Austin John Marshall
Austin John Marshall (30 March 1937 – 3 November 2013) was an English record producer, songwriter, poet and graphic artist, most notable for his work in developing folk music in Britain in the 1960s and 1970s. Writer Karl Dallas described him as "one of the great unsung pioneers of contemporary British folk song".[1]
Biography
He was born in
London College of Printing, becoming a graphic designer whose work was published in Vogue, The Observer and elsewhere.[2][3]
In 1960 he met the singer
Davy Graham on their joint album Folk Roots, New Routes, conceiving the album's approach and writing its liner notes.[3][4] He then worked as a record producer, art director and songwriter on Collins' albums The Sweet Primeroses (1967), The Power of the True Love Knot (1968), Anthems in Eden (1969), and Love, Death and the Lady (1970), on some of which Collins sang with her sister Dolly.[2] He also wrote lyrics for the song "Dancing At Whitsun", first published by Dallas and sung by Collins on Anthems in Eden[1][5] and later covered by Tim Hart on the 1971 album Summer Solstice.[6]
He and Collins divorced in 1970, but he continued to work both as a producer and graphic designer with other performers including the
First World War on English society.[2][3] He moved to New York City in 1981, establishing himself on the Lower East Side.[8] There, his Smudge project was eventually performed several times in the 1980s.[1] He became a performance poet using the name John the Angel Fish, and became known for his murals.[2]
He was married and divorced three times, and had two children. In later years he suffered from
chronic pulmonary disease. He died in New York in 2013 at the age of 76.[2]
References
- ^ a b c d RIP Austin John Marshall. Karldallasday.wordpress.com, Retrieved 19 November 2013
- ^ a b c d e Robin Denselow, "Obituary: Austin John Marshall", The Guardian, 14 November 2013. Retrieved 19 November 2013
- ^ a b c Dave Thompson, "Austin John Marshall – remembering the Phil Spector of Folk Rock", Goldmine, 8 November 2013. Goldminemag.com, Retrieved 19 November 2013
- ^ Credits for Folk Roots, New Routes, AllMusic. Retrieved 19 November 2013
- ^ "Whitsun Dance", Mainly Norfolk: English Folk and Other Good Music. Mainlynorfolk.info, Retrieved 19 November 2013
- ^ "Tim Hart And Maddy Prior - Summer Solstice". Discogs.com. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
- ^ Austin John Marshall, Credits, AllMusic. Retrieved 19 November 2013
- ^ The Coop: The Fast Folk Musical Magazine, June 1982, p. 14, Media.smithsonianfolkways.org
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