Dave Arthur 
Bert 
The Life and Times of A. L. Lloyd

Folk singer and folk music collector, writer, painter, journalist, art critic, whalerman, sheep station roustabout, Marxist, and much more – this is the story of A. L. (Bert) Lloyd’s extraordinary life.



A. L. Lloyd played a key part in the folk music revival of the 1950s and 60s, but that is only part of his story. Dave Arthur documents how Lloyd became a member of the Communist Party, forceful antifascist, trade unionist and an important part of left-wing culture from the early 1930s to his death in 1982. Following his return from Australia as a 21-year-old, self-educated agricultural labourer, he was at the heart of the most important left-wing movements and highly respected for his knowledge in various fields.



Dave Arthur recounts the life of a creative, passionate and life-loving Marxist, and in so doing provides a social history of a turbulent twentieth century.

Daftar Isi

List of photographs

Acknowledgements

Foreword by Richard Thompson

Introduction

1. The Beginning

2. A Telegram to Hitler

3. 1936 and All That

4. Down to the Sea in Ships

5. Working for Auntie

6. Bertie Badfruit

7. Picture Post and Army Life

8. The Singing Englishman

9. Croom’s Hill

10. The English Folk Song and Dance Society

11. Ramblers and Bold Miners

12. Back to the Beeb

13. Writing and Recording in the Fifties

14. The Folk Survival of the Fittest

15. The Radio Ballads

16. The Folk Revival

17. The Singing Sixties

18. Teaching and Filmmaking

19. Fare Thee Well

20. A Final Assemblage of Memories

Notes

Bibliography and Select Discography

Index

Tentang Penulis

Dave Arthur has gained a considerable reputation as a researcher, collector, writer and broadcaster of English song, music and folklore. He edited English Dance and Song for twenty years, and in 2003 was awarded the EFDSS Gold Badge for services to folk music. His writing has appeared in The Times, the Independent, Melody Maker, Words International, the Folk Music Journal, English Dance and Song, the Stage, Encyclopaedia Britannica and New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians.