"As he shows yet again on a new album titled There’s a Bright Side Somewhere, his exceptional fingerpicking guitar is unrivaled, and he brings dazzling life to traditional and contemporary folk songs.”
Coming of Age in the Greenwich Village Folk Revival and the Woodstock Scene 1954-1971 - Happy Traum's new multi-media show! Click here for appearance dates
You can always see it coming but you’re never ready when it does. Happy Traum was a presence like no other—like a holiday or a season. We worked together—he was one of my favorites—I was privileged to know him as a friend.
Eric Andersen
This world is a better place for having Happy Traum in it. Love, Gratitude, Respect, Music, Family, more Love. Rest in peace.
Marcy A. Marxer
He was truly a Mensch, and the influence he had over my generation of fingerstyle guitarists cannot be overstated. The world is diminished with his passing, and my heart goes out to Jane and their children.
Rolly Brown
He was pure joy and kindness. Happy was a musical father to me, a true hero in every way. He lives forever, though, in the songs, in the reverberations of the guitar.
Catfish Keith
“Friends and neighbors I’m bound to leave you.” We shall miss you, Happy. Thank you for the song.
Elizabeth Barraclough
Happy Traum has left us. It hurts to lose him. Happy was a beautiful soul, a friend and a great musician that taught the world to play and sing through his Homespun Music Instruction.
Hans Theessink
Cliché as it may sound-Happy will never be gone. His music lives on, along with the love he so freely and generously poured into the world. So we soldier on-but sadly diminished. We don’t get a lot of Happy Traums in our short run on this earth. Arrivederci, my dear friend-I will miss you more than you will ever know…..
Eugene Ruffolo
New CD - Live in Holland
One of the absolute joys of my life was traveling with Happy as he performed all over the world. During the 65 years of our lives together not only did we get to see some amazing places but we got to make lifelong friends in the process. So Happy's touring became not only about performing but they were also trips of friendship and revisiting the many fabulous people we met over all of those years.
So when Pieter Groenveld asked Happy to do a concert in Aalsmeer, of course we said "Yes."
The concert that night in Holland electrified the venue and resulted in this newly released LIVE CD. There is nothing like a live concert. It is spontaneous and the performer and the audience share the experience. Now you can share the joy too.
