60s singer who died in Amador Co., Calif

Subject: 60s singer who died in Amador Co., Calif
From: Joe Offer
Date: 21 Oct 20 - 04:49 PM

A few years ago, the death of a reasonably well-known folksinger from the 1960s was reported in a thread here at Mudcat. The man had mostly retired from singing, and he was a minister somewhere near Amador County, California. I searched fruitlessly under minister, amador, and Sutter Creek. I thought it might be Bob Blue or Patrick Sky or Tom Hunter, but that didn't work. As I recall, he died after a lengthy illness.
Anybody know who that might have been?

-Joe-

Subject: RE: 60s singer who died in Amador Co., Calif
From: GUEST,LarryTheRadioGuy
Date: 21 Oct 20 - 08:05 PM

It wasn't Joe Frazier (from the Chad MItchell trio) was it, Joe? I know he was a minister...and his last posting was at at St. Columba's Church in Big Bear Lake, CA

Subject: RE: 60s singer who died in Amador Co., Calif
From: Jeri
Date: 21 Oct 20 - 08:25 PM

It sounds like it could be Joe Frazier, except I don't know about the location.

Subject: RE: 60s singer who died in Amador Co., Calif
From: Joe Offer
Date: 21 Oct 20 - 08:49 PM

No, it wasn't Father Joe Frazier, who was an Episcopal priest (who attended the Catholic Gonzaga University in Spokane).

It's another name that was even more familiar, and I just can't think of who it was. He was somewhere in the southern Gold Rush country, between Amador and Tuolumne Counties.

-Joe-

Subject: RE: 60s singer who died in Amador Co., Calif
From: GUEST,Jerome Clark
Date: 21 Oct 20 - 09:00 PM

Mark Spoelstra?

Subject: RE: 60s singer who died in Amador Co., Calif
From: GUEST,Guest
Date: 22 Oct 20 - 12:08 AM

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-mar-01-me-passings1.1-story.html

Subject: RE: 60s singer who died in Amador Co., Calif
From: Joe Offer
Date: 22 Oct 20 - 12:12 AM

Thank you, Jerome. That's it.
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