Gordon Bok
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Gordon Bok (born October 31, 1939) is a singer/songwriter who was born in Pennsylvania and grew up in rural Maine. His first album, "Gordon Bok," was produced by Noel Paul Stookey and released on Verve/Folkways in 1965. His second album, "A Tune for November," was released on the Folk-Legacy label in 1970. His association with Folk-Legacy continues (through Timberhead Music) since that time. He is best known for his recordings with Ed Trickett and Ann Mayo Muir.
Bok's solo work is made up of songs, some traditional and some recently written, feature his deep, low singing voice. He accompanies himself with acoustic guitar. His collaborative work covers similar material but with vocal harmony and a greater variety of instrumentation.
Bok plays the 12 string guitar, a difficult instrument to master because of the complexity of fingering and the physical finger strength and dexterity required. He also plays an unusual instrument he calls a cembala, which is essentially a cello fitted with frets.
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Discography
Early Solo Works
- Gordon Bok
- A Tune for November
- Peter Kagan and the Wind
- Bay of Fundy
- A Rogue's Gallery of Songs for the 12 String
- Clear Away in the Morning
- Seal Dijirl's Hymn (with Ann Mayo Muir)
- North Wind's Clearing (compilation of previously released work)
- The February Tapes (in two volumes) (cassette only, limited distribution)
- Cold as a Dog and the Wind Northeast (cassette only, limited distribution)
Works With Ed Trickett and Ann Mayo Muir
- Fashioned in the Clay
- A Water Over Stone
- Turning Toward the Morning
- Minneapolis Concert (live)
- All Shall Be Well Again
- The First 15 Years (compilation in two volumes)
- And So Will We Yet
- Language of the Heart (1994)
- Harbors of Home (1998)
Appears on
- Ed Trickett, Gently Down the Stream of Time
- Ann Mayo Muir, So Goes My Heart, "Old Blue Suit"
- The New Golden Ring, Five Days Singing
Later Works
- Return to the Land
- Neighbors (with Cindy Kallet)
- Schooners
- Ensemble
- Another Land Made of Water
- Gatherings
- In the Kind Land
- Dear to our Island
- Jeremy Brown and Jeannie Teal