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| Genre/Form: | Biography |
|---|---|
| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Coltman, Bob. Paul Clayton and the folksong revival. Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2008 (OCoLC)639560031 |
| Named Person: | Paul Clayton; Paul (Musiker) Clayton |
| Material Type: | Biography, Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Bob Coltman |
| ISBN: | 9780810861329 0810861321 |
| OCLC Number: | 221960420 |
| Description: | xxvi, 297 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
| Contents: | Breathing in old songs from the cradle -- A boy, a guitar, a microphone -- In the heart of old Virginia -- A couple of beards and bluegrass -- View from a Virginia cabin -- Paul conquers Folkways -- Big find in North Carolina -- America's most recorded young folksinger -- From Virginia to the Village -- Done laid around and stayed around -- Across the blue mountain -- Another brush with the big time -- A roller coaster ride -- Charlottesville follies -- The Dylan and Clayton expedition -- The long tumble from grace -- A gingerbreadd endd -- Life after death? |
| Series Title: | American folk music and musicians, no. 10. |
| Responsibility: | Bob Coltman. |
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Well-researched tome. -- Craig Harris Dirty Linen, June 2009 Coltman's book is thoroughly detailed and annotated, with interviews with colleagues, family, friends, lovers and creative collaborators... Bob Coltman's friendly prose, eye for detail and exceptional research capture a significant, if overlooked, player in the mid-century folk revival... Recommended. 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. The discography is useful, especially in its listing of non-commercial recordings, but equally fascinatingis the appendix of Clayton's copyrighted songs, divided into original compositions hybrids, and traditional songs. While there may not be many who have been longing for a book-length biography of Paul Clayton exists, there may be more people discovering the song and voice that I have respected for over twenty years. -- Morris S. Levy Coltman, writing with obvious love for the time, the music, and the people who made the folk music revival of the mid-1900s a resource for all of us, provides a glimpse into the story of a man often walking the thin line between genius and insanity. As one who lived that era, I relived many times, places, and feelings reading this book. 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 Read more...
