Some Folk and Country Figures

Don Adams ~ 85 ~ American Country bassist with the Adams Bros backing George Jones, Merle Haggard, Tammy Wynette, Ray Price, Marty Robbins and Johnny Paycheck

THE ADAMS BROS ~ "MY FAVORITE GIRL" & "HOLD IT";


David Allan Coe, 86, American country singer ("You Never Even Called Me By My Name", "The Ride") and songwriter ("Take This Job and Shove It")

DAVID ALLAN COE ~ "DEATH ROW";


DAVID ALLAN COE ~ "LIVING ON THE RUN";


Wayne Moss - 88 - American session guitarist (Area Code 615, Barefoot Jerry) and songwriter

AREA 615 ~ "KATY HILL";


Terry Cox - 89 - Drummer with British Folk Rock bands Pentangle, The Humblebums

PENTANGLE ~ "TRAVELLING SONG";


PENTANGLE ~ "NO LOVE IS SORROW";


Dolores Keane - 72 - Singer with Irish Folk band De Dannan

DE DANNAN ~ "HEY JUDE";


DE DANNAN ~ "LET IT BE";


Marie Brennan ~ 73 ~ Singer with Irish Folk Pop band Clannad

CLANNAD ~ "ROBIN THE HOODED MAN";


CLANNAD ~ "THEME FROM HARRY'S GAME";


CLANNAD & BONO ~ "IN A LIFETIME";


Blake Emmons - 81 - Canadian Country singer and television host

BLAKE EMMONS ~ "YOU'RE MY WOMAN";


Paul Geremia - 81 - American Folk Blues guitarist

PAUL GEREMIA ~ "RISING RIVER BLUES";


Ronnie Bowman ~ 64 ~ American Bluegrass singer/guitarist (Lonesome River Band)

LONESOME RIVER BAND ~ "LONG GONE";

Loretta Lynn & More Country & Folk Figures

Loretta Lynn - 90 - American Hall of Fame country singer-songwriter ("Coal Miner's Daughter", "You Ain't Woman Enough (To Take My Man)", "The Pill"), several duets with Conway Twitty, multiple Grammy winner, subject of the Oscar winning "Coal Miner's Daughter" biopic

LORETTA LYNN ~ "HAPPY BIRTHDAY";


LORETTA LYNN ~ "FIST CITY";


LORETTA LYNN ~ "HARPER VALLEY PTA";


LORETTA LYNN ~ "YOU AIN'T WOMAN ENOUGH TO TAKE MY MAN";


LORETTA LYNN & CONWAY TWITTY ~ "EASY LOVING";


LORETTA LYNN ~ "BLUE KENTUCKY GIRL";


LORETTA LYNN ~ "COAL MINER'S DAUGHTER";



Ian Tyson ~ 89 ~ Canadian Folk & Country singer/songwriter from the early 60's onward w/Ian & Sylvia & solo ("Four Strong Winds", "Great Speckled Bird")

IAN & SYLVIA ~ "OLD BLUE";


IAN & SYLVIA ~ "YOU WERE ON MY MIND";


IAN & SYLVIA ~ "CRAZY ARMS";


IAN & SYLVIA ~ "FOUR STRONG WINDS";


IAN TYSON ~ "IF YOU COULD READ MY MIND";


Jody Miller - 80 - American Pop & Country singer, Grammy winner (1966)

JODY MILLER ~ "SILVER THREADS & GOLDEN NEEDLES";


JODY MILLER ~ "QUEEN OF THE HOUSE";


JODY MILLER ~ "LET ME BE THERE";


Judith Durham - 79 - Singer with 1960's Folk Pop group The Seekers

THE SEEKERS ~ "I'LL NEVER FIND ANOTHER YOU";


THE SEEKERS ~ "GEORGY GIRL";


THE SEEKERS ~ "A WORLD OF OUR OWN";


Noel Duggan ~ 73 ~ Irish singer & musician with Folk bands Clannad, The Duggans and Norland Wind

CLANNAD ~ "TEIR ABHAILE RIU";


CLANNAD ~ "THEME FROM HARRY'S GAME";


CLANNAD ~ "ROBIN THE HOODED MAN";


CLANNAD & BONO ~ "IN A LIFETIME";


Lucy Simon - 82 - American 1960's Folk singer w/Carly Simon as the Simon Sisters & composer (The Secret Garden) and Grammy winner

THE SIMON SISTERS ~ "WINKIN & BLINKIN & NOD";


THE SIMON SISTERS ~ "IT RAINS IN MY HEART";


Roland White ~ 83 ~ American Bluegrass mandolinist with the Kentucky Colonels, Country Gazzette, The Nashville String Band, Lester Flatt, Marty Stuart, Skip Battin, Doc Watson, Clint Black

THE KENTUCKY COLONELS ~ "ARE YOU GOING AWAY";


LESTER FLATT & ROLAND WHITE w/NASHVILLE GRASS";


Herschel Sizemore ~ 87 ~ American Bluegrass mandolin player w/The Dixie Gentlemen, Country Grass, Del McCrory, The Shenandoah Cut Ups, Rual Yarborough, Blue Ridge Mountain Boys

THE DIXIE GENTLEMEN ~ "WHAT CAN I SAY";


Don Edwards - 86 - American cowboy singer

DON EDWARDS ~ "CATTLE CALL";


Anita Kerr - 94 - American Pop & Country singer, pianist, arranger in the 1960's w/The Anita Kerr Singers, The Little Dippers, Rod McCuen, Dale Evans, Eddy Arnold, Burl Ives, Ernest Tubb, Hank Snow, Brenda Lee, Perry Como, Pat Boone, Rosemary Clooney, Bobby Vinton, Roy Orbison, Willie Nelson, Floyd Cramer, Al Hirt, Ann-Margret, Chet Atkins, Bobby Bare and Jim Reeves. Two time Gramy winner

THE ANITA KERR SINGERS ~ "HELLO WILLIAM";


THE LITTLE DIPPERS ~ "FOREVER";


Lenny Lipton - 82 - American poet and lyricist ("Puff, the Magic Dragon" by Peter Paul & Mary and filmmaker

PETER, PAUL & MARY ~ "PUFF THE MAGIC DRAGON";


Jeff Cook - 73 - Guitarist/fiddle player with award winning 1980's & 90's C&W/Country Rock band Alabama

ALABAMA ~ "MOUNTAIN MUSIC";


ALABAMA ~ "MY HOME'S IN ALABAMA";


ALABAMA ~ "DIXIELAND DELIGHT";


Patrick Haggerty - 78 - American country singer-songwriter (Lavender Country)

LAVENDER COUNTRY ~ "CRYIN COCKSUCKER BLUES";


LAVENDER COUNTRY ~ "I CAN'T SHAKE THE STRANGER OUT OF YOU";


Jake Flint - 37 - American Red Dirt country singer-songwriter

JAKE FLINT ~ "HALLELUJAH";