Rodney Decroo is a Vancouver based singer/songwriter and poet, originally from just outside of Pittsburgh. His Mt. Rushmore would feature Bob Dylan, poet Philip Levine, and Mark Twain, specifically the novel Huckleberry Finn.
Play Rodney Decroo Totem Figures Podcast.
Rodney has six albums, which you can purchase for download or mail order at CD Baby. You can read some of his poems and listen to his songs at his blog: http://rodneydecroo.tumblr.com/. You can also visit him at myspace.
To watch Rodney playing his song War Torn Man in a studio in Dallas, click here.
Listen to Rodney read his poem The Oil Drum
To listen to an interview with Philip Levine, click here.
Mark Twain's masterpiece Huckleberry Finn is widely available in bookstores and libraries. The full text is online, too. Click here to read Chapter 19, describing some of Huck and Jim's experiences rafting down the Mississippi.
To watch Bob Dylan perform his song Gotta Serve Somebody at the 1980 Grammy Awards, click here.
Podcast Music credits
Sheltering Sky - Rodney Decroo - War Torn Man
Tangled Up in Blue - Bob Dylan - The Bootleg Series, Vol. 2
Every Grain of Sand - Bob Dylan - Shot of Love
Masters of War - The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan
Jokerman - Bob Dylan - Infidels
Sacred Ground - Rodney Decroo - Mockingbird Bible
The Allegheny - Rodney Decroo - unreleased
Standing in the Doorway - Rodney Decroo - War Torn Man