Thomas Richard Paxton (1937) is an American folk
singer-songwriter who has had a music career spanning more than fifty years. In
2009, Paxton received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. He is noteworthy as
a music educator as well as an advocate for folk singers to combine traditional
songs with new compositions.
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, Willie
Nelson, Flatt & Scruggs, The Move, The Fireballs, and many others (see
covers). He has performed thousands of concerts around the world.
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