Artie Traum, 65, Stalwart of '60s Folk Music Scene, Is Dead

News Type: Event — Seeded on Wed Jul 23, 2008 6:32 PM EDT The NYT reports: 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. His brother, the musician Happy Traum, who sometimes performed with him, said the cause was liver cancer. In a long and varied career, Mr. Traum played folk music and smooth jazz; recorded 10 albums of his own and four with his brother; produced albums; composed film scores; created guitar-instruction books and videos; teamed with his brother for a radio program; and made a documentary film about the Catskill water system. Mr. Traum, who was born and reared in the Bronx, became a regular visitor to Greenwich Village clubs in the 1960s, hearing... [read full story]