Tom Paxton at Sage Gateshead
FIFTY years on from his first UK tour in 1965, US folk music legend Tom Paxton returns to the region to mark the release of his studio album, Redemption Road.
The five decades in between have seen the recording of many enduring songs, and thousands of live performances around the world, as well as a Lifetime Achievement Grammy Award in 2009.
Celebrated among his peers and audiences alike, he is one of the most highly -egarded, loved, and best-known folk singer/songwriters of his generation with timeless classics such as: The Last Thing On My Mind, Bottle Of Wine, and Ramblin' Boy.
In describing Paxton’s influence on his fellow musicians, Pete Seeger said: “Tom’s songs have a way of sneaking up on you. You find yourself humming them, whistling them, and singing a verse to a friend. In a small village near Calcutta, in 1998, a villager who could not speak English sang me What Did You Learn In School Today? in Bengali. Tom Paxton’s songs are reaching around the world more than he is, or any of us could have realised. Keep on, Tom.”
n May 13, Sage Gateshead. Box Office: 0191-443-4661 or sagegateshead.com
Helen Brown
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