Subject: Obit: Sandy Paton From: Jon Bartlett Date: 27 Jul 09 - 02:38 AM Paul Stamler reports news on Sandy: "I've received a phone message tonight from Marge at Pinewoods, telling me that Sandy Paton has passed. I have no more information than that, but Marge asked that I pass the news to the list, so here it is. I'll pass on further news as I receive it. Rest in peace, friend. Peace, Paul" Jon Bartlett |
Subject: RE: Obit: Sandy Paton From: My guru always said Date: 27 Jul 09 - 02:49 AM Oh no, so sorry to hear this, sending my condolences! |
Subject: RE: Obit: Sandy Paton From: DebC Date: 27 Jul 09 - 02:52 AM I have no words, just sad tears right now. My thoughts are with Caroline and all the Paton family. Debra Cowan |
Subject: RE: Obit: Sandy Paton From: jeannemcd Date: 27 Jul 09 - 02:55 AM Bob (Z.) and I got the news from an email from Lynn Burnstine this evening. Bob is heartbroken. He will post something later on. Our love and prayers to everyone who shares in this loss. |
Subject: RE: Obit: Sandy Paton From: Ebbie Date: 27 Jul 09 - 03:06 AM Oh, I'm so sad. I was hoping to one day meet him and Caroline. Condolences to his family and all of his friends. |
Subject: RE: Obit: Sandy Paton From: Anne Lister Date: 27 Jul 09 - 03:11 AM I'm so sorry to hear this. Lost for words, and sending sympathy to his family. |
Subject: RE: Obit: Sandy Paton From: Zany Mouse Date: 27 Jul 09 - 03:28 AM How sad, especially after the tragic loss of their grandchild only weeks ago. Another member of the Heavenly Folk Club. Condolences to everyone affected by this sadness. Blessings Rhiannon and Mick |
Subject: RE: Obit: Sandy Paton From: stallion Date: 27 Jul 09 - 03:29 AM Oh dear....only yesterday Sandy was in and out of Ken, Barry and Deb's conversations about their music at the seafest, if they haven't had enough. I have never met the Paton's, this place has brought me in touch with so many beautiful people and some, some, I haven't had time to meet, and it is too late. I know a lot of your friends will be devastated, I know them, i know them and I know it is little consolation to know that Caroline has many wonderful friends to help. Ken will be on his way home this morning. I think I am rambling now. I am so sad for all the family and all Sandy's friends. Hugs through the ether to all of you Peter |
Subject: RE: Obit: Sandy Paton From: bill\sables Date: 27 Jul 09 - 03:30 AM Very sad news indeed, Sandy was one of the best. It was a privilege to have known him. Condolences to Caroline. Bill & Lorna Sables |
Subject: RE: Obit: Sandy Paton From: Tradsinger Date: 27 Jul 09 - 03:41 AM I only met him once but he and Caroline were kind enough to put me up as a wandering minstrel for several days and shower kindness on me. A real gentleman and a scholar. Condolences to all the family. RIP Sandy. Gwilym |
Subject: RE: Obit: Sandy Paton From: KT Date: 27 Jul 09 - 03:45 AM I am so very sorry to hear this. My heartfelt condolences to Caroline and all who have known and loved Sandy. And that is many, many people. I did not know him well, but I know that he helped countless people find the gift of music within. Rest in peace, Sandy, and may the heavenly choirs greet you. KT |
Subject: RE: Obit: Sandy Paton From: Joe Offer Date: 27 Jul 09 - 03:47 AM Oh, Sandy, I'll miss you. This is the worst news I could ever dream of reading here. He was a good friend and teacher. My heart goes out to you, Caroline. He was a magnificent man, and I'm glad I had the privilege of knowing him. -Joe- |
Subject: RE: Obit: Sandy Paton From: jacqui.c Date: 27 Jul 09 - 03:51 AM Can't get my thoughts together right now. What a loss. |
Subject: RE: Obit: Sandy Paton From: Stewie Date: 27 Jul 09 - 04:00 AM Very sad news. My condolences to his family. --Stewie. |
Subject: RE: Obit: Sandy Paton From: Catherine Jayne Date: 27 Jul 09 - 04:16 AM Sad News, condolences to his family. Khatt |
Subject: RE: Obit: Sandy Paton From: Roger the Skiffler Date: 27 Jul 09 - 04:36 AM Very sad news, I only knew him from Mudcat & e-mails re:CDs etc, but he always seemed a real gent., and, of course, part of US folk history. He'll be much missed here and in the wider folk world, condolences to Caroline & family. RtS |
Subject: RE: Obit: Sandy Paton From: fat B****rd Date: 27 Jul 09 - 04:39 AM My condolences and kind thoughts to his family and friends. |
Subject: RE: Obit: Sandy Paton From: Micca Date: 27 Jul 09 - 05:32 AM What a sad piece of news, I only met Sandy once at my very first Getaway and could hardly say I knew him,but I know a lot of people who had the greatest respect and admiration for him and his work so I know he will be very much missed. My deepest regrets and condolences to Caroline and his family. How tragic within a few weeks we lost two such colossi of folk music one each side of the Water, Johnny and Sandy |
Subject: RE: Obit: Sandy Paton From: maeve Date: 27 Jul 09 - 05:38 AM No more sorrow, no more pain. He was loved by so many. I am grateful for the few chats we had. This is a great loss. Love to Caroline and the family. maeve |
Subject: RE: Obit: Sandy Paton From: Joybell Date: 27 Jul 09 - 05:55 AM So sad. My thoughts to family and friends too. Joy |
Subject: RE: Obit: Sandy Paton From: catspaw49 Date: 27 Jul 09 - 06:06 AM There are so many things I want to say...........and I can't seem to put any of them together right now. Others will have more and better......his life was so full and his impact so great.........The world owes him, the folk community owes him, Mudcat owes him, and I owe him. I will never forget a line he wrote back in '99 when I was extremely ill. He, like so many others, rallied round and it surprised everyone I think at what a place Mudcat was becoming. He wrote, "My God, I've tears in my eyes for a man I've never met. This is what is meant by "community." Indeed. And today my eyes are filled with tears as well. Much Love to Caroline and the entire Paton family who have endured so much these past months. Thanks for sharing Sandy with us. Pat |
Subject: RE: Obit: Sandy Paton From: kendall Date: 27 Jul 09 - 06:28 AM I just learned about this when I got up at 5:30 am. The loss to all of us Folkie is devastating, the loss of an old, dear friend is without measure. I liked Sandy from day one when I met him and Caroline at the Hartford Folk Festival back in 1973.He is among my oldest best friends; and I now have two left. |
Subject: RE: Obit: Sandy Paton From: John Minear Date: 27 Jul 09 - 06:36 AM Sandy Paton's folk legacy will live on, and his contributions to our world, for a long, long time have been enormous. And he was the heart and soul of all of that. To think of all the lives that he and Caroline have touched over so many years one only has to look at the current or past Folk Legacy catalogs and then imagine all of those people who have listened over and over to these precious recordings. His work was great and he is already sorely missed. His sense of history and of the people he worked with and for must have been immense to have captured for the rest of us what we have in his legacy. His was a life for which one can be truly grateful. |
Subject: RE: Obit: Sandy Paton From: nutty Date: 27 Jul 09 - 06:47 AM So sad to hear this news and send deepest sympathy to his wife and family. After the loss of a grandson, this really does seem too cruel. |
Subject: RE: Obit: Sandy Paton From: Jerry Rasmussen Date: 27 Jul 09 - 07:00 AM One of the great blessings of going to Kaelan Paton's memorial service was that Ruth and I had a chance to visit with Sandy. It had been too long, and the visit was too short, but it meant a lot to us. It means much more, now. Last night, Barbara Carr posted an enigmatic message on Facebook that there was tragic news, without saying what it was. In my heart, I knew it was about Sandy passing. It's hard to know how Caroline, David and Robin can deal with such a great loss so shortly after losing Kaelan, but I know they will. They are strong, good people. Most importantly, they are loved by many. We send all our love and prayers. Jerry |
Subject: RE: Obit: Sandy Paton From: SINSULL Date: 27 Jul 09 - 07:03 AM I have no words to tell how sad I am. Mary |
Subject: RE: Obit: Sandy Paton From: momnopp Date: 27 Jul 09 - 07:24 AM My condolences and love to the Paton family. JudyO/momnopp |
Subject: RE: Obit: Sandy Paton From: gnu Date: 27 Jul 09 - 07:32 AM RIP |
Subject: RE: Obit: Sandy Paton From: GUEST,Dani Date: 27 Jul 09 - 07:58 AM I am so, so sorry. My prayers and thoughts are with Caroline and all your family this morning. Looking out over a verdant, hot North Carolina morning, I am remembering a cold, cold evening in front of an unlit fireplace at Ramblewood, listening to Sandy and Kendall swap hobo songs, train songs, sad songs. Making each other tear up, no worries about tough and gruff; real men with real stories of real lives. I didn't have the privilege many of you had to know him long and well, but that's how I thought of him, and looked up to him: a true man, and a gentleman through and through. Sandy, when we meet again (When The Rolls Are Passed Up Yonder), I'll have that pot of greens ready for you, fatback and all. Dani |
Subject: RE: Obit: Sandy Paton From: Suffet Date: 27 Jul 09 - 08:16 AM Sandy always had a kind word and a helping hand. Rest in peace, friend. --- Steve & Marilyn Suffet |
Subject: RE: Obit: Sandy Paton From: Wolfgang Date: 27 Jul 09 - 08:18 AM Very sad news for the folk world. Wolfgang |
Subject: RE: Obit: Sandy Paton From: Mary Katherine Date: 27 Jul 09 - 08:22 AM A great loss. I only "met" him via the web, but we had many interesting conversations and he always shed light on whatever the subject was. Anyone with any information about a memorial, please post it here if appropriate? And is the Folk-Legacy mailing address the place to send cards to Caroline? |
Subject: RE: Obit: Sandy Paton From: Deckman Date: 27 Jul 09 - 08:23 AM DAMN DAMN DAMN |
Subject: RE: Obit: Sandy Paton From: Bat Goddess Date: 27 Jul 09 - 08:26 AM Wordless. Prayers and gentle thoughts to Caroline and the rest of the family. Linn |
Subject: RE: Obit: Sandy Paton From: Charley Noble Date: 27 Jul 09 - 08:35 AM We're all just passing through but Sandy certainly contributed a whole lot to our folk community while he was here, and that "legacy" will live on. Charley Noble |
Subject: RE: Obit: Sandy Paton From: Sandra in Sydney Date: 27 Jul 09 - 08:38 AM I've also got tears in my eyes for a man from this wonderful community who I never met. condolences to Caroline & their other family members & friends. sandra |
Subject: RE: Obit: Sandy Paton From: Max Date: 27 Jul 09 - 08:38 AM I was just talking about Sandy on Saturday. I was on the radio and realized that I was playing a more than usual amount of Folk Legacy recordings. I commented that that was OK because Sandy and Caroline were 2 of the finest people I've ever met and that if Sandy every said "I was born almost 10,000 years ago" that I would believe him. Sandy etched himself in my memory and my heart soon after meeting him, over 10 years ago. I heard him sing "My Old Man", at the Getaway, with so much emotion that he nearly couldn't get through the song. I couldn't forget that if I tried. I still cherish the Folk Legacy ball cap he gave me, which some may see as just a ball cap, but a small gift from such a big man is my treasure. So long Sandy and much love Caroline. You have both made a profound impact on me and the things I care deeply for in this world. Where my words fail me, you can always count on Rick Fielding: "Sing with the Angels" I'm gonna sing with the angels When my time comes around This earth is just rehearsal For when I'm heaven bound I'll be well prepared to take my place with harmony and rhyme And sing with the angels when it's time. "When We Gather Once More," Be well, be safe, be kind, be strong For the times will test us sore And to gladden our hearts, Our bodies, our souls Oh, be here when we gather once more. Oh, be here when we gather once more. Now if I find a resting place Before I'm back this way Or if the road be just too long And my feet have turned to clay If from tonight you do recall Just one line from this song Then even if our roads do end, This song will travel on. |
Subject: RE: Obit: Sandy Paton From: Tinker Date: 27 Jul 09 - 08:42 AM May the peace that passeth understanding surroud and sustain family and friends..... tinker |
Subject: RE: Obit: Sandy Paton From: Jeri Date: 27 Jul 09 - 08:42 AM I thought he'd live forever. I thought he'd always be here. In some ways, he will, but it's not enough. My love and condolences to Caroline, David, Robin and all his relations, and to his extended family of friends and those across the continent and the globe. He touched a lot of us. |
Subject: RE: Obit: Sandy Paton From: GUEST,Lynn Noel Date: 27 Jul 09 - 08:57 AM Linn Schultz just shared the sad news on Facebook and I gasped aloud. Words fail at such a time, but the Paton family are in all our hearts and prayers, doubly so now at this dark time. Sunset and evening star, And one clear call for me! And may there be no moaning of the bar, When I put out to sea, Twilight and evening bell, And after that the dark! And may there be no sadness of farewell, When I embark; But such a tide as moving seems asleep, Too full for sound and foam, When that which drew from out the boundless deep Turns again home. For tho' from out our bourne of Time and Place The flood may bear me far, I hope to see my Pilot face to face When I have crossed the bar. |
Subject: RE: Obit: Sandy Paton From: bbc Date: 27 Jul 09 - 09:05 AM Good morning, folks, We suspected that the news would filter out from Pinewoods first, since Sandy's granddaughter, Linnea, is working there this summer. Yesterday marked 40 days since Sandy & Caroline's grandson, Kaelan, drowned. Sandy had been deeply grieving, since that time. We had all been concerned about him, but it was unclear how much of his condition was emotional & how much was physical. Last week, with Kaelan's memorial & the burial of his remains past, Caroline felt that Sandy needed to see his doctor. I drove the two of them to the office on Thursday afternoon, July 23rd. Sandy was unusually fatigued & was having wide variations in his blood oxygen with any activity. As soon as he saw him, Sandy's doctor called for an ambulance to take his to nearby Sharon Hospital (Sharon, CT) for observation. Sandy was checked into a room, after being observed in Emergency, & Caroline was told they'd like to keep Sandy for a few days. If I am remembering correctly what Caroline told me, the hospital called Saturday evening & said that Sandy wasn't doing well & they didn't know if he'd make it through the night. The family was able to go to the hospital that evening & spend time with Sandy. During the night, Saturday, he lost consciousness. During the day, on Sunday, family was in & out. Duane & I visited for a couple of hours in the early afternoon & said our goodbyes. When we returned for a second visit at about 7 pm, not wanting Sandy to be alone, his sister-in-law, Linda, gave us the news that he had passed from this life about a half hour earlier, at 6:32 pm on Sunday, July 26, 2009. We waited for Caroline to come & stayed with the family until they left. Sandy died peacefully, with no heroics, just lightly breathing until he drew his last breath. The cause will probably be listed as congestive heart failure. My first thought, when I heard that he was gone, was happiness for him. In recent times, his life had become more & more of a burden to him. Because of his emphasema, he had to be connected to oxygen all the time. His movements & activities were limited. Changes in his voice meant that he was no longer able to sing &, sometimes, even to make himself easily heard. He was broken-hearted over Kaelan's death. I feel sure that Sandy was content to leave. Now, we pick up the pieces of life without him. Caroline has her two sons & her sister, all of whom live locally. She, also, has Duane & me. Together, we will be giving personal support & helping to get Folk Legacy onto a new chapter. Your support is needed. Although I have more that I'd like to say, I'll end this, for now, to give you the basic information. Since phone is the only way Caroline can conduct business, I might suggest that you send condolences by mail, for now, to give us time to get up-to-date on the backlog of orders, due to Kaelan's death & Sandy's health. As is the family custom, Sandy's passing will be marked by a memorial gathering at some time in the future. Sing your songs for him, folks! A great man has passed. |
Subject: RE: Obit: Sandy Paton From: Dan Schatz Date: 27 Jul 09 - 09:09 AM I knew Sandy has not been well these last few years, and especially not in the last year. But somehow, still, this seems so sudden. And after all that the Paton family has been through, this loss seems like just too much. Sandy did more than any other person to create the music that I have known and loved my entire life. I grew up, like others in my generation and after, on Folk Legacy records. Today, a significant portion of the albums in my LP collection are the familiar black sleeves with the photographs on front. Sandy gave us the music of Gordon Bok and Rosalie Sorrels and Bill Staines and Jonathan Eberhart and Helen Schneyer and Joe Hickerson and Cindy Kallet and Kendall Morse and Frank Proffitt and Hobart Smith and Archie Fisher and Ed Trickett and so many others. This is a monumental loss to the folk music community and to music at large. As I child I used to be intimidated by Sandy, because I knew who he was and because he was big and had a booming voice - and as an adult I learned that he was one of the sweetest, kindest, most sensitive people you could ever meet. Just yesterday my two year old and I were singing one of his kids' songs. I had always hoped to see Sandy and Caroline named National Heritage Fellows - they deserved it as much as any. I'm only sorry it never happened. I am more sad than words can say. Dan |
Subject: RE: Obit: Sandy Paton From: AllisonA(Animaterra) Date: 27 Jul 09 - 09:12 AM Oh, my. Meeting Sandy and Caroline when I was 10 was the seminal event that started my path in folk music. Love to Caroline and the family. Go well, good man. |
Subject: RE: Obit: Sandy Paton From: AllisonA(Animaterra) Date: 27 Jul 09 - 09:14 AM And thank you, bbc for all you've been for them. |
Subject: RE: Obit: Sandy Paton From: bbc Date: 27 Jul 09 - 09:16 AM Oh, two things I meant to include on my previous post--If you didn't know Sandy personally, you might like to read a great bio that Ron Olesko wrote, in honor of Sandy's birthday a couple of years ago. Also, I posted a picture of Sandy, taken at the Paton family reunion, on my flickr page yesterday. After listening to Folk Legacy recordings for years, Duane & I came to our personal relationship with the Patons through Mudcat. In the past 10 years or so, we have come, step by step, closer, until we feel like part of the Folk Legacy family. Many of you are children of Folk Legacy, too, & will be grieving the passing of this icon of traditional music. with love, Barbara |
Subject: RE: Obit: Sandy Paton From: bbc Date: 27 Jul 09 - 09:26 AM Please consider supporting Folk Legacy with your business, if you can. |
Subject: RE: Obit: Sandy Paton From: Alice Date: 27 Jul 09 - 09:35 AM I feel in shock to hear this sad news. Barbara, thanks for all you do with your generous spirit. My love to Caroline and all the family and friends. Alice |
Subject: RE: Obit: Sandy Paton From: GUEST,DWR Date: 27 Jul 09 - 09:35 AM I only knew him from his body of work, which was considerable. That and the kind and loving remarks from those of you who did know him, not just now, but throughout our history here is enough for me. Sandy was truly a giant in our music and life in general for that matter; I'll miss him and add him to my list of those I should have gotten to know better. His influence and legacy will continue, no question of that. Dale |
Subject: RE: Obit: Sandy Paton From: Mark Ross Date: 27 Jul 09 - 09:41 AM I met The Patons in 1972 when Utah Phillips dragged me down to Sharon Connecticut to hear Jim Ringer record his 1st album. Spent 4 or 5 days there listening, drinking and teaching Ringer my song BILL PICKETT. Drank up a goodly amount of Sandys' single malt that weekend. It's a shame that too many good people have to go too soon. I always looked forward to seeing Sandy whenever I could make it to Old Songs. He will be missed. My condolences to Caroline and the rest of the family. Mark Ross |
Subject: RE: Obit: Sandy Paton From: Janie Date: 27 Jul 09 - 09:57 AM My heartfelt condolences to Caroline and the family, including you bbc. Janie |
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