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formers and new music into the tradi-
tional mix. "You can't dismiss any-
thing."
He is sometimes criticized for
including in the festivals artists from
a different genre. The fare for Pine
Knob, for example, includes not
only folk singers like Baez, John
Hiatt, Marc Cohn and Loudon
Wainwright III, but Nanci Griffith,
whose work has strong roots in
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The Violent Femmes.
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hen the Newport Folk
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the staying power of Joan Baez, who
first appeared at the festival 39 years
ago.
But for festival longevity, produc-
er George Wein has her beat hands
down — because he's the guy who
started the whole thing.
Wein created the Newport
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worldwide annually.
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"There's nothing else I can do,"
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Island last year. "I don't play golf
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"There were festivals before me,"
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tivals, he said, is to stay open to
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