Tom Paxton is the recipient of the 2009 Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award from the Recording Academy, the Lifetime Achievement Award from ASCAP, and a Lifetime Achievement Award from the BBC in London. He also received Grammy nominations in 2002, 2003, 2006 and 2007.
Tom Paxton’s place in folk music is secured not just by hit records and awards, but by the admiration of three generations of fellow musicians. An internationally recognized and loved cultural figure, he has always chosen goodwill over commercial success.This is the man who wrote and lives the words, “Peace will come, and let it begin with me.” He is one of the great songwriters of the last century and will be reckoned as one of the greats in this century, as well.
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