a pop-rock songwriter living with his family on Donegal Bay, his home-recording equipment and demonstration tape, and his plans to continue composing while returning to school.

Sources

“Ross Henderson is a Pop Rock songwriter,” Beaver Beacon, July 28, 1989.
Profiles Henderson's four-song demonstration tape, composing work on Beaver Island, planned Michigan State studies, and seventeen-year family connection to the island. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.
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Beaver Beacon, July 1989, held issue PDF, source scan.
Paired held twenty-two-page July issue PDF.
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Beaver Island Archive, “Ross Henderson develops pop-rock music and recording projects on Beaver Island, 1989”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-ross-henderson-pop-rock-songwriter-profile-1989/, accessed [date], citing “Ross Henderson is a Pop Rock songwriter,” Beaver Beacon, July 28, 1989. (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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