The Resume

(January 28, 1937- )
Born in Waco, Texas
Folksinger
Recorded the albums 'Scarlet Ribbons' (1957), 'Carolyn Hester' (1960), 'Carolyn Hester' (1961), 'That's My Song' (1964), 'At Town Hall' (1965), 'Carolyn Hester' (1973), 'From These Hills' (1999), 'A Tribute to Tom Paxton' (2000) and 'We Dream Forever' (2009)

Why she might be annoying:

She released three different self-titled albums.
She married folksinger Richard Farina 18 days after meeting him. The marriage broke up in two years.
She evicted Farina from her hotel room at gunpoint. (In her defense, the safety was on.)
She turned down a chance to form a trio with Peter Yarrow and Paul Stookey, who eventually got Mary Travers to round out the group.
After an unsuccessful foray into psychedelic music with the Carolyn Hester Coalition, she dropped out of music for over a decade.

Why she might not be annoying:

She had a three-octave range.
One critic noted, 'At the beginning, she was the queen of folk music -- long before [Joan] Baez and [Judy] Collins came along.'
Bob Dylan got his big break playing harmonica on one of her albums, which led to him meeting Columbia A&R man John Hammond and getting signed to the label.
Dylan said, 'Carolyn was eye-catching, down home and double-barrel beautiful.'

Credit: C. Fishel

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• C. Fishel's Profiles [Series 47]
• Folk Singers
• I am a Texan
• I Performed at the Bob Dylan 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration [October 16, 1992]
• Look at Me, I'm with Bob Dylan
• Look at My Guitar
• Profiles 34251-34500 (Ranked: 34348)

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 6 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 17 Votes: 76.47% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 6 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 4 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 7 Votes: 71.43% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 11 Votes: 72.73% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 12 Votes: 41.67% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 15 Votes: 66.67% Annoying