Folk Singers who Have Died

Subject: RE: Folk Singers who Have Died
From: Phil Cooper
Date: 17 Oct 10 - 11:52 AM

Dave Carter

Subject: RE: Folk Singers who Have Died
From: GUEST,Doc John
Date: 17 Oct 10 - 12:03 PM

Hedy West

Subject: RE: Folk Singers who Have Died
From: GUEST,Doc John
Date: 17 Oct 10 - 12:07 PM

Doc Watson is still alive (unless you mean another Doc Watson)
Lonnie Donegan
Johnny Duncan
All classic blues singers

Subject: RE: Folk Singers who Have Died
From: GUEST,allan.s
Date: 17 Oct 10 - 12:08 PM

Tom Paley is alive

Subject: RE: Folk Singers who Have Died
From: BrooklynJay
Date: 17 Oct 10 - 12:13 PM

Erik Darling
Lee Hays
Josh White
Lou Gottlieb

Subject: RE: Folk Singers who Have Died
From: wysiwyg
Date: 17 Oct 10 - 12:17 PM

MERLE Watson.

Steve Goodman?

~S~

Subject: RE: Folk Singers who Have Died
From: BrooklynJay
Date: 17 Oct 10 - 12:35 PM

Cynthia Gooding
Susan Reed

Subject: RE: Folk Singers who Have Died
From: GUEST,Doc John
Date: 17 Oct 10 - 12:50 PM

Haywire Mac, Orville Jenks and all of those who recorded for the Library of Congress, probably

Subject: RE: Folk Singers who Have Died
From: GUEST
Date: 17 Oct 10 - 01:00 PM

Gilbert (Cisco) Houston
David Blue
Nick Drake
Richard Farina

Subject: RE: Folk Singers who Have Died
From: Deckman
Date: 17 Oct 10 - 01:54 PM

Burl Ives
David Spence
Terry Wadsworth
Walt Robertson
John Dwyer

Subject: RE: Folk Singers who Have Died
From: GUEST,Doc John
Date: 17 Oct 10 - 02:00 PM

Rory and Alex MacEwan

Subject: RE: Folk Singers who Have Died
From: Amos
Date: 17 Oct 10 - 02:00 PM

Old Blind____ (fill in the blank with your choice), the blues player.

Hardtack Bob, Focslehead Fred, Billy Buntline and ten thousand other chanters of sea chanties.

Plowmen without number, tinkers and soldiers and spirited maids from a hundred races. All greatly missed, too.



A

Subject: RE: Folk Singers who Have Died
From: Nancy King
Date: 17 Oct 10 - 02:02 PM

Helen Schneyer
Jonathan Eberhart
Craig Johnson
Mike Seeger

Subject: RE: Folk Singers who Have Died
From: Don Firth
Date: 17 Oct 10 - 02:24 PM

One of the Biggies in the Pacific Northwest, who died almost exactly two years ago. Stan James.

CLICKY.

Scroll down. Great pictures of Stan in action, most taken by Sally Ashford. One photo is a street scene (a bit fuzzy), including Walt Robertson and Merritt Herring, both of whom are no longer with us.

Further down is a photo taken of the "grand finale" of the Seattle Coffeehouse Reunion ("Geezer's Concert") at the 2003 Northwest Folklife Festival.

Not everyone who sang in the coffeehouses during the late 50s and through the 60s were there. Some live in other parts of the country, and some have passed on.

There are some great song fests going on Somewhere. . . .

Don Firth

Subject: RE: Folk Singers who Have Died
From: Suegorgeous
Date: 17 Oct 10 - 02:35 PM

But what if the pointlessness needles?

Subject: RE: Folk Singers who Have Died
From: Little Robyn
Date: 17 Oct 10 - 02:37 PM

Charlie Bate from Padstow
Travis Edmundson
Willie Scott
Frank Winter

Subject: RE: Folk Singers who Have Died
From: John on the Sunset Coast
Date: 17 Oct 10 - 02:58 PM

In advance...sorry if I duplicate.

Bud Dashiell
Nick Reynolds
Dave Guard
Alan Mills
Sam Hinton
Lee Hayes
Erik Darling
Martha Schlamme
Paul Robeson
Hoyt Axton
Ed McCurdy

Subject: RE: Folk Singers who Have Died
From: An Buachaill Caol Dubh
Date: 17 Oct 10 - 03:00 PM

Frank Harte
Gerry MacMahon

Subject: RE: Folk Singers who Have Died
From: kendall
Date: 17 Oct 10 - 04:46 PM

Ronnie Gilbert of the Weavers
Terry Gillikson
John Murphy of Hal n Tow

Subject: RE: Folk Singers who Have Died
From: GUEST,jerryclark
Date: 17 Oct 10 - 04:48 PM

Did I miss something, or -- incredibly -- has Dave Van Ronk, one of the revival's towering figures, not been mentioned? What about Paul Clayton? The Clancy Brothers? Bill Monroe? Lester Flatt? These aren't exactly obscure people.

Meantime, living performers get listed, along with some musicians who can't be called folk by any definition. Weird.

Subject: RE: Folk Singers who Have Died
From: SPB-Cooperator
Date: 17 Oct 10 - 05:04 PM

Rod Shearman

Subject: RE: Folk Singers who Have Died
From: dick greenhaus
Date: 17 Oct 10 - 05:07 PM

On the Vanity of Earthly Greatness

The tusks which clashed in mighty brawls
Of mastodons, are billiard balls.

The sword of Charlemagne the Just
Is Ferric Oxide, known as rust.

The grizzly bear, whose potent hug,
Was feared by all, is now a rug.

Great Caesar's bust is on the shelf,
And I don't feel so well myself.
-- Arthur Guiterman

Subject: RE: Folk Singers who Have Died
From: BrooklynJay
Date: 17 Oct 10 - 05:11 PM

Ronnie Gilbert of the Weavers is alive.

Subject: RE: Folk Singers who Have Died
From: dick greenhaus
Date: 17 Oct 10 - 05:55 PM

Mike Seeger
Hamish Henderson
John Herald
Bert Lloyd
Josh White
Sonny Terry

Subject: RE: Folk Singers who Have Died
From: Larry The Radio Guy
Date: 17 Oct 10 - 07:33 PM

Allan s. Thanks for correcting me re. Tom Paley. I had heard many years ago that he had died, but never followed it up--it's great to know he's still alive and performing.

One very obscure deceased folk singer who was an incredible guitarist, songwriter, singer, and entertainer was a fellow named John Antle, who used to play around the Edmonton Folk Club in the early 1970's, and then around Toronto. He also apparently played in folk clubs in San Francisco. Is anybody familiar with him?

Subject: RE: Folk Singers who Have Died
From: Slag
Date: 17 Oct 10 - 08:28 PM

Excellent Dick Greenhaus!

Subject: RE: Folk Singers who Have Died
From: kendall
Date: 17 Oct 10 - 08:40 PM

I thought Ronnie Gilbert had died.

Subject: RE: Folk Singers who Have Died
From: Jeri
Date: 17 Oct 10 - 08:51 PM

Ronnie Gilbert's website

Subject: RE: Folk Singers who Have Died
From: Genie
Date: 17 Oct 10 - 11:05 PM

Harry Chapin

Sandy Paton


And (known in the Pacific Northwest, at least):
Jinx Davis
Bob Kotta (of "Howlin' Gael")

Subject: RE: Folk Singers who Have Died
From: GUEST,David E.
Date: 17 Oct 10 - 11:10 PM

I hope that Jackson C. Frank hasn't been forgotten.

David E.

Subject: RE: Folk Singers who Have Died
From: Deckman
Date: 17 Oct 10 - 11:43 PM

I'm pleased to see that I am NOT on this list ... yet! But if I continue to start threads about the evils of singing in churches ... it's just a matter of time! bob

Subject: RE: Folk Singers who Have Died
From: Martha Burns
Date: 18 Oct 10 - 01:17 AM

Doc Watson is also still alive. Merle, Doc's son, died in 1985. But Doc is still with us.

Subject: RE: Folk Singers who Have Died
From: Genie
Date: 18 Oct 10 - 01:42 AM

June Carter Cash (and pretty much all the other Carter Family - many of whom would be REALLY old if they were still alive).

Subject: RE: Folk Singers who Have Died
From: Genie
Date: 18 Oct 10 - 01:42 AM

If we need to add you to this list, Bob, we'll let you know.

Subject: RE: Folk Singers who Have Died
From: open mike
Date: 18 Oct 10 - 03:20 AM

Don Walser--texas yodeller
Walkin' Jim Stoltz

there was a musician who went down on a Jet Blue plane in Florida
everglades....his name was close to(sounded similar to), but not John Hiatt...he had just played at strawberry music fest...can't remember his name.

did anyone say Odetta?

Subject: RE: Folk Singers who Have Died
From: SqueezeMe
Date: 18 Oct 10 - 03:25 AM

One of my favourites, Vera Johnson (Canada)

And from Australia, amongst others,

Dave Alexander
Declan Affley
Gordon McIntyre
Jacko Kevans
Rowan Webb

RIP. All very much missed....

Subject: RE: Folk Singers who Have Died
From: greg stephens
Date: 18 Oct 10 - 04:38 AM

I doibt if there all that many inhabitants in the world who dont sing folksongs at one time or another. So to be on the safe I would like to add to the list
Everyone who is no longer alive.

Subject: RE: Folk Singers who Have Died
From: kendall
Date: 18 Oct 10 - 06:58 AM

If Bluegrass is folk, Don Stover

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.)

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: 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: 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: 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: 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: GUEST,Adam Smith
Date: 18 Oct 10 - 04:10 PM

Ted Hawkins

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: 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: 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: 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: 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.