Erik Darling (September 25, 1933 – August 3, 2008)
Biography
Darling was born in Baltimore, Maryland. He entered New York University in the early 1950s, but soon abandoned higher education. Inspired by the folk music group The Weavers, in the 1950s, he formed The Tunetellers, which evolved into The Tarriers with actor/singer Alan Arkin.
In 1967, Darling and Paul Bennett were co-credited for writing the song "Babe I'm Gonna Leave You," by Quicksilver Messenger Service, which appears to be a medley of Darling's 1958 song "St. John's River" and Joan Baez's recording of "Babe I'm Gonna Leave You", originally written by Anne Bredon..
He died at his home in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, from Burkitt's lymphoma at the age of 74.
Discography
- Camp Songs (with Pete Seeger) (Folkways, 1955)
- Erik Darling (Elektra, 1958)
- Child, Child (Wind River, 2000)
- True Religion And Other Blues, Ballads And Folksongs (Vanguard, 1961)
- Train Time (Vanguard, 1963)
References
External links
- [ All Music]
- Erik Darling Papers, 1950s-2008. UNC-Chapel Hill, Southern Folklife Collection. Collection Number: 20434.
- Erik Darling Autobiography: "I'd Give My Life" published 2008.
- Erik Darling Obituary in The Guardian