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The Weavers in the early 1950s,

clockwise from right:

Fred Hellerman,

Pete Seeger,

Lee Hays

and Ronnie Gilbert.

 

Photograph: no credit.

 

Fred Hellerman, Last of the Weavers Folk Group, Dies at 89

By WILLIAM GRIMES

NYT

SEPT. 2, 2016

https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/03/
arts/music/fred-hellerman-last-of-the-weavers-folk-group-dies-at-89.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fred Hellerman    1927-2016

 

singer, guitarist and songwriter

and the last surviving member of the Weavers,

the quartet that in the 1950s

helped usher in the folk music revival

 

(...)

 

With songs like “If I Had a Hammer,”

“Goodnight Irene”

and “Kisses Sweeter Than Wine,”

the Weavers brought folk music

to a mass audience,

paving the way for singers

like Joan Baez, Bob Dylan

and Peter, Paul and Mary,

who galvanized a young,

politically conscious audience

in the 1960s.

 

Mr. Hellerman’s mellow baritone,

rock-steady guitar

and songwriting talent

made him a pillar of the group,

whose other members

were Pete Seeger, Lee Hays

and Ronnie Gilbert.

 

Mr. Hays died in 1981,

Mr. Seeger in 2014

and Ms. Gilbert in 2015.

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/03/
arts/music/fred-hellerman-last-of-the-weavers-folk-group-dies-at-89.html

 

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/03/
arts/music/fred-hellerman-last-of-the-weavers-folk-group-dies-at-89.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ronnie Gilbert    1926-2015

 

born Ruth Alice Gilbert

 

Ronnie Gilbert ('s)

crystalline, bold contralto

provided distaff ballast for the Weavers,

the seminal quartet that helped propel

folk music to wide popularity

and establish its power

as an agent of social change

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/07/
arts/music/ronnie-gilbert-folk-singer-for-the-weavers-dies-at-88.html

 

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/07/
arts/music/ronnie-gilbert-folk-singer-for-the-weavers-dies-at-88.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Weavers

 

Ronnie Gilbert, Pete Seeger,

Lee Hays and Fred Hellerman

 

 

The Weavers (...)

started playing together

in the late 1940s.

 

Like-minded musicians

with progressive political views,

they performed work songs,

union songs and gospel songs,

and became known

for American folk standards

like “On Top of Old Smoky,”

“Goodnight, Irene” (first recorded

by the blues singer Lead Belly),

Woody Guthrie’s “So Long,

It’s Been Good to Know Yuh”

and “The Hammer Song”

(a.k.a. “If I Had a Hammer”)

by Mr. Seeger and Mr. Hays,

as well as songs from other cultures,

including “Wimoweh” from Africa

and “Tzena Tzena Tzena,”

a Hebrew song popular in Israel

(though it was written

before Israel was established in 1948).

https://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/07/
arts/music/ronnie-gilbert-folk-singer-for-the-weavers-dies-at-88.html

 

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
The_Weavers

 

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/03/
arts/music/fred-hellerman-last-of-the-weavers-folk-group-dies-at-89.html

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/07/
arts/music/ronnie-gilbert-folk-singer-for-the-weavers-dies-at-88.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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