Tom Sankey Explained

Thomas P. Sankey (28 July 1933 - 26 August 2010)^[1] was an American folk singer, playwright and actor known for the 1967 off Broadway production The Golden Screw.^{[2] [3]}

In 1962, Sankey contributed to the folksongs in Jonas Mekas's film of Allen Ginsberg, Guns of the Trees.^[4]

The Golden Screw was a folk rock musical documenting the progress of folk singer, Bob Dylanesque .^[5] The complete score for the show was recorded by Sankey on Atco Records (33-208, mono).^{[6] [7]} The show's band was called The Inner Sanctum and featured Kevin Michael, Lead Guitar, and Gerry Michael.

The next year, 1968, Sankey played tenor guitar with Gerry Michael and The Bummers at Woodstock.^[8]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Thomas P Sankey. Fold3. 8 May 2020.
2. http://www.thecrimson.com/article/1968/8/6/the-golden-screw-pwe-are-the/ The Crimson review
3. Web site: Thomas Philip Sankey's Obituary . 5 September 2010 . Racine Journal Times . 18 February 2018.
4. Bill Morgan The Works of Allen Ginsberg, 1941-1994: A Descriptive Bibliography - Page 375 "G2 Guns of Trees. Directed and produced by Jonas Mekas. New York, NY. 1962. 75 min., black and ... Folksongs by Sarah and Caither Wiley and Tom Sankey."
5. Stages; the fifty-year childhood of the American theatre Emory Lewis - 1969 "A more penetrating look confirms that he is a poet, a genuine troubadour of the young, a prodigiously versatile musician who plays an autoharp and guitar and who writes his own tunes and lyrics. The Golden Screw is another example of total ..." "Jesus Come Down" is a remarkably touching, subtle antiwar song; "The Beautiful People" is cante hondo, a lyric cry of lives wasted, of innocence lost. Between songs, Sankey and a small cast tell the sad and very American tale of the cheap ...
6. Billboard - 29 avr. 1967 - Page 48 Vol. 79, n° 17 "A dynamic disk debut for Tom Sankey as he sings the songs wrote for and performed in ... This biting album builds from the simplicity of folk material, such as a plaintive "The Beautiful People," to a frenzy of folk- "
7. Richard Lewine, Alfred Simon ...Songs of the theater - Page 35 - 1984 -"The Beautiful People Music and lyrics by Tom Sankey The Golden Screw (OB) 1967"
8. http://rootsofwoodstock.com/tag/tom-sankey/ Gerry Michael and The Bummers