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Thread #75122   Message #2206634
Posted By: GUEST,folkmusicgirl
02-Dec-07 - 01:47 AM
Thread Name: Little known '60s Folk Singers
Subject: RE: Little known '60s Folk Singers
When I was visiting UK in the 70's I bought a record album at a folk music shop by a British folk singer, DEENA WEBSTER. LP was released in the late 1960's. Have tried doing an online search for her name and she also released a few 45's in the 60's. I don't think she ever went on to release any other albums and no one seems to know what became of her. She had a very good voice and played guitar.

Another great Irish folk singer by the name of ANNE BYRNE released some LPs during the 1960's and she sounded very much like Joan Baez. She seems to have entirely disappeared from the Irish music scene and even after contacting some Irish sites, no one knows anything about her. She had an incredible crystal clear soprano voice and a voice similiar to Baez but perhaps not quite as strong as Joan's voice in those days. Anne sang traditional and Irish songs and played guitar.

When I was a very young teenager living in Los Angeles I knew a folk singer guy by the name of MARTY OWENS. He used to play this incredible Martin guitar and had a great voice. He was very young, about 17 or 18 years old but was singing Dylan songs and had this really beautiful voice. He played at some small coffeehouses in L.A. at that time. Last I heard (many years ago now)he was living in North Carolina somewhere but I am not in contact with him at all. Don't know what city he lives in or if he is still involved with music. He even looked like Dylan when he was 17 years old.