Danny Spooner (16 December 1936 – 3 March 2017Danny Spooner, Obituary, 6 March 2017, The Age, Melbourne, Australia. Accessed 27 March 2017.) was an Australian traditional folk singer and social historian. Born in England, he left school at the age of 13 and worked as a salvage tug and trawler skipper before moving to Australia in 1962. He rapidly became involved in the Melbourne folk revival centred on Frank Traynor's folk club, and was a major figure in the Australian folk scene thereafter.
Awards and honours Danny Spooner was the Port Fairy Folk Festival artist of the year in 1995.The Port Fairy Folk Festival turns 40, Abc.net.au, 11 March 2016, accessed 6 April 2017.
Discography LPs 1965: A Wench and a Whale and a Pint of Good Ale, Discurio 1966: Soldiers and Sailors, Discurio 1977: Canterbury Fair, Anthology AR 001 1978: Danny Spooner and Friends, Anthology AR 002 1978: Limbo, Anthology AR 003 1978: Revived and Relieved (with Gordon McIntyre), Larrikin LRF 016 1986: I Got This One From..., Sandstock Music SSM 017 1987: When a Man's in Love, Sandstock Music, SSM 021 1988: We'll Either Bend or Break 'Er, Sandstock Music SSM 027 1989: All Around Down Under, Sandstock Music SSM 036 (with Martyn Wyndham-Read)
CDs 2002: When a Man's in Love (love songs from a man’s point of view) 2002: We'll Either Bend or Break 'Er (shanties) 2002: Launch Out on the Deep (sea songs) 2016: Home 2017: Enchanted (live in Concert with Mike Kerin, Richard Tognetti and the Australian Chamber Orchestra)
Folk Trax 2004: ‘ard Tack, (traditional Australian songs of work) 2006: The Great Leviathan, traditional songs of whaling 2007: Years of Spooner, (compilation of songs Danny has sung 1965-2007) 2007: Emerging Tradition, (fairly) contemporary Australian songs 2008: Brave Bold Boys
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