Joel Cory's name has appeared in this blog several times over the years. Joel was The Whitsuntide Singers manager/producer for a time. But additionally he was an important figure in the Chicago Folk Music scene of the early sixties. We opened for Joel (as well as Ellen Dee) for nearly two months at It's Here in Rogers Park, near Loyola University.
Later Joel and Dick Toops took us into the studio to record our not-so-hit single: It's My World on the Fontana label. Now through a quirky turn of unlikely events I have in my possession a CD version of Cheer Up Me Lads...Joel's Argo Folk album from 1963! What a great coincidence that I should latch on to this album the day before I head to North Carolina to re-unite with Marssie and Lenny of the Whitsuntide Singers for the first time in over 40 years!
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Bet you're having a blast with fellow whitsuntiders. Can't wait to hear all the stories!
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