Hally Wood

Hally Wood (September 29 1922 - July 22 1989) was a classically trained musician/singer who became vitally interested in folkmusic; as musicologist transcribed a number of Lomax field recordings(getting words & notes down on paper), transcribed/researched a book of Leadbelly songs(see TRO publishers) , Woody Guthrie songs, The New Lost City Ramblers Songbook(later renamed Old-Time Stringband Songbook; see Oak), worked on a book in Houston(with Joseph Lomax-nephew of Alan) of some part of repetoire of either Dave van Ronk or Townes van Zandt; as a singer had 2 solo albums in early 1950s(Stinson "Hally Wood Sings Texas Folksongs"; Elektra "Oh Lovely Appearance of Death"), appeared on several concert/compilation albums, sang in concerts with Pete Seeger, Leadbelly, Woody Guthrie, Jean Ritchie, & others in NYC area, in '79-80 brought out self-produced album "Songs to Live By" in Houston, and was beginning work on another in the mid-80s but was diagnosed with cancer; from late '50s thru early '70s lived in Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico; did some work there helping produce concerts & other things this informant not familiar with.

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(The informant is only child of Ms. Wood & was born in 1943)