Bibliogryphon 9,586 Posted October 18, 2012 Mike Harding (b 1944) has been put out to pasture by Radio 2 Not by mutual agreement. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TAFKAG 70 Posted November 15, 2012 Founding member of the Chieftains, fiddler/boner Martin Fay, has died at 76. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VSBfromH 74 Posted November 29, 2012 Ian Campbell Scots folk artist, founder of the folk group which bears his name and father of the Campbell brothers of UB40 fame. Apologies if already posted elsewhere. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest ob mitchell Posted January 31, 2013 re Sid Kipper-i talked to him at Cheltenham in March 2012-he was without doubt in very poor health and announced his retirement that evening at the theatre Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DevonDeathTrip 2,358 Posted March 10, 2013 Veteran folkie Meic Stevens - "The Welsh Bob Dylan" - is suffering from throat cancer, estimating his chances of survival to be 50/50. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DevonDeathTrip 2,358 Posted March 23, 2013 American folk fiddler Sue Draheim has been diagnosed with terminal brain cancer. She has appeared on albums by British folk luminaries Fairport Convention, Pentangle, The Albion Band, John Martyn and Richard Thompson. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DevonDeathTrip 2,358 Posted April 22, 2013 Woodstock opener and folk legend, Richie Havens. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themaninblack 2,112 Posted April 25, 2013 Joan Bridge Baez, mother of the more famous folk singer Joan Baez, has died aged 100... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,647 Posted April 25, 2013 Veteran folkie Meic Stevens - "The Welsh Bob Dylan" - is suffering from throat cancer, estimating his chances of survival to be 50/50. Bit higher than his chances of a national obit, then. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Red Flag 84 Posted April 25, 2013 You'll get a BBC obit for him if/when he goes, as BBC Wales will cover his death Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,647 Posted April 26, 2013 You'll get a BBC obit for him if/when he goes, as BBC Wales will cover his death A fair point; (opens 2014 picks file, rips Meic's name (cos MPFC can't f***in' spell it otherwise), closes file). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DevonDeathTrip 2,358 Posted May 5, 2013 American folk fiddler Sue Draheim has been diagnosed with terminal brain cancer. She has appeared on albums by British folk luminaries Fairport Convention, Pentangle, The Albion Band, John Martyn and Richard Thompson. Dead. I'll be interested to see if Sue Draheim gets a UK obit, because she'd have been number one in my DDP entry next year. I think I may have seen Draheim preform with Fairport at a Cropredy Festival...although all of my festival memories are a bit of a blur. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Octopus of Odstock 2,197 Posted May 29, 2013 Draheim finally got an obit in the Independent. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,610 Posted July 3, 2013 Gary Shearston, Australian folk singer who had a UK hit with I get a Kick Out of You, has died aged 74 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAAYE84Ye2I Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,647 Posted July 3, 2013 Gary Shearston, Australian folk singer who had a UK hit with I get a Kick Out of You, has died aged 74 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAAYE84Ye2I AWWW!!! Really sad, I've got a few of his albums and love Dingo and Abreaction. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
harrymcnallysblueandwhitearmy 1,689 Posted August 22, 2013 No links I'm afraid, but I heard this evening that the slightly obscure folk singer Louisa Jo Killen was diagnosed with lung cancer last August, although I have no information about how she is doing now. She is probably better known (but still not well known enough for a Wikipedia page) as Louis Killen, however she underwent gender re-assignment surgery at the age of 75... I'm sure she'll get a broadsheet obit when she goes. After a respectful pause, she/he did. A member of the Clancy Brothers for a while, too. She's sporting a fine beard in that photo. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
charon 4,943 Posted November 2, 2013 lol, almost put this in "pop stars" thread Radio shortbread reporting that Jack of the Alexander Brothers has died. Haven't saw link yet. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Paul Bearer 6,102 Posted November 2, 2013 lol, almost put this in "pop stars" thread Radio shortbread reporting that Jack of the Alexander Brothers has died. Haven't saw link yet. Link Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Octopus of Odstock 2,197 Posted November 8, 2013 Veteran folkie Meic Stevens - "The Welsh Bob Dylan" - is suffering from throat cancer, estimating his chances of survival to be 50/50. Seems better than 50-50 - http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/health/meic-stevens-road-recovery-battles-6265242 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,647 Posted November 10, 2013 Veteran folkie Meic Stevens - "The Welsh Bob Dylan" - is suffering from throat cancer, estimating his chances of survival to be 50/50. Seems better than 50-50 - http://www.walesonli...battles-6265242 Aw er mwyn fuck yn! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,530 Posted November 15, 2013 Don't know if you'd call him a folk singer (probably not) but Roy Harper has been knockin' on Heaven's door for a while, with various ailments physical and mental, and balladeer/singer-songwiter Dan Fogelberg has been battling prostate cancer, but I don't really think that they, or anyone else mentioned here would really qualify on the famous front. Turns out it wasn't heaven's door he was knocking on, but rather than front door of the local comprehensive. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themaninblack 2,112 Posted November 15, 2013 Don't know if you'd call him a folk singer (probably not) but Roy Harper has been knockin' on Heaven's door for a while, with various ailments physical and mental, and balladeer/singer-songwiter Dan Fogelberg has been battling prostate cancer, but I don't really think that they, or anyone else mentioned here would really qualify on the famous front. Turns out it wasn't heaven's door he was knocking on, but rather than front door of the local comprehensive. Which one's pink? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,647 Posted November 23, 2013 Don't know if you'd call him a folk singer (probably not) but Roy Harper has been knockin' on Heaven's door for a while, with various ailments physical and mental, and balladeer/singer-songwiter Dan Fogelberg has been battling prostate cancer, but I don't really think that they, or anyone else mentioned here would really qualify on the famous front. Turns out it wasn't heaven's door he was knocking on, but rather than front door of the local comprehensive. Which one's pink? The net closes ever closer on Jimmy Page, then. I'm sure there's a line that says something like: "Baby let me calm your fears, let me hold your thirteen years" in Harper's song "Commune." Oddly, the online versions of the lyrics vary a lot for this track. One version totally changes the following, which I'm sure is what he really sings: And I watched her makin' her first daisy chain as her nipples hung hard in suggestion And naked, gnat-bitten we drifted fain in the hazy deserved sensation Truly, they don't write 'em like that any more. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
harrymcnallysblueandwhitearmy 1,689 Posted November 23, 2013 The net closes ever closer on Jimmy Page, then. Just about every old rocker must be a possible suspect. How long till Led Zep's 'red snapper' groupie comes forward? "M'lud, you must remember this was the culture of 1971, when inserting Lutjanus campechanus into a young lady's private parts was considered the societal norm". I guess the rock star paedo hunt has now begun in earnest. Bill Wyman, anyone? And I suspect Jerry Lee was banging his 13-yr-old wife Myra when he toured here in 1958 too, Officer Yewtree. I should be ok, as we never got any groupies. Of any age. Unless you count Welshman or Cowboy Ronnie. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Welshman Posted November 23, 2013 That's a lie. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
