Subject: RE: Folk Singers who Have Died From: acegardener Date: 02 Nov 10 - 11:58 AM How could we forget Al Sealey |
Subject: RE: Folk Singers who Have Died From: GUEST,Gaffer Date: 02 Nov 10 - 08:53 AM Mervyn Vincent Cyril Tawney |
Subject: RE: Folk Singers who Have Died From: GUEST,jack Warshaw Date: 02 Nov 10 - 07:04 AM The wonderful Mississippi John Hurt, in 1966 |
Subject: RE: Folk Singers who Have Died From: GUEST,Derek Sarjeant Date: 02 Nov 10 - 06:24 AM A few more to add to the list :- ALEXIS KORNER, BRIDIE O'DONNELL, CLARENCE ASHLEY, CLIFF AUNGIER, CLIFF HALL.CYRIL DAVIES, FRANCIS McPEAKE, HAZEL(KING)SARJEANT, JO-ANN KELLY, JOHN PEARSE, JON ISHERWOOD, JOSH MacCRAE, JOY HYMAN,PAT NELSON, PETE SAYERS, ROY GUEST, REVEREND GARRY DAVIS, RUSSELL QUAYE and WALLY WHYTON |
Subject: RE: Folk Singers who Have Died From: Genie Date: 01 Nov 10 - 10:41 PM Miskin Man, Thanks for doing the alphabetized list. But I don't see Kate Wolf's name on it, or Stan Rogers's either. I'd also add Jill Jackson Miller, who co-wrote "Let There Be Peace On Earth" with Sy Miller, whom she later married. Not sure if they're considered "folk," but I guess it depends on how broadly you define "folk." I would also add Miriam Makeba to the list. |
Subject: RE: Folk Singers who Have Died From: BrooklynJay Date: 01 Nov 10 - 06:29 AM And several names on the list were bogus or jokes. Old Man Mose and Poor Howard, for example (song lyrics). And names like Hugh Jarse, or Mike Hunt...well, I think you can figure it out. |
Subject: RE: Folk Singers who Have Died From: GUEST,Alan Whittle Date: 01 Nov 10 - 05:57 AM My wife died on operating theatre table for two minutes. Then they revived her. You could start another thread or two. Folksingers who died permanently. Folksingers who died temporarily. Folksingers who sing choruses that nobody joins in, and usually die on their arse. This is a thread, whose title only tells part of the story. |
Subject: RE: Folk Singers who Have Died From: Andy Jackson Date: 01 Nov 10 - 05:51 AM As several have pointed out, there were known errors in my list above, but its main purpose was as a quick check before posting a new name. This it does. If anyone wants their turn just download my list into a spreadsheet and sort. |
Subject: RE: Folk Singers who Have Died From: MGM·Lion Date: 01 Nov 10 - 05:29 AM Above long list includes all mentioned, incl those that were erroneous as several posts since have pointed out. Let's add that Doc Watson is still going at age 87. ~Michael~ |
Subject: RE: Folk Singers who Have Died From: Tattie Bogle Date: 31 Oct 10 - 08:15 PM A question mark against the Clancy brothers: sadly they are all gone now, Liam being the last to survive. Also Tommy and Sarah Makem. And as you've got Tim Buckley, add in Jeff Buckley too. Alex Campbell Alistair Hulett Danny Kyle Hamish Imlach Matt McGinn |
Subject: RE: Folk Singers who Have Died From: BrooklynJay Date: 31 Oct 10 - 11:22 AM Again I will repeat: Ronnie Gilbert is alive. You have a question mark next to Odetta's name; sad to say, she is no longer with us. The proper spelling is Lee Hays, not Hayes. |
Subject: RE: Folk Singers who Have Died From: BrooklynJay Date: 31 Oct 10 - 10:35 AM I'll say it again: Michelle Phillips is not dead. |
Subject: RE: Folk Singers who Have Died From: I don't know Date: 31 Oct 10 - 10:32 AM Steeleye Span's Tim Hart. |
Subject: RE: Folk Singers who Have Died From: I don't know Date: 31 Oct 10 - 10:25 AM another one Issac Guillory |
Subject: RE: Folk Singers who Have Died From: Andy Jackson Date: 31 Oct 10 - 09:50 AM Well that's one way to fill a Sunday morning!! Here is a complete list in Alphabetical order of all names so far. Adrienne Johnston Alan Lomax Alan Mills Alex Atterson Alex MacEwan Art Stamper Artie Traum Belle Stewart Bert Lloyd Bill Monroe? Bill Price Billy Buntline Bob Bertram Bob Blue. Bob Gibson Bob Kotta Bob Lynch Bob Spray, Bob't Byrd Brenda Wootton Brian Ingham Brian Jones Bud Dashiell Burl Ives Buz Collins Cass Elliott Charlie Bate Ciaran Bourke Cisco Huston Clancy Brothers? Colin Scot Craig Johnson Cynthia Gooding Dave Carter Dave Guard Dave Van Ronk David Blue David Spence Declan Affley Derek McCormack Doc Watson Dominic Behan Don Partridge Don Stover Don Walser Eamonn Largey Ed McCurdy Erik Darling Ewann MacColl Focslehead Fred, Frank Harte Frank Winter Fred Holstein Fred Jordan Gene Raskin George Maynard Gerry MacMahon Gilbert (Cisco) Houston Gordon McIntyre Grant Rogers Hamilton Camp Hamish Henderson Hardtack Bob Harry Boardman Harry Chapin Harry Upton Has Cyril Tawney Haywire Mac, Hedy West Helen Schneyer Hoyt Axton Hugh Jarse Irwin Silber Jacko Kevans Jackson C. Frank Jeannie Robertson Jerry Garcia Jim Croce Jim Reid Jimmy McKinley Jinx Davis Joe Heaney John and Michelle Phillips John Denver John Dwyer John Hartford John Herald John Murphy John Peel John Stewart John Wright Johnny Cash Johnny Collins Johnny Duncan Jon Rennard Jonathan Eberhart Josh White Jumbo Brightwell Kate McGarrigle Kathleen Largey Lee Hayes Lesley Hale Lester Flatt Libba Cotton Lionel McLelland Lizzie Higgins Long John Baldry Lonnie Donegan Lou Gottlieb Louie Fuller Malcolm Douglas Mark Bolan Martha Schlamme Martin Winsor Mary Ann Haynes Mary Travers MERLE Watson. Mike Hunt Mike Seeger Millard Lampell Nick Drake Nick Reynolds Odetta? Old Man Mose Orville Jenks Paddie Bell Paul Clayton? Paul Robeson Peter Bellamy Phil Ochs Phil Tanner Poor Howard Queen Caroline Hughes Raphael Boguslav Redd Sullivan Richard Farina Rick Keeling Robin Hall Rod Shearman Roger Carmen Roger Nicholson Ronnie Gilbert Rory MacEwan Rowan Webb Roy Williamson Royston Wood Sam Hinton Sandy Paton Shel Silverstein Siwsann George Sonny Terry Stan Hugill Stan James. Steve Benbow Steve Goodman? Susan Reed Sylvia Kelly Ted Hawkins Terry Gillikson Terry Wadsworth Tim Buckley Tim Hardin Tom Glazer Tony Capstick Tony Rose Travis Edmundson Utah Phillips Vera Johnson Vikki Williams Walkin' Jim Stoltz Walt Robertson Walter Hiatt Willie Scott |
Subject: RE: Folk Singers who Have Died From: Andy Jackson Date: 31 Oct 10 - 09:26 AM From my Southampyon days Rick Keeling Roger Carmen |
Subject: RE: Folk Singers who Have Died From: GUEST,john f weldon Date: 31 Oct 10 - 08:54 AM ??? Didn't see these two on a quick scan down. Stan Rogers Kate McGarrigle (check out the post-mortem collection "Oddities" on iTunes) |
Subject: RE: Folk Singers who Have Died From: GUEST,Adam Smith Date: 31 Oct 10 - 03:59 AM Brian Jones Mark Bolan John Peel |
Subject: RE: Folk Singers who Have Died From: GUEST,JB Date: 31 Oct 10 - 03:53 AM Oops! So you did M. Apologies - my mistake! |
Subject: RE: Folk Singers who Have Died From: MGM·Lion Date: 31 Oct 10 - 02:21 AM Yes, there have been refs to Peter Bellamy, some using some of his parody anagrammatic nicknames. I mentioned him among others in a post of 17 Oct, for example. ~Michael~ |
Subject: RE: Folk Singers who Have Died From: GUEST,JB Date: 30 Oct 10 - 06:51 PM Can't believe no-one seems to have mentioned the great Peter Bellamy yet (unless i missed it) - also Harry Boardman & Buz Collins spring to mind. |
Subject: RE: Folk Singers who Have Died From: GUEST,Dave Topping Date: 30 Oct 10 - 07:59 AM John Hartford The Banjo/Fiddler who gave us all those wonderfull river boat songs |
Subject: RE: Folk Singers who Have Died From: MGM·Lion Date: 29 Oct 10 - 10:55 PM V distressed to discover from another, just refreshed, thread that an old acquaintance, Adrienne Johnston, has been dead for nearly 30 years, possibly as a consequence of domestic violence. I didn't know her well, only distantly as a critic gets to know a performer generally; but I am oddly sad to find that someone I knew at all has been dead for all this time without my knowing. It is an odd, upsetting feeling, as I am sure will be understood. ~Michael~ |
Subject: RE: Folk Singers who Have Died From: GUEST,susanc Date: 29 Oct 10 - 01:29 PM Roy Williamson (Corries) |
Subject: RE: Folk Singers who Have Died From: sciencegeek Date: 29 Oct 10 - 12:35 PM Mike & I dread the tought of arriving for another Mystic Sea Music Festival & find it "dedicated" to another friend. Stan Hugill in '92. Dave Parry a few years later. |
Subject: RE: Folk Singers who Have Died From: GUEST,Liane Date: 29 Oct 10 - 10:11 AM D'oh! Sorry, everyone, I've added to the repetitiveness of this thread by overlooking the mentions of Doc and Merle Watson, Paul Clayton, and Hoyt Axton in my first read-through. |
Subject: RE: Folk Singers who Have Died From: GUEST,Liane Date: 29 Oct 10 - 09:57 AM Subject: RE: Folk Singers who Have Died From: GUEST,Adam Smith Date: 17 Oct 10 - 06:26 AM Hugh Jarse Doc Watson Mike Hunt Libba Cotton - - - - - - - - - - Actually, Doc Watson is still alive, though his son and fellow musician Merle Watson died tragically in a farming accident in the mid-1980s. To this necrology I would add Paul Clayton (d. 1967), and Hoyt Axton (d. 1999). |
Subject: RE: Folk Singers who Have Died From: Tattie Bogle Date: 19 Oct 10 - 07:57 PM Paddie Bell Bob Bertram Lesley Hale Jim Reid Lionel McLelland |
Subject: RE: Folk Singers who Have Died From: Genie Date: 19 Oct 10 - 07:40 PM And our listings are getting repetitive too. |
Subject: RE: Folk Singers who Have Died From: Genie Date: 19 Oct 10 - 07:39 PM I forgot to mention Bob Blue. |
Subject: RE: Folk Singers who Have Died From: I don't know Date: 19 Oct 10 - 08:52 AM Alex Atterson |
Subject: RE: Folk Singers who Have Died From: GUEST,Walsy Jones Date: 19 Oct 10 - 04:27 AM Johnny Cash John Denver John Stewart Harry Chapin Bob Gibson Hamilton Camp Shel Silverstein Mary Travers |
Subject: RE: Folk Singers who Have Died From: I don't know Date: 19 Oct 10 - 03:52 AM Vikki Williams Fred Jordan |
Subject: RE: Folk Singers who Have Died From: GUEST,Marie Date: 19 Oct 10 - 12:18 AM Artie Traum Joe Heaney Does anybody know if Obray Ramsey is still living? |
Subject: RE: Folk Singers who Have Died From: babypix Date: 18 Oct 10 - 10:32 PM Lest we not forget: Fred Holstein Utah Phillips Odetta Gene Raskin Raphael Boguslav |
Subject: RE: Folk Singers who Have Died From: Tug the Cox Date: 18 Oct 10 - 08:00 PM Getting sillier....only interesting parts are 'those stil alive, actually'. |
Subject: RE: Folk Singers who Have Died From: open mike Date: 18 Oct 10 - 07:05 PM Art Stamper - fiddler Alan Lomax - performer and collector Tom Glazer Malcolm Douglas Long John Baldry Ewann MacColl Irwin Silber Bob't Byrd////senator and fiddler |
Subject: RE: Folk Singers who Have Died From: Black belt caterpillar wrestler Date: 18 Oct 10 - 05:53 PM As in "Nodrog's woofing waltz"? |
Subject: RE: Folk Singers who Have Died From: GUEST,Adam Smith Date: 18 Oct 10 - 05:37 PM It'd be good to have a list of dead folkies that was woefully inaccurate and full of people who have nothing to do with folk music, some of whom are still alive, I think. |
Subject: RE: Folk Singers who Have Died From: Black belt caterpillar wrestler Date: 18 Oct 10 - 05:30 PM It would be nice to have a searchable database of deceased Folkies, with a short biography, link to a photo, discography, etc. However I suppose that would mean a considerable outlay on someone's part. Someday.... |
Subject: RE: Folk Singers who Have Died From: I don't know Date: 18 Oct 10 - 05:30 PM Brenda Wootton John Wright Sylvia Kelly |
Subject: RE: Folk Singers who Have Died From: mrmoe Date: 18 Oct 10 - 04:24 PM thanx for bringing Doc Watson back to life - but don't forget: Tim Hardin Tim Buckley David Blue |
Subject: RE: Folk Singers who Have Died From: Genie Date: 18 Oct 10 - 04:19 PM You're right, Jay. I didn't mean to include Mama Michelle. |
Subject: RE: Folk Singers who Have Died From: GUEST,Adam Smith Date: 18 Oct 10 - 04:10 PM Ted Hawkins |
Subject: RE: Folk Singers who Have Died From: acegardener Date: 18 Oct 10 - 03:51 PM Subject: RE: Folk Singers who Have Died From: GUEST,David E. - PM Date: 17 Oct 10 - 11:10 PM I hope that Jackson C. Frank hasn't been forgotten. David E. He never will be by me, one of my earliest introductions to transatlantic folk. What a sad life he lived. |
Subject: RE: Folk Singers who Have Died From: BrooklynJay Date: 18 Oct 10 - 03:29 PM Michelle Phillips is still alive - the only one from the Mamas and the Papas who has that distinction. |
Subject: RE: Folk Singers who Have Died From: Genie Date: 18 Oct 10 - 01:43 PM Jerry Garcia Cass Elliott (sp?) John and Michelle Phillips Jim Croce (Yeah, I know they moved on to other genres and/or are kind of hard to classify, but they all were folkies at some point or some of their music fits the "folk" category.) |
Subject: RE: Folk Singers who Have Died From: open mike Date: 18 Oct 10 - 12:27 PM Walter Hiatt is the fellow who died in the plane wreck// we could have another list of jsut musicians who hav died on planes |
Subject: RE: Folk Singers who Have Died From: GUEST,O. Bit Date: 18 Oct 10 - 12:26 PM Poor Howard (is dead and gone) Old Man Mose (he kicked the bucket) |
Subject: RE: Folk Singers who Have Died From: MG John Date: 18 Oct 10 - 11:55 AM Bob Spray, (from the Brigg Folk Club days in Leeds at the Adelphi Hotel.) |
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