I am Merrick's youngest daughter, and just wanted to say how lovely it is to hear about my father, from people I've never met - how his music and his stories continue to live on, even though he's been gone 2 1/2 years now. My father instilled a love of folk music not only in each of his three children,but also enthused that love to hundreds of University of Waterloo Students in the 70's and 80's through two courses he taught: Folk Songs of the English Speaking World and Folk Songs of Canada. He kept so many songs alive by singing and sharing them any chance he got. As a family we don't perform any more, but his musical legacy remains. Folk music and folks songs continue to connect and create community for me and in that way help keep his memory alive. I couldn't ask for anything more.
Thanks for all your sharings,
Kate Jarrett