Paul Clayton
Born March 3, 1933, in New Bedford, MA, Paul Clayton maintained a lifelong interest in the folk song tradition, particularly sea shanties and whaling songs, and was an avid collector of folk tunes. He first heard the old sea shanties from his grandfather, and by fiften years old he was singing them himself, along with other folk material he collected, on a series of radio shows. After earning a pair of degrees from the University of Virginia (where he studied with folklorist Arthur Kyle Davis, Jr.), he collected extensively in the Appalachians, and was instrumental in the first recordings of such traditional folk artists as Etta Baker and Hobart Smith. Clayton was a fixture in the Greenwich Village scene during the folk revival, and went on to record several albums of traditional material for the Folkways, Tradition, Riverside, Electra, Monument, and Stinson labels. The melody to his song "Who'll Buy You Ribbons When I'm Gone," in turn based on the traditional song "Scarlet Ribbons for Her Hair," provided Bob Dylan with the melody line for "Don't Think Twice, It's Alright," and led to a brief legal skirmish between the two singers in the mid-'60s, which was apparently settled amicably. Clayton died on March 30, 1967, reportedly by taking an electric appliance into his bathtub, thus ending a life, although beset by drug use and depression, that was full of the joy of songs and singing.
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Discografía
9 álbum(es) • Ordenado por Mejores ventas
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Sailing And Whaling Songs Of The 19th Century
Folk - Editado por Legacy International el 1 ene. 2006
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Paul Clayton Sings Home Made Songs And Ballads (Album Version)
Pop/Rock - Editado por Legacy Recordings el 30 oct. 2009
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Folk Singer (With Bonus Tracks)
Pop/Rock - Editado por Legacy Recordings el 30 oct. 2009
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Whaling and Sailing Songs
Pop - Editado por Tradition Records el 28 oct. 1997
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Whaling and Sailing Songs from the Days of Moby Dick (Remastered)
Pop - Editado por Tradition Records el 11 sep. 1956
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American Folk Tales and Songs
Paul Clayton, Jean Ritchie, Richard Chase
Pop - Editado por Tradition Everest el 4 sep. 1956
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Bobby Burns' Merry Musus Of Caledonia
Pop - Editado por Rhino - Elektra el 15 jun. 2010
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Unholy Matrimony
Pop - Editado por Rhino - Elektra el 27 ene. 2006
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American Songs of Revolutionary Times
Paul Clayton, Jean Ritchie, Richard Chase
Folk - Editado por Tradition Everest el 9 jul. 1957
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo