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A book cover consisting of a banjo leaning against a blue door. The cover says "The Lonesome Traveller. This Land is Your Land: The life and times of Canada's singing Legends the Travellers Jerry Gray".

The Lonesome Traveller

The Lonesome Traveller

A book cover consisting of a banjo leaning against a blue door. The cover says "The Lonesome Traveller. This Land is Your Land: The life and times of Canada's singing Legends the Travellers Jerry Gray".

Cover for “The Lonesome Traveller”, Heritage Toronto Book Award nominee, 2022. Image courtesy of Jerry Gray.

Author: Jerry Gray

Publisher: BookLocker

The Lonesome Traveller is a history of banjo-playing musician Jerry Gray and his leadership of Canada’s first folk-song group, The Travellers. The Travellers were part of the early ’60’s folk song boom and did concerts with Pete Seeger, Harry Belafonte, Judy Collins. Gordon Lightfoot, Arlo Guthrie and many others. With Grey at its head, the group performed over 3000 concerts for over 60 years across Canada and around the world and recorded 19 albums. 

 

 

 

About the Author:

Jerry Gray is the last living original member of Canada’s first iconic folk group, The Travellers, begun in 1953. He has been awarded lifetime awards by labour organizations and political parties, and sang in a command performance for Queen Elizabeth. He is the only Canadian invited to guest conduct The Mormon Tabernacle Choir. In 2019, he was given a Lifetime Award by the Mariposa Folk Festival, which he helped start in 1961.

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