Paul Bunyan

Larry Beckett's songs have been recorded by musicians all over the world. "Song to the Siren" alone has been covered by David Gray, This Mortal Coil, Robert Plant, Bryan Ferry, George Michael, and Sinead O'Connor. Beckett is also a widely respected poet who has been writing, for over forty years, a series of long poems exploring the intersections of North American history, myth, and song. Drawing on logger folklore, James Stevens' stories, and the Davy Crockett almanacs, Larry Beckett's poem is a modern epic in 'long-winded' blank verse. Beckett lives in Portland Oregon.