John Herald (September 6, 1939 - July 18, 2005) was an American folk and bluegrass songwriter, solo and studio musician, and one-time member of
The Greenbriar Boys trio. Herald was born in Manhattan in 1939, to an Armenian born poet father. It was through him that Herald was first exposed to live performances by blues and folk legends
Leadbelly and
Woody Guthrie. While at a summer camp in 1954, Herald was inspired by a performance by
Pete Seeger. During his Manumit School days, he became a regular listener of Don Larkin's bluegrass radio show, and began attending open guitar ja…
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