Happy Traum Dies: Folk Music Mainstay Of Greenwich Village Scene Who Recorded With Bob Dylan Was 86
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deadline.comHappy Traum, a mainstay of the Greenwich Village folk scene of the early 1960s who recorded with Bob Dylan, died on Wednesday in Manhattan.
He was 86. His wife, Jane Traum, said he died of pancreatic cancer in a physical rehabilitation facility after undergoing surgery.
He lived in Woodstock, N.Y. Traum and his brother, Artie, were revered musicians in the folk world. The brothers performed at the Newport Folk Festival in Rhode Island in 1969, toured the world, and released five albums.
Artie Traum died of liver cancer in 2008. Happy Traum recorded and performed with Dylan, Pete Seeger, Levon Helm of the Band and the reggae star Peter Tosh.
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