John Cohen
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Biography
John Cohen (August 2, 1932 â September 16, 2019) was an American musician, photographer and film maker who performed and documented the traditional music of the rural South and played a major role in the American folk music revival. In the 1950s and 60s, Cohen was a founding member of the New Lost City Ramblers, a New York-based string band. Cohen made several expeditions to Peru to film and record the traditional culture of the Q'ero, an indigenous people. Cohen was also a professor of visual arts at SUNY Purchase College for 25 years.
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- Chinquapin Pie
- Rolling Mills Burning Down
- Alabama Gals
- Farmland Blues
- The Story That the Crow Told Me
- Rambling Hobo
- Chittlin Cookin' Time in Cheatham County
- Fine Sally
- Sugar in the Gourd
- Which Side Are You On?
- Buck Dancer's Choice
- The Highwayman
- The Coo-Coo Bird
- Twin Sisters
- Cannonball
- I Walk the Road Again
- It's Hard to Love
- Dark Holler
- My Name Is John Johanna
- Sally in the Garden
- Talkin' Hard Luck
- Danville Girl
- Chilly Winds featuring John Cohen
