Brian Dawson (folk singer)


Brian Dawson was a British folk song collector, musician and singer.
He was a member of The Meggies, The Redwings, The Higgeldy Piggeldy Band, The Grimsby Morris Men, The Plowgild Folk Dance Group and The Broadside. 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:
As Collector:
As Performer:

Publications

Late Leaves From Lincolnshire, co-written with Patrick O'Shaghnessy, Lincolnshire And Humberside Arts, ASIN: B0014AXFM0]
  • "The Herring Song", A Prospect of Lincolnshire, Lincoln, p. 126

Discography

Songs from the Stocks, The Broadside, Guildhall, GHS5 A Collection of Catchpennies, The Broadside, MJB, BEVLP1242 Eastern Approaches, The Residents of the Grimsby Folk Song Club, Guildhall, GHS8 The Moon Shone Bright, The Broadside, Topic Records To Drive The Dark Away, The Broadside, Guildhall, Boston Sound Hunters Me 'Umble Lot, Keith Kendrick Volume One Recordings