Doug-Morgan
10-01-2016, 06:24 PM
Forgive me if I go off the reservation for a minute, but the "old folkie" in me can't let the passing of Oscar Brand go unmentioned. The Canadian born Brand was a contempory of Pete Seger and Woody Guthrie, I first ran across him in the mid 60's when he hosted the CBC show "Let's Sing Out". He was a great singer/songwriter, and a big booster of the art form, hosting "Folk Song Festival" on New York's WNYC for over 70 [[that's not a typo) years.
I met him once, a very charming man. I won't go into his life story....it's interesting......so if you'd like, read the obit, but a giant of the art form has passed away at the age of 96.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/02/arts/music/oscar-brand-folk-singer-whose-radio-show-twanged-for-decades-dies-at-96.html?_r=0
I met him once, a very charming man. I won't go into his life story....it's interesting......so if you'd like, read the obit, but a giant of the art form has passed away at the age of 96.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/02/arts/music/oscar-brand-folk-singer-whose-radio-show-twanged-for-decades-dies-at-96.html?_r=0