Tom Paxton got his start in Greenwich Village coffeehouses of the early 1960s, alongside the likes of Bob Dylan, Judy Collins and Joan Baez.
What sort of character was the young Dylan? Was Paxton smitten by Judy and Joan? What was it like the first time he heard these now-iconic artists covering his songs?
Ask him yourself.
Paxton, 84, will field audience questions for a half hour before his concert this Friday, April 8, 2022, at the Folk Project’s Troubadour series in Morris Township. He will be joined onstage by The Don Juans–hit-making Nashville songwriters Don Henry and Jon Vezner.
“This is a rare opportunity to see a big act in a very small venue,” says the Folk Project’s Mark Schaffer, who calls Paxton a “classic musical hero.”
“It’s pretty impressive–the catalog of songs he’s entered into the culture is just immense. Ramblin’ Boy, The Last Thing on My Mind… these are acoustic classics from the folk revival of the ’60s and ’70s.”
Paxton received a Lifetime Achievement Grammy in 2009 and recently released his 63rd recording, Boat in the Water. Check out our 2015 Morristown Green Podcast interview with Paxton:
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Henry and Vezner have penned songs for everyone from Ray Charles to Blake Shelton. They shared a Grammy for Kathy Mattea’s poignant hit, Where’ve You Been.
The duo’s “phenomenal energy and musicality” helped convince Paxton to shelve plans to hang up his guitar, Schaffer says. “He’s absolutely inspired by this musical marriage late in life.”
Tickets are $35; children 12 and under, free. The Q & A starts at 7:30 pm, followed by the 8 pm concert, at the Morristown Unitarian Fellowship, 21 Normandy Heights Road, 973-335-9489. Proof of vaccination required; masks optional.
