Obit: Dick Greenhaus (1929-2019)

Subject: RE: Obit: Dick Greenhaus 1929-2019
From: JennieG
Date: 07 Jan 19 - 05:56 AM

Sorry to hear this.....my condolences, Susan.

Subject: RE: Obit: Dick Greenhaus 1929-2019
From: *#1 PEASANT*
Date: 07 Jan 19 - 05:53 AM

An important influence upon me-altering my life, creating books, knowledge and cultural transmission-Dick found ways of getting things accomplished-he gave us his dreams and tools, a chemist of the pursuit of folklore-We join you in your grief, festively though to remember and renew our efforts of transmission and discovery.

Subject: RE: Obit: Dick Greenhaus 1929-2019
From: GUEST,Martin Ryan
Date: 07 Jan 19 - 05:43 AM

So sorry to hear this. I remember discovering the DT in its pre-Mudcat days and admiring the professionalism with which Dick and Susan worked in those pretty primitive IT days. Such a contribution they (and Max) have made.Sad not to have met him.

May he rest in peace

Regards

P.s. And I thought I was the only chemist interested in folksong!

Subject: RE: Obit: Dick Greenhaus 1929-2019
From: Mick Pearce (MCP)
Date: 07 Jan 19 - 05:26 AM

So sorry to hear this. I swapped emails and messages with Dick when I was producing an abc version of the DT and he even sent me software to help with a couple of difficult files. And his republishing of Bronson at an affordable price was an immense contribution to folk music in general.

He will be greatly missed. Condolences to Susan.

Mick

Subject: RE: Obit: Dick Greenhaus 1929-2019
From: andymac
Date: 07 Jan 19 - 05:12 AM

So sorry to hear this. I never met Dick but always valued his contributions here without realising until now, just how pivotal he had been in setting it all up.
Condolences to you Susan. RIP and thank you.

Andy

Subject: RE: Obit: Dick Greenhaus 1929-2019
From: KT
Date: 07 Jan 19 - 04:24 AM

Oh, Susan, my heartfelt condolences to you. Dick brought so much to the world of folk music, and together, you made such a great team. So grateful to have fond memories of your visit. Take good care, Susan.
KT

Subject: RE: Obit: Dick Greenhaus 1929-2019
From: Dave the Gnome
Date: 07 Jan 19 - 03:54 AM

Condolences to you and to all who know and love him, Susan. I am so pleased I managed to meet him when you were in England. He was truly a giant in the world of folk music and as nice a man as we have ever had under our roof.

Rest In Peace, Dick.

Subject: RE: Obit: Dick Greenhaus 1929-2019
From: Ebbie
Date: 07 Jan 19 - 03:46 AM

My condolences to you, Susan. You two were a great pair.

I'll make sure Debby Johnson knows.

Thank you, Susan.

Subject: RE: Obit: Dick Greenhaus 1929-2019
From: Roger the Skiffler
Date: 07 Jan 19 - 03:38 AM

RIP Disk, condolences to Susan and all family. The DT was an inspired resource.

RtS

Subject: RE: Obit: Dick Greenhaus 1929-2019
From: GUEST,Partridge
Date: 07 Jan 19 - 03:36 AM

I met Dick when he visited Whitby folk festival many years ago - a lovely sense of humour and a very knowledgeable man. He has given us a wonderful resource in the DT, which I am sure will carry on. My condolences to his family

Pat xxxx

Subject: RE: Obit: Dick Greenhaus 1929-2019
From: GUEST,Alison
Date: 07 Jan 19 - 03:27 AM

So sorry to hear this. My sincere condolences to you Susan.

Slainte
Alison

Subject: RE: Obit: Dick Greenhaus 1929-2019
From: ClaireBear
Date: 07 Jan 19 - 02:16 AM

Oh Susan, I am sorry to read this. Fair winds and following seas to Dick for his voyage. My respect and affection go with you.
Jeni

Subject: RE: Obit: Dick Greenhaus 1929-2019
From: Amergin
Date: 07 Jan 19 - 01:27 AM

Damn. I was just getting into folk music, and wanted to know the words to all these wonderful songs. That's how I discovered the DigiTrad on a Xerox website. I loved it,and eventually spent hours downloading it (crappy small town dial up). A while later, I lost it thanks to a reformat. So I went back, and found it was no longer there. It had been moved to some forum called Mudcat Cafe, which I eventually joined. I know my story is far from unique.

Thank you, Dick, for all your hard work. Rest easy knowing you did an amazing thing.

Subject: RE: Obit: Dick Greenhaus 1929-2019
From: GUEST,Linda Zebooker
Date: 06 Jan 19 - 11:16 PM

So sorry to learn this. My condolences. Dick will be very, very missed.

Subject: RE: Obit: Dick Greenhaus 1929-2019
From: Lighter
Date: 06 Jan 19 - 11:10 PM

Let me offer my condolences too. Dick published a little book of mine, and we corresponded several times. He was always helpful - more than helpful - and wonderful to work with. This is very, very sad news.

Please be well.

Jon

Subject: RE: Obit: Dick Greenhaus 1929-2019
From: Gibb Sahib
Date: 06 Jan 19 - 10:37 PM

My condolences, Susan. Dick was a great man and will be sorely missed. Thank you for everything, Dick. RIP and best wishes to you. Gibb

Subject: RE: Obit: Dick Greenhaus 1929-2019
From: meself
Date: 06 Jan 19 - 09:45 PM

Damned shame. Another one. RIP.

Subject: RE: Obit: Dick Greenhaus 1929-2019
From: Rapparee
Date: 06 Jan 19 - 09:31 PM

Oh my God! Rest in Peace, Dick. You were one of the Greats.

And gang -- let's keep the DT going.

Subject: RE: Obit: Dick Greenhaus 1929-2019
From: GUEST,.gargoyle
Date: 06 Jan 19 - 09:07 PM

WOW ! ! !

A great man of simple roots that dared to dance with the muse.

Thank you Mr. GREENHAUS

You contributed magnitudes to multiple generations.

Sincerely,
Gargoyle

Susan i embrace you with prayers...you danced with an immortal.

Subject: RE: Obit: Dick Greenhaus 1929-2019
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 06 Jan 19 - 09:06 PM

The DT and CAMSCO are such gifts to all of us. Thank you for everything, Dick, and rest in peace. Susan, I am so sorry and offer you and the family heartfelt condolences.

Maggie

Subject: RE: Obit: Dick Greenhaus 1929-2019
From: RTim
Date: 06 Jan 19 - 08:58 PM

Oh - that is very sad sad news - Dick was an amazing man with great vision for both Audio and Printed media -- and in addition Mudcat and The Digital Tradition would not be what they are with him - and Susan's - input ....thinking of them both tonight.

Tim Radford

Subject: RE: Obit: Dick Greenhaus 1929-2019
From: Jeri
Date: 06 Jan 19 - 08:58 PM

I hadn't heard anything from or about him for a longish time, and figured he wasn't doing too well. Such a huge contribution he made.
My sympathy, Susan.

Subject: RE: Obit: Dick Greenhaus 1929-2019
From: Joe Offer
Date: 06 Jan 19 - 08:49 PM

Oh, I knew this day was coming, but it's still hard to take. I enjoyed him so much. May he rest easy now. He was truly a significant man. Thank you for being such a wonderful companion to him all these years, Susan.
-Joe-

Subject: Obit: Dick Greenhaus 1929-2019
From: Susan of DT
Date: 06 Jan 19 - 08:41 PM

Dick Greenhaus died January 5 at our retirement community in Lansdale, PA. Dick was responsible for developing the Digital Tradition database in 1988, which, in turn, when later posted here, aided the popularity of the mudcat website. (See the blurb from the DT here, VERY outdated. Dick was into folk music since the 1940s in New York City. He was a professional accompanist on guitar and banjo. After training as a chemist, he was employed as several kinds of engineer, including stints at Monsanto, Playtex, and Consumer Reports, among others. He acquired CAMSCO Music to sell traditional folk music CDs, both at festivals and online/phone. The thrust of CAMSCO changed to book publishing, jointly with Loomis House Press, as festivals vanished and we got too old to schlep the CDs around to festivals.

We are planning a memorial gathering, probably in March at our retirement community in Lansdale, PA - northern suburb of Philadelphia, just off the Northeast Extension of the Pennsy Turnpike and on the SEPTA regional rail line. Please PM me if you would like to attend, so I can work out the details and keep you informed (include your email).

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