Barbara Dane

[DianeE]

Barbara Dane died by suicide at age 97. I guess that's pretty unique!

I remember her because I was into folk music in my early teens. She was
a dedicated Communist, a protege of Pete Seeger, and had a powerful
voice, good for the protest anthems she liked to sing. I wasn't a fan of
hers. She was kind of the Ethel Merman of her genre, no subtlety,
always belted it out. (That's not a slur against Ethel Merman, just
trying to convey her singing style.)

Barbara Dane appeared at the Newport Folk Festival in 1959 where she
sang with Muddy Waters and Willie Dixon, the first white female artist
to do so. In 1965 she sang at Newport with the Chambers Brothers, who
were still doing gospel then.

Discography (albums) in our era:
Trouble in Mind (San Francisco, 1957)
A Night at the Ash Grove (World Pacific, 1958)
Livin' With the Blues with Earl Fatha Hines, Benny Carter and Shelly
Manne (Dot, 1959)
On My Way (Capitol, 1962)
When I Was a Young Girl (Horizon, 1962)

[Bruce]

[Rick Schubert]

Post by DianeE
Barbara Dane died by suicide at age 97. I guess that's pretty unique!

From Wikipedia:

Dane, who had heart failure, died through assisted suicide at her home in Oakland, under the
provisions of the California End of Life Option Act. She was 97.

San Francisco Chronicle:

Surrounded by family and friends, she availed herself of medical aid in dying after a long struggle
with heart failure, her daughter Nina Menendez told the Chronicle.