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http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=112825242
（急報）ー(9/14(月）に米 ナショナル・バブリック・ラジオ NPRで放送さてた。
カルフォニア大学バークレー分校の言語学教授、Leanne Hinton（娘さん）
が出演。動物の歌/ヒロシマ・長崎の日本語がある歌-Old Man Atom/ピーナツ等
をテーマに彼の足跡を歌とお話で。貴重なラジオ・コレクションになるでしょう。
我々が1950年代の放送を聴くように。最初に歌った動物の歌、そういえば
1960年代に甲斐大策氏が歌っていたのを思い出した。）
(記 ９/１５）
Sam Hinton
31 March 1917 - 10 September 2009
Sam Hinton passed away at 4:30 Thursday afternoon.
He is survived by his son and daughter, his two granddaughters, his great-grandson,
and all the millions of people to whom he brought joy throughout his life.
"He kept at true good humour's mark
The social flow of pleasure's tide:
He never made a brow look dark,
Nor caused a tear, but when he died."
~Thomas Love Peacock
(秘話）* サム・ヒントンとウディー・ガスリーとの出会いはあのジョン・
スタインベック(作家）だった。
＊ 11歳の時、Big Sur,Califonia（カルフォニア州ビック サー）のガレージ
ホールで観た、Sam HintonのコンサートがキッカケでAdam Miller氏の今日がある。
Adam Miller氏はSam Hinton氏のサイト作成協力をしている。また、Sam Hinton氏
の自叙伝を出版するかもしれない人物。
●サム・ヒントン氏より送られ来た歴史的な手紙。
Dear Kunizaki-san, （received 07/20/2003)
Ｔｏｋｙｏ Ｊａｐａｎ
(Sam in 1948)
(I beg your pardon if that should be Kiyohide-san.)
Thank you for responding to the website about me, which was set up and is
administered by Danny Cooper, the talented husband of our granddaughter Katrina
Cooper, both of whom live in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Thank you for listing a URL for the website of the Tokyo Folklore Center. I
have tried to access that website, but find that the information I had leads
only to a site written entirely in Japanese, which I cannot read or
understand. Your listing, however, has several sections in English!
We have never had the good fortune to visit Japan, although both my wife
Leslie and I (we've been married for 63 years) have often wished we could visit
Tokyo. Now we are toool and inirm to travel very much, but we have had a
wonderful life, and there are no regrets at all! Leslie is a musician, potter, and
weaver, and we were both founding members of the Board of Directors of San
Diego's Mingei International Museum of World Folk Art; you may already know
about the Mingei Museum's website at http://www.mingei.org. This Museum
("Mingei", "arts of the people," was a term created by Dr. Setzuo Yanagi) was founded
by our dear friend Mrs. Martha Longeneckar, (whom we met nearly 70 years ago
when we were all students at the University of California, Los Angeles) and who
has made several pilgrimages to Tokyo to study with Serizawa, Shimaoka, and
Hamada -- all of whom have been designated as Living Treasures, and all of
whom have visited the United States. Leslie has been honored to take coures from
them.
I have read about your Muesum in books by our old friend Pete Seeger; we also
knew Pete's father, Charles Seeger, quite well. Both have been our house
guests many times, and Pete and I have often sung together. Your website
mentions many other folksingers that have stayed at our home and whom we count as
dear friends; these include Faith Petric, Joe Hickerson, Billy Faier, Mike
Seeger, Jimmie Driftwood, Sandy and Caroline Paton, and Michael Cooney.
Again, I thank you!
Sam Hinton
La Jolla, CA
＊貴重な映像！
http://www.singout.org/
Ｖｉｄｅｏ Ｏｆ Ｗｅｅｋをご覧下さい。
＊名ハーモニカ奏者。カール・サンドバーグやアラン・ロマックス同様、歴史的
人物のサム・ヒントン。Sandy Paton,Mike SeegerそしてSam Hinton。
感慨無量です。
＊下記はあの「ウーィバーズ」（ピート・シーガーほか）のメンバーでもあった
米の重要なフォーク歌手、Frank Hamilton氏の素晴らしいコメント！
Sam Hinton was a mentor for me. It was because of him that I did my first folk concert in 1952 under his auspices at San Diego State College.
He was an amazing person. Most people don't know how accomplished he was. Oceanographer, calligrapher, biologist, head of educational coordinator for California Universities, and a brilliant folklorist, fine entertainer and performer of folk songs for adults and children were just some of his accomplishments. Probably the best straight diatonic harmonica player ever recorded. He had a unique accompaniment style on the guitar. His singing had a lilt and a lightness that captivated audiences.
In the early 1950's he had a hit that was squashed by the F.C.C. during the McCarthy times. "Ol' Man Atom" would have climbed the charts. His version was the definitive one. It was a talking blues written by newspaperman Verne Partlow from Detroit who relocated in Los Angeles. It was an homage to peace in the tradition of Tom Lehrer.
"I'm gonna' preach ya' all a sermon 'bout ol' man Atom.
I don't mean the Atom that Mother Eve mated.
I mean the Atom that science liberated.
When Einstein says he's scared, brother, I'm scared......................."
Sam was an important part of the Folk Music Revival. Although his work was not known, unfortunately, outside the San Diego area, he did many concerts and delighted audiences of all ages.
Sam had another unique ability. He could imitate animal sounds perfectly. He was gifted in the way that Mel Blanc was. He was given an amazing mouth in which he could do a Bach two part invention by whistling and humming two different parts simultaneously. (I wonder if this has ever been recorded.) He could also do something I've never heard anyone do....whistle in two part harmony.
He could put on what he called his Kiwanis Club show, a remnant of a former time
where he was a one man band on the Major Bowes Amateur Hour in the Thirties. He played a variety of instruments including the concertina and accordion.
He had an illustrious career that few knew of in the folk music field outside of California. Above all, he was a fine human being, compassionate,and encouraging to
those who aspired to perform folk music.
His seminars at Idyllwild Camp near Palm Springs with another major player in the Folk Revival, Alan Lomax's sister, Bess Lomax Hawes were memorable. These people educated me in the love of American folk music.
He decided that being a professional entertainer was not foremost what he had in mind
for his life. He went back to school in California to pursue a successful career in biology and oceanography. He became the curator for the Scripps Institute of Oceanography in La Jolla, California. Sam lived in La Jolla and raised his family there.
His late wife, Leslie, was an accomplished musician and teacher.
Adam Miller and I owe a great deal to Sam for his guidance. So do many others
but they may not know of it. Adam has compiled an autobiography for Sam. You can also purchase a recording of Sam's prodigious harmonica through Adam and George Winston.
With Sam's passing, an era of folk music has gone. Pete Seeger and Bess Hawes are
still with us.
I will grieve remembering Sam's generous talent and spirit.
Frank Hamilton
国崎清秀 (kiyohide kunizaki)
PS; Steve Mann（ギターリスト）も数日前、バークレーで亡くなった。という。
日本では余り知られてない人であるが、個人的には好きなひとでTAKOMAの
レコードを持つている。レコード発売のチラシを1970年代、Steveはここへ
送ってくれたことがあった。E. Waldにそのこと、を話したことがあった。
Steve MannのサイトにE.Waldが数年前訪ねた際、セッションしているPHOTO
が掲載されている。人間は必ず死ぬ。Steve Mann も Sam Hintonも日本に
来ることと、日本でのコンサートは実現しなかった。
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