Two Bold Singermen and the English Folk Revival - The Lives, Song Traditions and Legacies of Sam Larner and Harry Cox - Bruce Lindsay
First Work, First Songs
Two Bold Singermen and the English Folk Revival - The Lives, Song Traditions and Legacies of Sam Larner and Harry Cox - Bruce Lindsay
Bruce Lindsay [+]
Music Journalist and Social Historian
Bruce Lindsay is a freelance music journalist and social history researcher. He is the author of Shellac and Swing: A Social History of the Gramophone in Britain (Fonthill Media, 2020), Two Bold Singermen and the English Folk Revival: The Lives, Song Traditions and Legacies of Sam Larner and Harry Cox (Equinox Publishing, 2020) and Ivor Cutler: A Life Outside the Sitting Room (Equinox, 2023).
Description
This chapter discusses Harry and Sam’s adolescence and early adulthood, as they moved from school to work and began to extend their activities as singers (and, in Harry’s case, as a fiddler, melodeon player and jig-doll maker), from the home to public spaces including public houses. By the age of 12 both boys were employed. Harry remained in east Norfolk, Sam (nicknamed ‘Funky’ by this time) joined the Yarmouth fishing fleet and spent most of his time at sea.