Artie Traum Dies

Artie Traum, a guitarist, songwriter and producer who helped carry the spirit of the 1960s Greenwich Village folk scene to Woodstock, N.Y., died on Sunday. He was 65 and lived in Bearsville, N.Y., near Woodstock. … Mr. Traum, who was born and reared in the Bronx, became a regular visitor to Greenwich Village clubs in the 1960s, hearing blues, folk music and jazz. Soon he was performing there, too. He made his first recording in 1963 as a member of the True Endeavor Jug Band, founded by the blues scholar Sam Charters. He worked with Eric Kaz and the group Bear on the score for Brian de Palma’s 1968 film “Greetings.” In the late 1960s, Artie followed Happy to Woodstock, and they began working as a duo. In 1969 the Traums performed at the Newport Folk Festival and released their first studio album. Managed by Albert Grossman,... [read full story]