Pierre Cruzatte: A Musical Journey Along the
Lewis & Clark Trail
11:00 a.m., Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2006
Webster Hall Auditorium
Admission free

Playing fiddle, jaw harp, bones, spoons, and other instruments of the Lewis & Clark Expedition, musician Daniel Slosberg took audiences on an unforgettable musical voyage with stops along the way for humorous and moving stories about the Lewis and Clark Expedition and Cruzatte’s critical contributions to it.

Fiddler Daniel Slosberg performs his one-man show in schools, libraries, museums, and historical sites throughout the country. Many living historians portray other members of the expedition, but Slosberg offers a unique depiction of the expedition’s main boatman and fiddler in a show that has been called “a delightful program of music and monologue.” It all started in 1997, when Ken Burns’ Lewis and Clark documentary aired on PBS. Upon learning that Lewis and Clark had a fiddle player along on their journey, Slosberg embarked upon his own “voyage of discovery,” learning everything he could about Pierre Cruzatte and the music, song and dance of the Lewis & Clark expedition. From this study, he put together his one-man living history program.