Danny Spooner
# Danny Spooner

Danny Spooner (16 December 1936 – 3 March 2017) was an Australian traditional folk singer and social historian. Born in England, he left school at the age of 13 and worked as a salvage tug and trawler skipper before moving to Australia in 1962. He rapidly became involved in the Melbourne folk revival centred on Frank Traynor's folk club, and was a major figure in the Australian folk scene thereafter.

He died on 3 March 2017.

## Awards and honours

Danny Spooner was the Port Fairy Folk Festival artist of the year in 1995.

## Discography

### LPs

* 1965: A Wench and a Whale and a Pint of Good Ale, Discurio
* 1966: Soldiers and Sailors, Discurio
* 1977: Canterbury Fair, Anthology AR 001
* 1978: Danny Spooner and Friends, Anthology AR 002
* 1978: Limbo, Anthology AR 003
* 1978: Revived and Relieved (with Gordon McIntyre), Larrikin LRF 016
* 1986: I Got This One From..., Sandstock Music SSM 017
* 1987: When a Man's in Love, Sandstock Music, SSM 021
* 1988: We'll Either Bend or Break 'Er, Sandstock Music SSM 027
* 1989: All Around Down Under, Sandstock Music SSM 036 (with Martyn Wyndham-Read)

### CDs

* 2002: When a Man's in Love (love songs from a man’s point of view)
* 2002: We'll Either Bend or Break 'Er (shanties)
* 2002: Launch Out on the Deep (sea songs)

### Folk Trax

* 2004: ‘ard Tack, (traditional Australian songs of work)
* 2006: The Great Leviathan, traditional songs of whaling
* 2007: Years of Spooner, (compilation of songs Danny has sung 1965-2007)
* 2007: Emerging Tradition, (fairly) contemporary Australian songs
* 2008: Brave Bold Boys
