Researching Bob Coltman
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 840 people with the Coltman surname? In that year Coltman was ranked number 2743 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Bob means "Form of ROBERT - Bright fame" and is of German origin.
Records of Bob Coltman on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Bob Coltman and the Coltman Family History
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Bob Coltman
Bob Coltman (born November 17, 1937, New Rochelle, New York, United States) is an American singer of traditional songs, songwriter, guitarist and banjoist, and author.
Coltman is the author of the detailed scholarly biography, Paul Clayton and the Folksong Revival and Across the Chasm: How the Depression Changed Country Music, Old Time Music 23 (Winter 1976- 1977).
He became a performer in his early teens, playing 5-string banjo, guitar and other instruments. In 1954 and 1955 he traveled in Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee and Kentucky, meeting traditional singers and collecting songs. During his undergraduate years at Dartmouth College (1956–59) Coltman performed frequently in campus hootenannies. In 1959 Bob traveled in the US west, southwest, and Mexico with skier-climber-singer Bill Briggs, influencing a number of singers who would take part in the folk song revival of the 1960s.
While in Baltimore in 1962, Coltman accompanied country, blues and jazz singer Joe Bussard. A vivid account of one of their record-finding trips appears in Marshall Wyatt, “A Visit with Joseph E. Bussard, Jr." Old-Time Herald. He recorded 78 rpm solo and group singles under his own name and a variety of pseudonyms (Danville Dan, Georgia Jokers, Bald Knob Chicken Snatchers, etc.) for Bussard’s Fonotone Records label. From these masters were later made two LP albums and portions of a CD compilation.
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