Benjamin Luzon was one of the most important and beloved singers of the 60’s, 70’s and 80’s. A longtime member of Britten’s English Opera Group, he was the creator of the title role of Owen Wingrave. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Luxon
Simple Gifts was written in 1848 by Elder Joseph Brackett, so should indeed be in the public domain by now. Aaron Copland used the tune in Appalachian Spring, and was gracious enough to credit his source. Sydney Carter, on the other hand, unashamedly let on that he wrote the tune for his song Lord Of The Dance.
I am one of these hifi guys who listens to your music because I bought some high quality music CDs from the TELARC label !! The music is uncompressed on these TELARC CDs and sounding therefore very natural even at high playback levels! Thank you for all this wonderfull music .. Eddystone Light is my favourite! greets form germany , around hannover area ..
Is this a shaker/quaker kind of place? I could not understand versions of this that have a man and woman seated and singing next to each other. Great Version, friends
I can remember my father singing this song since I was a boy. Something just told me to punch some lyrics into Google, & here I am. What a beautiful song. He has departed from me 12 years now, but I still miss him every day. I'm about to be 30 in a few weeks
Ich kann nicht verstehen, dass diese Version so weit hinten steht in der Liste. Ich musste so lange suchen ... - Dieses Lied wird von Benjamin Luxon einfach fantastisch gesungen. Meine Lieblingsversion überhaupt. Danke dafür !
I was privileged to have been able to call Bill Crofut my friend, and teacher. He invited me to stay at his home with his wife over winter break for a few days, and he introduced me to the delightful Ben Luxom. It was been well over 20 years since we lost Bill, and it's wonderful to see them both once again....
Lovely story David! :) I own Bill crofut's old banjo from the 60's that he made himself. Maybe you saw it around the house? Long neck merlin. I've got a photo of him using it in the 60's aswell. Heavy aluminium shiny neck.
