[Magdalen] RIP Fred Hellerman, 89.

[Jon Egger]

Thank you for this, Mike.  It's sad when we lose a good artist.

On Fri, Sep 2, 2016 at 8:54 PM, M J _Mike_ Logsdon <mjl at ix.netcom.com>
wrote:

> Member of The Weavers.  God rest the soul of yet another Great One.
>
> *****
>
> Fred Hellerman, member of Weavers folk group, dies at 89
> From Associated Press
> September 02, 2016 7:54 PM EST
>
> WESTON, Conn. (AP) — Fred Hellerman, a founding member of the influential
> folk music quartet the Weavers, has died. He was 89.
>
> Hellerman died Thursday at his home in Weston, Connecticut, after a
> lengthy illness, his son, Caleb Hellerman, said Friday.
>
> The Weavers were formed in the late 1940s by Hellerman along with Pete
> Seeger, Lee Hays and Ronnie Gilbert. They helped to popularize folk music
> in the United States with recordings including "Goodnight Irene" and "On
> Top of Old Smoky." The group disbanded after they were black-listed by
> anti-Communists in the early 1950s, but performed again into the 1960s and
> then at a reunion concert at Carnegie Hall in 1980.
>
> Hellerman also produced Arlo Guthire's 1967 record, "Alice's Restaurant,"
> and worked with several artists over his career as a composer, arranger and
> songwriter.
>
> Hellerman was born in Brooklyn, New York, and his first displayed his love
> for music by collaborating on stage plays in the Yiddish theater, his son
> said. He learned to play guitar while serving in the U.S. Coast Guard and
> teamed up with the other musicians while living in New York City's
> Greenwich Village.
>
> He moved to Weston in 1969, installing a recording studio in the home that
> would often be visited by Seeger and other artists.
>



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