In Memoriam
Initially this was simply my list of thank-you's to friends and colleagues who have passed from this earth. They enriched my life with songs and music, both traditional and contemporary, love songs and political songs. Some were scholars, most were just lovers of the songs. Many of these people were not "famous," but they were important as scholars and performers in the tradition and trajectory of folk music that informed the folk revival movement with its political messages. Most of all they were important to me as inspiration and example. - Eleanor Walden
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José (Zeca) Afonso, Rolando Alarcón, Jackie Alper, Bob Beers, Roger Brooks, Big Bill Broonzy, Rev. Pearly Brown, Holly Cantine, Barbara Carns, Paddy Clancey, Walt Conley, Sis Cunningham, Erik Darling, Oliver (Bud) Dashiell, Donna Davis, Rev. Gary Davis, Fran Delorco, Seamus Ennis, Sam Eskin, Frank Fletcher, Irving (Bud) Foote, Irving Fromer, Jesse Fuller, Gene Garth, Joe Glazer, Kenneth Goldstein, John Gonyea (aka Sean Gagnier), Steve Goodman, Woody Guthrie, John Hancox, Yip Harburg, George Harrison, Lee Hays, Joe Hill, Wally Hillie, Billie Holiday, Fred Holstein, Myles Horton, Cisco Houston, Mississippi John Hurt, Burl Ives, Victor Jara, Bessie Jones, Maud Karpeles, Linda Kelly, Luke Kelly, Peter Kenedy, Milea Kenin, Howard Larman, Peter LaFarge, Harold Leventhal, Hudie (Leadbelly) Ledbetter, John Lennon, Alan Lomax, Ernie Marrs, Miriam Makeba, Tommy Makem, Brownie McGee, John Henry Mitchell, Charlotte Morris (Paglin), Buddy Moss, Odetta, Phil Ochs, Jack Olsen, Leon Olsen, Reeva Olsen, Tillie Olsen, Bruce (Utah) Phillips, James Madlope Phillips, Bill Pressman, Cordell Reagon, Richard Reuss, Malvina Reynolds, Ralph Rinzler, Paul Robeson, Earl Robinson, Michael Rossman, Helen Schneyer, Cecil Sharp, Bessie Smith, Sonny Terry, Bruce Thomas, Artie Traum, Gill Turner, Dave Van Ronk, Anne & Frank Warner, Stanley Watkins, Don West, Floyd Westerman, Josh White, Kate Wolf