Joe Hickerson
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Biography
Joseph Charles Hickerson, born in Lake Forest, Illinois, was an American folk singer and musicologist. He graduated from Oberlin College with a B.S. in physics in 1957. He released his debut album We've Got Some Singing To Do (1958) with The Folksmiths. He participated in the first LP recording of "Kumbayah" in 1958. In 1960, he collaborated with Pete Seeger, adding two verses to "Where Have All the Flowers Gone?", and co-created the Kingston Trio's version of "Bonny Hielan' Laddie" alongside Dave Guard. In 1963, Hickerson became the Librarian and Director of the Archive of Folk Song at the American Folklife Center of the Library of Congress, a position he held for 35 years until 1998. He released the notable albums Joe Hickerson With a Gathering of Friends (1970) and Drive Dull Care Away Volumes 1 & 2 (1976).
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- Blind Fiddler
- Doney Gal
- I'm On My Way
- Woad
- Lather and Shave
- Bring Back My Johnny to Me
- The Thinnest Man
- Hang on the Bell, Nellie
- Hard Times
- Train on the Island
- Bring My Johnny Back to Me
- Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie
- We Are Anchored by the Roadside, Jim
- The Flowers of the Forest
- Won't You Come and Sing for Me
- The Boreens of Derry
- Erin's Green Shore
- Hiram Hubbard
- Lady Isabel and the Elf Knight
- The Green Shores of Fogo
- High Barbaree
- Ain't No Grave Can Hold My Body Down
- Last Winter Was a Hard One
- Rolling of the Stones
