Hally Wood

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Hally Wood (1922-89) was a folksinger from Texas who was involved in the New York City folk scene in the 1940s. She was married at the time to John Henry Faulk, a fellow Texan who was a popular radio personality. 

Hally recorded solo albums for Elektra and Stinson in the 1950s.

In the late 1950s, she married her third husband, Dr. R.C. Stephenson, a professor of Russian literature and folklore at the University of Texas. They moved to Puerto Rico and lived there until the 1970s.

In 1976 she moved to Houston, where she met Frank Davis and associated with members of the Lomax family. She lived there until her death in 1989.

With the help of Joseph Lomax (d.1988), she privately issued an LP called Songs To Live By in 1979. (Joseph was a grandson of John Lomax, Sr. His father was John Lomax, Jr. His brother was John M. Lomax, aka John Lomax III. His uncle was Alan Lomax.)

Songs To Live By consists mostly of Hally singing folk songs without accompaniment. Two tracks are by Frank Davis. His rendition of the Lead Belly song "Old Man" features the Daddy Banjo.

Her comments below regarding Frank Davis and "Old Man" is taken from the liner notes booklet that accompanied Songs To Live By.

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