Name of folk singer?

[iris lily]

I'm trying to remember the name of a fairly well known folk singer who was prominent in the ?1950's? and 1960's but who performed through the 70's and 80's; I'm fairly sure that he performed thorugh some of the 1990's because I rememb erlooking him up and he had a gig in a school. He probably died in the 1990's.

He might have been Canadian.

He was chubby and--I think-- had a beard. He was not Burl Ives but would have been a contemporary of Ives.

I've looked thorugh lists of folksingers on the web and cannot identify this guy. One of my relatives was married to him for a while.

Suggestions?

[redfox]

Stan or Garnet Rogers?

[Alan]

Hmmm,,,, Woodie Guthrie, Pete Seeger, Tom Paxton, Tim Hardin, Rod McKuen, Harry Chapin, Phil Ochs?

If not one of them, I'm at a loss.

[Mrs-M]

Come on Iris, give us a little more. How old was he when he died?

• Willie P. Bennett
• Charles Wesley Pedley
• Dermot O'Reilly
• John Martyn (Born Iain David McGeachy).
• Liam Clancy (Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem).

My knowledge of Folk Singers is minimal (to say the least), so I'm throwing names at you in hopes of...

[Mrs-M]

One more to add, Bert Sommer.

[catherine]

Can you remember any of his songs?

[CathyA]

Was Roger Whitaker canadian?

[iris lily]

Thanks for you suggestions, but none of these are right.

[Gregg]

Can you hum a few bars? Remember any songs or lyrics?

[CathyA]

Gordon Lightfoot?