The Folk Music Revival, 1958-1970: Biographies of Fifty Performers and Other Influential People

Contents

• Table of Contents
• Introduction     
• Part One. The Revivalists: Behind the Scenes      
• Gordon Friesen (1909–1996) and Agnes “Sis” Cunningham (1909–2004) Broadside Magazine     
• Harold Leventhal (1919–2005) The Star Maker     
• Milton Okun (1923– ) The Studio Chameleon     
• Irwin Silber (1925–2010) The Broker     
• Kenneth Goldstein (1927–1995) The Scholarly Folkie     
• Ralph Rinzler (1934–1994) Background Man     
• Frank Hamilton (1934– ) The Teacher     
• Part Two. The Revivalists: The Performers      
• Erik Darling (1933–2008) Walk Right In     
• Doc Watson (1923– ) Deep Gap Folkie     
• Harry Belafonte (1927– ) Caribbean Folk     
• Bob Gibson (1931–1996) 12-String Songs     
• Ramblin’ Jack Elliott (1931– ) Hard Travelin’     
• Eric Von Schmidt (1931–2007) Cambridge Folk     
• Fred Neil (1936–2001) Cult Success     
• Dave Van Ronk (1936–2002) The Mayor of MacDougal Street     
• John “Spider” Koerner (1938– ) Spider Web     
• Judy Collins (1939– ) A Golden Voice     
• Richie Havens (1941– ) Mixed Bag     
• Tom Rush (1941– ) The Circle Game     
• Tim Hardin (1941–1980) Bird on a Wire     
• Eric Andersen (1943– ) Blue River     
• Part Three. The Political Folk      
• Odetta Holmes (1930–2008) Voice of the Civil Rights Movement     
• Utah Phillips (1935–2008) The Golden Voice of the Great Southwest     
• Peggy Seeger (1935– ) Manchester Angel     
• Tom Paxton (1937– ) Ramblin’ Boy     
• Carolyn Hester (1937– ) Texas Songbird     
• Phil Ochs (1940–1976) The Singing Journalist     
• Joan Baez (1941– ) Determined     
• Bob Dylan (1941– ) Folk Troubadour     
• Country Joe McDonald (1942– ) Fixin’ to Die     
• Arlo Guthrie (1947– ) Family Link     
• Part Four. Groups and Duos      
• The Kingston Trio (1956– ) Trendsetters     
• The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem (1956–2007) Irish Hearts     
• Chad Mitchell Trio (1958–1967) Missed Opportunities     
• New Lost City Ramblers (1958–1975) Old- Time Reintroduction     
• Ian and Sylvia Tyson (1959–1975) Canadian Folk Duo     
• The Limeliters (1959–1965, 1973–2010) Successful Formula     
• Peter, Paul and Mary (1961–1970) Deep Roots     
• Simon and Garfunkel (1964–1970) The Sounds of Silence     
• The Byrds (1964–1973) Folk Rock Fusion     
• The Lovin’ Spoonful (1965–1968) Good- Time Folk     
• Part Five. Other Performers      
• Miriam Makeba (1932–2008) Empress of African Song     
• Gordon Lightfoot (1938– ) Canadian Troubadour     
• Buffy Sainte- Marie (1941– ) Canadian Native Folk     
• Martin Carthy (1941– ) Father of the English Folk Revival     
• Bert Jansch (1943– ) English Finger Picker     
• Joni Mitchell (1943– ) Canadian Prairie Folk     
• Ralph McTell (1944– ) Streets of London     
• Donovan Leitch (1946– ) Sunshine Superman     
• Bibliography     
• Index