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Michael Cooney (born January 19, 1943; Carmel, California) [1] is an American folk and blues musician who performed during the folk music revival from the 1960s onward. He is known for his blues performances as well as for performing at, and organizing, many folk festivals. In 1963, he participated in a "Young Folksinger's Contest" at the Monterey Folk Festival; Barbara Dane was the contest judge and another contest participant was Janis Joplin.
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Cooney was the featured musical guest on a first-season episode of Sesame Street (episode 33, originally aired December 24, 1969). He performed at the Philadelphia Folk Festival 23 times from 1967 to 2001. [2]
Most of the material that Cooney recorded were his arrangements of traditional songs. Many recording musicians copyright their arrangements of older songs in order to receive "author" royalties. But when Cooney did this, according to a note on his "Singer of Old Songs" album, he donated his royalties to the Folksong Archives at the Library of Congress.
Cooney served on the boards of the Newport Folk Festival and also the National Folk Festival. [3]
Cooney’s website is www.michaelcooney.com.
