Bob Carey

Bob Carey was one of the more important -- and most tragic -- players from the '50s folk revival scene, despite the allegations of some critics that he is "understandably forgotten." He was a member of two key groups from this era, the Folksay Trio and the Tarriers, both originally in the company of sidekick Erik Darling, and the tandem work of the two musicians helped set the stage for the folk boom of the late '50s, almost as much as the work of Pete Seeger and the Weavers. Carey was born in Brooklyn in 1935, and at an early age became a devoted folk and blues enthusiast: on...