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Thread #174534 Message #4232302
Posted By: rich-joy
29-Nov-25 - 07:10 PM
Thread Name: Obit: Alex Hood (Australia) (1935-2025)
Subject: RE: Obit: Alex Hood (Aus) (1935-2025)
Crikey, he's really gone ..... unfortunately, many folks assumed Alex had already left us years ago (!)
He put out the first "folk" record in my LP collection, c.1964 in my 1st year of HS and naturally, I learnt to sing every song.
It was "Alex Hood ...... Sings of Australia's First 100 Years" and being of Paul Hamlyn's "Music for Pleasure" label, it cost me the princely sum of AU$1.99 (ah, those were the days .....)
I added a few more of his recordings over the years, but I think I only ever saw him perform once I moved Over East to Qld - and only on the one occasion.
He was an important member of Australia's Folk Revival though - and we are losing them far too quickly.