Bob Davenport

Bob Davenport survived a gas explosion as a baby that killed his father and grandfather, and he grew up in a musical Gateshead household. After RAF service he moved to London in 1953, recorded an EP of Geordie songs in 1959, and sang with The Rakes. Pete Seeger invited him to the Newport Folk Festival in 1963, where he appeared alongside Bob Dylan and Joan Baez.