Bert : the life and times of A.L.Lloyd / Dave Arthur in association with the English Folk Dance and Song Society.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Arthur, Dave.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lloyd, A. L. (Albert Lancaster), 1908-1982.

Lloyd, A. L.

Folk singers--England--Biography.

Folk singers.

England.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xii, 424 pages, 14 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

Other Title:

Life and times of A.L.Lloyd.

Place of Publication:

London : Pluto, 2012.

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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 Dance and Song 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:

Published in association with the English Folk Dance and Song Society.

Includes notes.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0745332528

9780745332529

OCLC:

801306222