[mplpost] Wade Hemsworth has died
Mike Regenstreif
mike@ckutfolk.com
Sun Jan 20 10:06:05 2002
Wade Hemsworth, the dean of Canadian folk song writers, died yesterday at
the age of 85. (I know it's academically incorrect to say that someone
*wrote folk songs*, but Wade did.)
Among his songs were such classics as "The Log Driver's Waltz," "The Black
Fly Song," "Foolish You," and "Wild Geese."
Mike Regenstreif
Host/Producer: Folk Roots/Folk Branches -- CKUT, Montreal
Reviewer/Feature Writer: Montreal Gazette
Reviewer/Feature Writer: Sing Out! Magazine
mike@ckutfolk.com
235 Metcalfe Ave. # 402
Westmount, Quebec
H3Z 2H8
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