For other people named Thomas Paxton, see Thomas Paxton (disambiguation).
Tom Paxton
Paxton in 2000 (Washington, D.C.)
Background information
Birth name
Thomas Richard Paxton
Born
(1937-10-31) October 31, 1937 (age 86) Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Genres
Folk
Occupation(s)
Singer-songwriter, guitarist
Instrument(s)
Guitar, vocals
Years active
1962–present
Labels
Elektra
Vanguard
Rhino
Reprise
Flying Fish
Rounder
Mountain Railroad
Sugar Hill
Appleseed
Website
tompaxton.com
Musical artist
Thomas Richard Paxton (born October 31, 1937) is an American folk singer-songwriter who has had a music career spanning more than sixty years.[1] In 2009, Paxton received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.[2][3] He is a music educator as well as an advocate for folk singers to combine traditional songs with new compositions.
Paxton's songs have been widely recorded, including modern standards such as "The Last Thing on My Mind", "Bottle of Wine", "Whose Garden Was This", "The Marvelous Toy", and "Ramblin' Boy". Paxton's songs have been recorded by Pete Seeger, Bob Dylan, the Weavers, Judy Collins, Sandy Denny, Joan Baez, Doc Watson, Harry Belafonte, Peter, Paul and Mary, the Seekers, Marianne Faithfull, the Kingston Trio, the Chad Mitchell Trio, John Denver, Dolly Parton and Porter Wagoner, Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Flatt & Scruggs, the Move, the Fireballs, Francesco Guccini and many others (see covers).
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Phil Rudd for the "Rock or Bust World Tour". Slade has also played with Tom Jones, Toomorrow, Uriah Heep, The Firm, and Asia. Slade was born Christopher...
both as a soloist and with well-known folk artists such as Amy White, TomPaxton, Jethro Burns, Jonathan Edwards, Cheryl Wheeler, Debi Smith, Bonnie Rideout...
Notice Now – TomPaxton (1969) Easy Does It – Al Kooper (1970) Stonehenge – Richie Havens (1970) TomPaxton 6 – TomPaxton (1970) Tom Rush – Tom Rush (1970)...
Irvine, Joe Strummer, Billy Bragg, Jerry Garcia, Bob Weir, Jeff Tweedy, TomPaxton, Brian Fallon, Sean Bonnette, and Sixto Rodríguez. He frequently performed...
name for himself as a skilled arranger; he also appeared on albums by TomPaxton as well as Vince Martin and Fred Neil for Elektra Records. From there...
written by American musician and singer-songwriter TomPaxton in the early 1960s and recorded first by Paxton in 1964. It is based on the traditional lament...
Siege of Khe Sanh among other things.) "Born on the Fourth of July" by TomPaxton "Broken Heroes" by Saxon "The Boy Who's Never Found" by The Katydids "Brainwashed"...
"Bottle of Wine" is a song written and recorded by TomPaxton, which was also a hit for the band The Fireballs, whose version reached #9 on the Billboard...
Miffs Frantz, Weymouth, Even Though TomTom Club Keeps Them Busy". Los Angeles Times. Ruhlmann, William. "TomTom Club | Biography". Allmusic. Retrieved...
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and singer-songwriters—Phil Ochs, TomPaxton, Eric von Schmidt, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Dave Van Ronk, Judy Collins, Tom Rush, Fred Neil, Gordon Lightfoot...
the last filmed performance of his friend Odetta, as well as songs from TomPaxton, Shane MacGowan, Gemma Hayes, Eric Bibb, and Fionn Regan as well as members...
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Diamond Rio. He performs with Don Henry as The Don Juans; they accompanied TomPaxton on his 2018 and 2019 UK tours. "Jon Vezner". Allmusic. Retrieved 10 August...
Newman" – TomPaxton (1969) "Jimmy’s Road" – Willie Nelson (1965) "Kill for peace" – The Fugs (1966) "Lyndon Johnson Told the Nation" – TomPaxton (1965)...
or even Phil Ochs, without the blatant politics. Denver tackles two TomPaxton songs, including "Forest Lawn," a wry swipe at the cemetery business that...
music legend TomPaxton. Through their booking agent Stephanie Coronado (who was a mutual acquaintance), the band later reconnected with Paxton and began...
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the sole number-one hit single for the group. Denver recorded songs by TomPaxton, Eric Andersen, John Prine, David Mallett, and many others in the folk...
and anti-war movements, including Pete Seeger, Arlo Guthrie, Joan Baez, TomPaxton, Sweet Honey in the Rock, and the Staple Singers, among many others. In...
folk festival included Peter, Paul and Mary, Joan Baez, Bob Dylan, and TomPaxton. Ochs's return appearance at Newport in 1964, when he performed "Draft...