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Singer-songwriter, folksong collector, field recorder. Instrument (s) Vocals, guitar, dulcimer. Years active. 1950–1967 [1] Labels. Folkways, Riverside, Tradition, Monument, Elektra. Paul Clayton (born Paul Clayton Worthington; March 3, 1931 – March 30, 1967) was an American folksinger and folklorist who was prominent in the folk music ...
May 18, 2017 · Paul Clayton was a folk music scholar, a collector and field recorder of traditional folksongs primarily from Appalachia and New England, and America’s most-recorded young folksinger – some 17 albums between 1954 and 1961, mostly traditional folk songs and later commercial recordings – bringing hundreds of obscure folk ballads and songs ...
Aug 14, 2017 · During his short life, Clayton had soaked up so much music—from upper-crust New England to Appalachian shacks; from the ancient to the modern; from the amateur to the professional. Clayton was filled with a vast diversity of sounds, and they all come swirling out in “Gingerbreadd Mindd.”
Folk music traveled in the back seat of Paul Clayton’s beat-up car in the form of a tape recorder he used to capture the beautiful and obscure mountain ballads of central Virginia. He brought them to Greenwich Village folkies, who were always on the lookout for new songs for their repertoire.
Paul Clayton was an American folksinger and folklorist who was prominent in the folk music revival of the 1950s and 1960s. Clayton earned a master's degree in folklore at the University of Virginia in 1957, where he specialized in traditional music, primarily New England sea shanties and ballads as well as Appalachian songs. He became interested in the first of these as a youngster and began ...
Explore Paul Clayton's discography including top tracks, albums, and reviews. Learn all about Paul Clayton on AllMusic.
Jul 26, 2013 · Clayton was a folk song scholar and singer/songwriter who not only befriended and influenced Dylan, but helped pave the way for the folk music explosion of the 1960s. The story of this...
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