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 Eric Von Schmidt on the cover of Tomato CD 2053 Eric Von Schmidt (May 28, 1931 - February 2, 2007) was an American singer-songwriter associated with the folk/blues revival of the 1960s and a key part of the East Coast folk music scene ([1]) that included Bob Dylan ([2]) and Joan Baez. Image File history File links Broom_icon. ...
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May 28 is the 148th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (149th in leap years). ...
1931 (MCMXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link is to a full 1931 calendar). ...
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The term singer-songwriter refers to performers who both write and sing their own material. ...
Son House was a major Delta blues artist. ...
Folk music, in the original sense of the term, is music by and for the common people. ...
Bob Dylan (born Robert Allen Zimmerman, May 24, 1941), is an American singer-songwriter, author, musician, and poet who has been a major figure in popular music for five decades. ...
Joan Chandos Baez (born January 9, 1941) is an American folk singer and songwriter known for her highly individual vocal style. ...
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Von Schmidt is probably best known for not being the author of the song Baby, Let Me Follow You Down, which was for years a staple of Dylan's musical catalogue. Dylan's label, Columbia Records, credited Von Schmidt as the composer of the piece. Although he penned a book of the same name, Von Schmidt denied ([3]) the assertion made by the record label. Columbia Records is the oldest brand name in recorded sound, dating back to 1888, and was the first record company to produce pre-recorded records as opposed to blank cylinders. ...
A composer is a person who writes music. ...
Four years before his death, Eric von Schmidt painted his last epic masterpiece of American history. The canvas’ subject was of Lewis and Clark's Corp of Discovery honoring its bicentennial. After completing that subject he continued his “Giants of the Blues” series of paintings. Both may be viewed at his official website, vonsworks.com (see links below).
Eric Von Schmidt's father, Harold Von Schmidt, was a painter of western landscapes who worked for The Saturday Evening Post. Painting by Rembrandt self-portrait Detail from Las Meninas by Diego Velazquez, in which the painter portrayed himself at work For the computer graphics program, see Corel Painter. ...
A cover of the Saturday Evening Post from 1903 The Saturday Evening Post was a weekly magazine published in the United States from August 4, 1821 to February 8, 1969. ...
Awards and Legacy Von Schmidt's music has been recorded by Travis MacRae and Jeff Buckley. He is considered an important influence on Tom Rush.[4] He was honored in 2000 with the ASCAP Foundation Lifetime Achievement Award ([5]) at an event ([6]) which featured a reunion of the Jim Kweskin Jug Band including Fritz Richmond. Travis MacRae is a Canadian singer/songwriter known for his folk (or folk blues) music, for his accomplished guitar and harmonica playing, and for his rough, somewhat Southern-styled vocals. ...
Jeff Buckley (November 17, 1966 – May 29, 1997), born Jeffrey Scott Buckley and raised as Scottie Moorhead, was an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. ...
Tom Rush (February 8, 1941-) was a popular folk and blues musician in the early 1960s. ...
The American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP) is an organization known as a collecting society that protects intellectual property, ensuring that music which is broadcast, commercially recorded, or otherwise used for profit, pays a fee to compensate the creators of that music. ...
Jim Kweskin is the founder of the Jim Kweskin Jug Band, with Fritz Richmond, Mel Lyman, and Geoff and Maria Muldaur. ...
Fritz Richmond (1939-2005) was an American musician and recording engineer. ...
He is widely credited ([7]), along with Rush, for reviving and arranging the most-widely-performed version of the traditional song Wasn't That A Mighty Storm about the Galveston Hurricane of 1900 that caused extensive property damage in Galveston, Texas. Lowest pressure ≤936 mbar (hPa) Damages $25-50 million (1900 USD) $928 million (2000 USD) [1] Fatalities 6,000–12,000 direct Areas affected Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Cuba, south Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas (particularly around Galveston), much of the Central United States, Great Lakes region, Atlantic Canada Part...
Nickname: The Oleander City Location in the state of Texas County Galveston Mayor Lyda Ann Thomas Area - City 539. ...
Von Schmidt was also an author, painter and illustrator, who created cover art for several books, and album covers for several artists ([8]) including Baez. An author is the person who creates a written work, such as a book, story, article or the like. ...
An illustrator is a graphic artist who specializes in enhancing written text by providing a visual representation that corresponds to the content of the associated text. ...
Example of book cover art. ...
An album cover is a cover used to package commercial audio recordings such as the printed cardboard covers that were typically used to package 12 gramophone records from the 1960s through to the 1980s when the 12 record was the major format for distribution of popular music. ...
In 1997, he won a Grammy Award for his work on a compilation album entitled Anthology of American Folk Music, Vol. 1-3. He painted up until his death, and recently completed an epic mural of the Battle of the Alamo. This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...
A compilation album is an album (music or spoken-word) featuring tracks from one or multiple recording artists, often culled from a variety of sources (such as studio albums, live albums, singles, demos and outtakes. ...
Salle des illustres, ceiling painting, by Jean André Rixens. ...
Combatants Republic of Mexico Mexican state of Coahuila y Tejas Commanders Antonio López de Santa Anna Pérez de Lebrón William Travis†Jim Bowie†Davy Crockett†Strength 6,000 in attack {1,800 in assault-see below} 183 to 250 Casualties 370 to 600 total 70 to 200...
He suffered a stroke in August 2006, and died seven months later, aged 75. A stroke, also known as cerebrovascular accident (CVA),[1] is an acute neurological injury in which the blood supply to a part of the brain is interrupted. ...
References The Guardian is a British newspaper owned by the Guardian Media Group. ...
February 5 is the 36th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ...
2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the Anno Domini (common) era. ...
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