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Subject: Obit: Dorothy Carter, formerly of Cambridge From: sed Date: 21 Jun 03 - 09:39 AM I retrieved this from a cache of email today: Subject: Dorothy Carter Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2003 10:56 EST From: Mediaeval Baebes To: ZZBaebes17 Dorothy Carter We are very sad to say that our beloved friend and mentor Dorothy Carter died on Saturday 7th of June 2003 of a stroke. She was 68 and will be sorely missed on many levels as friend, songwriter, instrumentalist and out and out party girl. Our thoughts and love are with Dorothy's family - Justin, Celeste and her grandson, Damien. Katharine, Rachel, Claire, TC, Cylindra, Audrey, Marie and Emily The Mediaeval Baebes Visit this link to see our tribute to Dorothy. http://www.mediaevalbaebes.com/dorothytribute.htm -------- When it was new I bought Dorother's first lp, which I think was called 'Troubadour' (circa. 1978) and I really love her solo psaltery pieces and other instrumental music. Like many of the rest of us, she played music on the street in the Boston area back in the late 1970's. She seemed a quiet mystic then so when she began backing up a troup of very-outgoing young women I was rather amazed. Did anyone of you every hear Dorothy performing in that role? I only saw evidence of it on the web and so joined the Mediaeval Baebes message list out of interest in Dorothy's intense solo music. Steve Sedberry |
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Subject: RE: Obit: Dorothy Carter, formerly of Cambridge From: Mark Cohen Date: 21 Jun 03 - 07:39 PM I was walking across Cambridge common one day, I think it was in 1972 (I'd come up to Boston from Princeton to visit some friends I'd gone to high school with), and saw a woman playing an instrument I'd never seen or heard of before. It was Dorothy Carter, playing the hammered dulcimer. I was mesmerized by the sound, and bought her album on the spot. The album was "Troubadour," hammer dulcimer and psaltery solos, along with her raw, honest singing. I still enjoy listening to it. I never heard anything more about her. I'm sorry she's gone, but I'm glad she continued with her music and has many friends to keep her memory alive. Aloha, Mark |
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Subject: RE: Obit: Dorothy Carter, formerly of Cambridge From: karen k Date: 21 Jun 03 - 11:55 PM I remember her being at the Eisteddfod in North Dartmouth, MA several years. My condolences to her family. |
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Subject: RE: Obit: Dorothy Carter, formerly of Cambridge From: GUEST Date: 22 Jun 03 - 11:33 PM Vwery sad and sow yung |
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Subject: RE: Obit: Dorothy Carter, formerly of Cambridge From: GUEST,The Mediaeval Brillo Pad Date: 01 Dec 03 - 08:38 AM She was a talanted women. I wish I could've met her, or seen her perform with the Baebes. |
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Subject: RE: Obit: Dorothy Carter, formerly of Cambridge From: Charlie Baum Date: 01 Dec 03 - 01:17 PM I would often see her in the late 1970s, performing the doorways of Brattle Square in Cambridge. I remember her hammered dulcimer artistry, which preceded the term "new age." Perhaps my fondest memory is of the time she performed at the Folx Hollow Folk Festival, quite late into the evening program (those programs always went on with little realistic sense of time.) My roommate at the time, George, had fallen asleep on the ground of the amphitheatre next to me. He came back into consciousness during Dorothy Carter's performance--and commented that given her dulcimer playing, he wasn't sure if he was still dreaming or not. --Charlie Baum |
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Subject: RE: Obit: Dorothy Carter, formerly of Cambridge From: sed Date: 02 Dec 03 - 05:07 PM Yes, and she also played on Boston's First Night over twenty years ago. There was some magic there. |
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