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Title: The Sky has fallen
Post by: cozmik_cowboy on December 27, 2021, 11:46:24 AM

I just found out that folk legend Patrick Sky passed away May 26 at age 80, of prostate & bone cancer. 


His 1973 album Songs That Made America Famous (consisting of brilliant, radical, and largely obscene songs that pretty much ended his career) was in regular play at the college I attended at the time.  I regularly perform "Fight For Liberation" from said album; I would link it here, but there is a reason it helped end his career...........

When I decided to learn it, I found the lyrics, but could find the chords - so I Googled him & e-mailed him.  He responded quite graciously.

After that album ended his folk-singer days (he was a contemporary & peer of Dave van Ronck, Phil Ochs, and Bob Dylan) he lived in the mountains of N. Carolina making & playing Uilleann pipes.

Peter

Title: Re: The Sky has fallen
Post by: BeenDown139 on December 27, 2021, 01:00:59 PM

well surprisingly enough, it's on google music so i gave it a spin.  having grown up in the 60's and 70's, i thought i'd heard everything.  apparently not. 


W00T!

Title: Re: The Sky has fallen
Post by: David Houck on December 27, 2021, 08:21:57 PM

Apparently he lived over in Spruce Pine.  I lived there briefly in 2000, but not long enough to know of him.

Title: Re: The Sky has fallen
Post by: keith_h on December 28, 2021, 06:56:52 AM

Quote from: BeenDown139 on December 27, 2021, 01:00:59 PM

....  i thought i'd heard everything.  apparently not. 


W00T!

I with you there.