Michael Cooney

Traditional folkie Michael Cooney was created in Carmel, CA in 1943; elevated mainly in Tucson, AZ, after his parents’ divorce he resided in some foster homes, and after graduating senior high school spent 2 yrs hopping freight trains and hitchhiking in the united states. Cooney finally resolved in California, and by 1963 was carrying out regularly in the Palo Alto golf club The Top from the Tangent, sometimes posting the stage with several students who would later on type the nucleus from the Thankful Deceased. By 1964, nevertheless, Cooney again required to the street, first going to NEW YORK, after that Boston; he resided at various factors through the entire northeast within the decades to check out, in that period appearing at just about any major folk event across THE UNITED STATES. A longtime columnist for Sing Out! publication, he also offered like a consultant on many folk celebrations, having a six-year stick to the board from the Washington, D.C. Country wide Folk Festival in addition to tenures as creative movie director of both Canada’s Mariposa Folk Event and Philadelphia’s Maritime America Event.