Vin Garbutt

Vin Garbutt
Garbutt in 2010 at the National Folk Festival (Australia)
Background information
Birth name	Vincent Paul Garbutt
Born	(1947-11-20)20 November 1947
Origin	Teesside, South Bank, Redcar and Cleveland
Died	6 June 2017(2017-06-06) (aged 69)
Genres	Folk music
Instruments	guitar, tin whistle, voice
Years active	1970s to 2017
Website	http://www.vingarbutt.com

Vincent Paul Garbutt (20 November 1947 – 6 June 2017) was an English folk singer and songwriter. A significant part of his repertoire consisted of protest songs covering topics such as "the Troubles" in Northern Ireland (Troubles of Erin), unemployment, and social issues.

Death

Garbutt died at a hospital from complications caused by heart surgery on 6 June 2017 at the age of 69.

Music

• The Valley of Tees (1972)
• The Young Tin Whistle Pest (live) (1974)
• King Gooden (1976)
• Eston California (1977)
• Tossin' a Wobbler (1978)
• Little Innocents (1983)
• Shy Tot Pommy (1985) [live - Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia]
• When The Tide Turns (1989)
• The By-Pass Syndrome (1991)
• Bandalised (1994)
• Plugged! (1995) [live - Red Lion Folk Club, Birmingham, UK.]
• When the Tide Turns Again (1998) [reissue of 1989 album with one additional track]
• Word Of Mouth (1999)
• The Vin Garbutt Songbook Vol 1 (2003)
• Persona ... Grata (2005)
• Teesside Troubadour documentary & live DVD (2011)
• Synthetic Hues (2014)

References

Other websites

• The official Vin Garbutt website
• Vin Garbutt's Myspace Page

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