Some Folk & Country Singers

Bob Shane ~ 85 ~ American singer and guitarist with 1950's & 60's Folk group The Kingston Trio ("Tom Dooley", "Sloop John B", "Scotch & Soda")

THE KINGSTON TRIO ~ "TOM DOOLEY";


THE KINGSTON TRIO ~ "MTA";


Hylda Sims ~ 87 ~ English folk musician and poet w/the City Ramblers Skiffle Group from the 1950's onward

THE CITY RAMBLERS SKIFFLE GROUP ~ "DR JAZZ";


Harold Reid - 80 - Grammy winning American Country singer and songwriter w/The Statler Brothers ("Flowers On The Wall", "Daddy Sang Bass")

THE STATLER BROS ~ "FLOWERS ON THE WALL";


JOHNNY CASH & THE STATLER BROS ~ "DADDY SANG BASS";


Jan Howard ~ 91 ~ American 1950's & 60's Country singer and songwriter ("The One You Slip Around With", "For Loving You", "Evil on Your Mind")

JAN HOWARD ~ "THE ONE YOU SLIP AROUND WITH";


JAN HOWARD & BILL ANDERSON;


Kenny Rogers ~ 81 ~ American hit Country and Pop singer from the 1960's onward ("The Gambler", "Coward Of The Country", "Ruby Don't Take Your Love To Town", "Just Dropped In", Islands In The Stream")

KENNY ROGERS ~ "RUBY DON'T TAKE YOUR LOVE TO TOWN";


KENNY ROGERS ~ "THE GAMBLER";


Johnny Bush ~ 85 ~ American country singer-songwriter ("Whiskey River")

JOHNNY BUSH ~


Charles "Fuzzy" Owen ~ Producer and pedal steel player with Merle Haggard

MERLE HAGGARD ~ "SING ME BACK HOME";


Julie Felix ~ 81 ~ American/British Folk singer and TV host, AKA "The Godmother Of English Folk Music"

Julie Felix ~ "I CAN'T TOUCH THE SUN";


Martin Carthy & Leonard Cohen ~ "Hey That's No Way To Say Goodbye";


JULIE FELIX & MANFRED MANN ~ "FARE THEE WELL";


Judy Dyble ~ 71 ~ English singer-songwriter (Fairport Convention, Robert Fripp, Incredible String Band, Trader Horne)

FAIRPORT CONVENTION ~ "TIME WILL SHOW THE WISER";


THE INCREDIBLE STRING BAND ~ "EMPTY POCKET BLUES";


Eric Taylor ~ 70 ~ American Country singer/songwriter w/Nanci Griffith & Lyle Lovett

ERIC TAYLOR & NANCI GRIFFITH ~ "STORMS";


ERIC TAYLOR & NANCI GRIFFITH ~ "TWO FIRES";


Jim Owen ~ 78 ~ American Country songwriter ("Louisiana Woman, Mississippi Man" for Conway Twitty & Loretta Lynn, also w/Porter Wagoner, Mel Tillis, Jerry Reed, Jim Ed Brown) and solo singer

JIM OWEN ~ "KAWLIGA";


JIM OWEN ~ "LOUISIANA WOMAN MISSISSIPPI MAN";


Bucky Baxter ~ 65 ~ American guitarist (Bob Dylan, Steve Earle, Ryan Adams, REM)

STEVE EARLE ~ "GUITAR TOWN";


STEVE EARLE ~ "COPPERHEAD ROAD";


David Olney ~ 71 ~ American singer-songwriter w/Emmylou Harris, Steve Earle, Linda Ronstadt, Steve Young, Del McCoury and solo from the 1980's onward

DAVID OLNEY ~ "THESE BOOTS ARE MADE FOR WALKING";


Tommy Hancock ~ 90 ~ Texas Western Swing, C&W and Country Rock singer from the 1940's onward

TOMMY HANCOCK ~ "UMBAWA";


Dave Rich ~ 1950's Country, Rockabilly and Gospel singer

DAVE RICH ~ "AIN'T IT FINE";


DAVE RICH ~ "YOUR PRETTY BLUE EYES";


Eric Weissberg ~ 80 ~ American folk banjoist w/The Tarriers ("Dueling Banjos")

ERIC WEISSBERG ~ "DUELING BANJOS";


Clyde Davenport ~ 98 ~ American old-time fiddler and banjo player

CLYDE DAVENPORT ~ "BONAPARTE'S RETREAT";


CLYDE DAVENPORT ~ "PUNCHEON CAMPS";


Evan Twitty ~ 18 ~ Indiana C&W guitarist & singer

EVAN TWITTY ~ "WHEN THE BRESHMAN STIKES AGAIN";


EVAN TWITTY ~ "NINE POUND HAMMER";

Merle Haggard, Ralph Stanley And Other Country Singers

Merle Haggard ~ 79 ~ was one of the stars of the 1960's California based American Outlaw Country movement which included Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Kris Kristofferson, David Allen Coe and Jessi Colter.

MERLE HAGGARD ~ "SING ME BACK HOME";


His family had migrated from Oklahoma during the Dust Bowl and Haggard had mant brushed with the law including a spell in San Quentin Prison where he saw Johnny Cash perform and was inspired to become a musician himself. Released in 1960 he began recording in 1962 and would go on to score 37 number one hits from 1966 to 1987 including classics like "Okie from Muskogee", "The Fightin' Side of Me", "Carolyn", "Momma Tried", "If We Make It Through December", "Sing Me Back Home" and "Pancho & Lefty" (with Willie Nelson) which chronicled the white working class. He also produced an aclaimed tribute album to Bob Wills and was supposed to produce Gram Parson's first solo album but backed out. Parsons would record a version of "Sing Me Back Home". Haggard won Grammy Awards in 1984, 1998, and 1999. MERLE HAGGARD ~ "MAMMA TRIED";


MERLE HAGGARD ~ "OKIE FROM MUSKOGEE";


Ralph Stanley ~ 89 ~ Virginia born banjo player and singer with The Stanley Brothers and The Clinch Mountain Boys from the 1940's onward "Man Of Constant Sorrow", "Pretty Polly" (covered by The Byrds & The Sadies), "Little Glass Of Wine" (also covered by The Sadies) and "O'Death". The Stanley Bros were a major influence on The Everly Bros. Was still working up to a couple years ago and was part of the "Oh Brother Where Art Thou" soundtrack

THE STANLEY BROS ~ "WORRIED MAN BLUES";


THE STANLEY BROS ~ "HOW MOUNTAIN GIRLS CAN LOVE";


THE STANLEY BROS ~ "RANK STRANGER";


Guy Clark ~ 74 ~ Grammy winning Country singer/songwriter, songs covered by Jerry Jeff Walker, Jimmy Buffett, Lyle Lovett, Ricky Skaggs, Steve Wariner, and Rodney Crowell, Johnny Cash, David Allan Coe, Vince Gill, Ricky Skaggs, Brad Paisley, John Denver, Alan Jackson, Rodney Crowell, The Highwaymen, and Kenny Chesney, recoded with Emmylou Harris

GUY CLARK ~ "COUNTRY MORNING MUSIC";


GUY CLARK ~ "BLUEBIRD WINE";


SONNY JAMES ~ 87 ~ American country singer-songwriter with numerous hits from the 1950's to the 1980's with ballads like "Young Love" and covers of songs like "Running Bear", "Only The Lonely", "Lovesick Blues" and "Abilene", later a producer for Marie Osmond.

SONNY JAMES ~ "YOUNG LOVE";


SONNY JAMES ~ "RUNNING BEAR"


Bonnie Brown ~ 77 ~ American country singer w/1950's band The Browns ("The Bells")

THE BROWNS ~ "THREE BELLS";


THE BROWNS ~ "I HEARD THE BLUEBIRDS SING";


Dave Swarbrick ~ 75 ~ British fiddler singer-songwriter w/Fairport Convention

FAIRPORT CONVENTION ~


James King ~ 58 ~ Virginia Bluegrass singer/songwriter known as The Bluegrass Storyteller

JAMES KING ~ "LEAVING";

Some Figures From The 1950's & 60's Folk Revival

Ronnie Gilbert ~ 88 ~ Singer with The Weavers (along with Pete Seeger, Lee Hays and Fred Hellerman), the group who kicked off the 1950's Folk Revival with hits like "Goodnight Irene", "Kisses Sweeter than Wine", "The Wreck of the John B" (aka "Sloop John B"), "Rock Island Line", "If I Had A Hammer", "The Lion Sleeps Tonight", and "The Midnight Special". The Weavers popularized the work of Woody Guthrie, Leadbelly, Solomon Linda and John Jacob Niles and influenced later figures like Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Peter, Paul & Mary, The Rooftop Singers, Kingston Trio and The Tokens. The Weavers were also heavily involved in left wing politics especially civil rights and anti-war and as such they were widely blacklisted from radio and television after Seeger and Hays refused to testify in front of the House Un-American Committee, and even though they scored a number of pop hits. The broke up and reformed several times throughout the mid-fifties and sixties until they finally disbanded in 1964. They reformed for a reunion in 1980 which was filmed for a hit movie "Wasn't That A Party". Ronnie Gilbert went on to sing with the group HARP with Pete Seeger and Arlo Guthrie as well as Holly Near. She later wrote and appeared in a one-woman show about early twentieth century leftist leader Mother Jones.

THE WEAVERS ~ "GOODNIGHT IRENE";


THE WEAVERS ~ "TZENA TZENA TZENA";


THE WEAVERS ~ "WIMOWEH";


Jean Richie ~ 92 ~ American folk singer and mountain dulcimer player of the early 1960's Folk Revival, known as Queen Of The Dulcimer, she singlehandedly popularized the insturment.

JEAN RICHIE ~ "SHADY GROVE";


JEAN RICHIE ~ "MY DEAR COMPANION";


Leon Bibb ~ 93 ~ American Folk and Spiritual singer and actor from the 1950's on, civil rights leader with Paul Robeson and Dick Gregory for which he was blacklisted.

LEON BIBB ~ "ROCKS & GRAVEL"


LEON BIBB ~ "WHEN THE SUN GOES DOWN";


Bruce Rowland ~ 74 ~ Drummer for 1960's British Folk-Rock band Fairport Convention, Ronnie Lane, Ronnie Wood, Shawn Phillips, Andy Mackay, Jackie Lomax, also played on "Jesus Christ Superstore".

FAIRPORT CONVENTION ~ "TIME THE WISER";


FAIRPORT CONVENTION;


Tut Taylor ~ 91 ~ American Bluegrass dobro player from the 1960's on with The Folk Swingers, The Dixie Gentlemen, John Hartford's Aero-Plane, and Jerry Douglas

JOHN HARTFORD ~ "TURN YOUR RADIO ON";


JOHN HARDFORD'S AERO-PLANE ~ "STEAM POWERED AEROPLANE";


Bill Keith ~ 75 ~ Bluegrass banjo player from the 1960's on with the Bluegrass Boys, Jim Kweskin Jug Band, Ian & Sylvia Tyson, Ritchie Havens, David Grisman, Geoff and Maria Muldaur, Judy Collins, Jonathan Edwards, Loudon Wainwright III, The Bee Gees

BILL MONROE ~ "UNCLE PEN";


GREAT SPECKLED BIRD ~ "CRAZY ARMS";


Bobby Hill ~ 83 ~ Montreal Bluegrass and Old Tyme Country singer/guitarist ("The Ballad Of Rocket Richard"

BOBBY HILL ~ "THE BALLAD OF ROCKET RICHARD";


Ron Hynes ~ 64 ~ Newfoundland folk singer from the 1970's on w/The Wonderful Grand Band and solo;
RON HYNES ~ "SONNY'S DREAM";