The Woodlands Folk Festival is honored to welcome Long Island classic Sonny Meadows, who will perform a mix of traditional folk and blues tunes along with original material with Drivin’ Wheel, his band with Bob Westcott and Robert Langley. 

Sonny is famous for his tributes to Woodie Guthrie, and his timely, politically potent and sharply humorous original songs.  Sonny's music has been featured on Long Island radio stations such as WFUV and WUSB, and his powerful song I Haven't Cried Yet, written in the wake of 9/11, appeared in the soundtrack of the documentary Ride On Brother aired on PBS during the first anniversary of 9/11.

In recent years, Sonny has released Let the Light Shine - Songs Celebrating Human Light and Confronting The Dogma, a CD celebrating the ideals of the Humanist philosophy, How Does a Patriot Act, an album of songs challenging the policies of the George W. Bush administration, and I Never Thought I'd Miss Richard Nixon.