Dyer Bennet 2

Richard Dyer-Bennet | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 24, 2001)
• Original Release Date: 1956
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Smithsonian Folkways
• ASIN: B00005LN4X
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #192,635 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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Richard Dyer-Bennet (1913-1991) played a key role in the folk music revival of the 1950's and 1960's. He founded his own record label in 1955 in order to maintain artistic control over the sound quality, repertory, and style of his performances. His meticulously cultivated vocal style, high tenor range, and studied delivery of poetic text attracted adoring audiences across North America and Europe. This reissue of the second album released on the Dyer-Bennet label in 1956 presents Richard Dyer-Bennet's interpretive minstrelsy rendered in his signature impeccable style and subtle guitar accompaniment. 20-page booklet that includes lyrics. 34 minutes.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Richard Dyer-Bennet recordings, March 30, 2009

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I haven't heard Dyer-Bennet's mellifluous voice since the mid-70's, when I wore out the last one of my vinyls and couldn't find any replacements. (I was probably on the wrong coast, having moved from VT to CA.) I've been searching for the past 35 years, and finally found him! I love the songs, I love his voice. I wish Amazon would carry all Dyer-Bennet's works- there are still some songs I miss, "The Laird o' Cockpen" and "The Fox", to name just two.