Steve Gillette
Musician · b. 1942 · Pensacola, Florida
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Songwriter
Steve Gillette is an American folk songwriter whose best-known composition, “Darcy Farrow” (co-written with Tom Campbell), was introduced to the folk circuit by Ian & Sylvia in 1965 and has since been recorded by John Denver, Linda Ronstadt, Nanci Griffith, Anne Murray, and many others. Since 1989 he has toured and recorded with his wife, the folk singer Cindy Mangsen.
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- Born November 23, 1942, in Pensacola, Florida.
- Wrote “Darcy Farrow,” first recorded by Ian & Sylvia in 1965 on the Vanguard album Early Morning Rain; the song became a folk-revival standard.
- Songs have been recorded by the Stone Poneys, Linda Ronstadt, Garth Brooks, John Denver, Nanci Griffith, Waylon Jennings, Iain Matthews, Anne Murray, Josh Ritter, Kenny Rogers, Spanky and Our Gang, Don Williams, and Tammy Wynette.
- Married Cindy Mangsen in 1989; the two have toured and recorded together as a folk duo ever since.
- Released their first duet album, Live In Concert, recorded at the Ark in Ann Arbor, in 1991.
- Their 1996 duet album The Light of the Day was named Top Folk Album of the year; the duo’s A Sense of Place followed on Redwing Music in 2001.
