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Fred Hellerman
Born
(1927-05-13)May 13, 1927 Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Died
September 1, 2016(2016-09-01) (aged 89) Weston, Connecticut, U.S.
Genres
American folk music
Occupation(s)
Musician, record producer, singer-songwriter
Musical artist
Fred Hellerman (May 13, 1927 – September 1, 2016) was an American folk singer, guitarist, producer, and songwriter. Hellerman was an original member of the seminal American folk group The Weavers, together with Pete Seeger, Lee Hays, and Ronnie Gilbert. He produced the record album Alice's Restaurant (1967) for Arlo Guthrie, played accompaniment guitar on scores of folk albums, and wrote a number of folk and protest songs.
FredHellerman (May 13, 1927 – September 1, 2016) was an American folk singer, guitarist, producer, and songwriter. Hellerman was an original member of...
originally consisting of Lee Hays, Pete Seeger, Ronnie Gilbert, and FredHellerman. Founded in 1948, the group sang traditional folk songs from around...
in Carnegie Hall on Christmas Eve 1955, in an arrangement by member FredHellerman and released in 1957. Marti, Andreas (2023). "Schalom chaverim (Kanon)"...
– Juan Gabriel (66), Mexican singer and songwriter, heart attack. 1 FredHellerman, (89), American folk singer (The Weavers), guitarist, producer and songwriter...
"Come Away Melinda" is a song written by FredHellerman and Fran Minkoff. An anti-war song, its first release was by Harry Belafonte in May 1963. Also...
recorded her first album for Vanguard, Joan Baez (1960), produced by FredHellerman of The Weavers, who produced many albums by folk artists. The collection...
On the album Collins' voice and guitar are sparsely accompanied by FredHellerman on second guitar and Erik Darling on banjo. The title song is a variant...
a folk music quartet composed of Seeger, Hays, Ronnie Gilbert, and FredHellerman. It was a #10 hit for Peter, Paul and Mary in 1962 and then went to...
career of The Weavers, formed in November 1948 by Pete Seeger, Lee Hays, FredHellerman, and Ronnie Gilbert of People's Songs, of which Seeger had been president...
career of The Weavers, formed in November 1948 by Pete Seeger, Lee Hays, FredHellerman, and Ronnie Gilbert of People's Songs, of which Seeger had been president...
Weavers included charter Almanac member Lee Hays, Ronnie Gilbert, and FredHellerman; later Frank Hamilton, Erik Darling, and Bernie Krause serially took...
Weavers, a folk music group formed in 1947 by Ronnie Gilbert, Lee Hays, FredHellerman and Pete Seeger The Weavers (1905 film), a silent, black and white documentary...
Acoustic bass Dennis Collins: Guitar Vic Messer: Guitar Bill Lee: Bass FredHellerman: Guitar Erik Darling: Banjo Jacob Ander: Guitar Bruce Langhorne: Guitar...
quartet the Weavers, as a contralto with Pete Seeger, Lee Hays, and FredHellerman. Gilbert was born in Brooklyn, New York City and considered herself...
organized a quartet, which also included a young Ronnie Gilbert and FredHellerman, to accompany international folk dancing to raise money for their organization...
John Denver on the album John Denver "Come Away Melinda", written by FredHellerman and Fran Minkoff, and recorded by Harry Belafonte (on the album Streets...
undertaken for the sake of an unusual talent". Yarbrough was approached by FredHellerman and asked if Pete Seeger could play the banjo on some tracks, and this...
becoming friends with the folk singers Erik Darling and FredHellerman of the Weavers. Hellerman said, "He called me one day and said, 'I'd like to come...
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