Name Brian Dawson | Role Musician | |
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Died November 22, 2013, Scunthorpe General Hospital, Scunthorpe, United Kingdom | ||
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Brian Dawson (16 August 1939 – 22 November 2013) was a British folk song collector, musician and singer.
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He was a member of The Meggies (founders of The Grimsby Folk Club in the 1960s), The Redwings, The Higgeldy Piggeldy Band, The Grimsby Morris Men, The Plowgild Folk Dance Group and The Broadside (with whom he recorded a number of albums). He was an expert in Lincolnshire dialect, and the Lincolnshire folk song collecting of the Australian composer Percy Grainger. He was friends with folklorist and collector Ethel Rudkin, who inspired his interests in folk song and collecting. He helped in organising the Cleethorpes Folk Festival.
Death
During a performance at Howsham Village Hall on 9 November 2013 Dawson collapsed with a heart attack. He died on 22 November 2013, aged 74, at Scunthorpe General Hospital, Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire.
Collected songs
The bulk of Dawson's folk song collection has not yet been published. There are a few references in the Roud Index:
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