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| Title | : | Paul Clayton and the Folksong Revival (American Folk Music and Musicians Series) |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.72 (788 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0810861321 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 336 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-10-13 |
| Language | : | English |
Bob Coltman is a traditional folksinger, writer, and composer of several folk standards, and has published articles in Old Time Music and JEMFQ. He is a contributor to Exploring Roots Music: Twenty Years of the JEMF Quarterly (Porterfield, ed., Scarecrow Press, 2004).
A must-read for old folkies, scholars of the folk revival, and indeed anyone who wants to read a vivid portrait of a man possessed with immeasurable talent and demons who left an indelible footprint on the folk music of his time." (Ed Trickett, folk recording artist) . (Sing Out!, July 1, 2009)Coltman's book was published in 2008, and it is a fine study of a nearly forgotten but still significant figure in the folksong revival of the 1950s and 1960s. (Craig Harris Dirty Linen, June 2009)Coltman's book is thoroughly detailed and annotated, with interviews with colleagues, family, friends, lovers and creative collaborators. As one who
Paul Clayton and the Folksong Revival is the first biography of the folk singer and song collector.Using accounts from friends, family, and fellow musicians, author Bob Coltman relates the breadth and depth of Clayton's extraordinary life, from his birth into a singing family and his teenage years as a radio singer and folksong collector, to his establishment in New York as a folk performer and recording artist, to his tragic early suicide. Gradually, Clayton's achievements become overwhelmed by his disintegration as a drug user, failing musician, and bipolar gay man, culminating in eyewitness accounts relating to his tragic end.Presenting an in-depth look at folk music in the 1950s, Coltman illuminates what it meant to be a working, but not starring, folksinger in this period. Clayton single-handedly brought hundreds of obscure folksongs to the mainstream radio and recording market, and he influenced listeners and friends from Dave Van Ronk to Bob Dylan, who considered Clayton a mentor, "mindguard," and well of folksong. With quotes from a number of folksongs, a discographic summary, and a bibliography, this volume brings to life this intelligent, perceptive, and largely unknown scholar-folksinger.. A scholar and a balladeer, Paul Clayton (1931-1967) is credited with the Top-Ten hit "Gotta Tr
Arthur Thieme said The Folk Revival--It's ups and downs. Bob Coltman's book on Paul Clayton and his era of the Folk Song Revival in the USA is right on. From where I sat within the revival, he was a valued finder/collector of these songs. As a singer of traditional ballads and story songs, Paul Clayton put the tale in the songs first---even before himself--possibly partially because of his own vocal limitations. --- After reading this illuminating and sad story of his life, I come away feeling that his l. "A spellbinding read,and lingering mistery revealed" according to Bill Clifton. An extraordinarily well-documented and insightful view into the life and times of, perhaps, the finest interpreter of traditional folksong in the 20th centuryand the movement that gave birth to the 1960s folk revival. Coltman writes with creativity and enthusiasm and an uncanny ability to interpret the life of a very complex character who dominated the folk scene in the U.S. in the 1950sa truly gifted genius in the field of songwriting and performa. a long time comin' Mr. Coltman's book is insightful, thoughtful, and probing-- replete with a professional scholar's assessment of Mr. Clayton's achievements and history. This academic orientation does not temper the author's empathetic and all-encompassing look at the artist/scholar's ebullient and tragic personal life, however. Having known Paul Clayton at the University of Virginia while a young aspiring guitarist/folksinger/English major back in the 1960's, I can
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