Paul Clayton - Pharoah's Army Got Drownded

Paul Clayton - Pharoah's Army Got Drownded Paul Clayton (born Paul Clayton Worthington; March 3, 1931 – March 30, 1967) was an American folksinger and folklorist who was prominent in the folk music revival of the 1950s and 1960s. Clayton became a prominent figure in the Greenwich Village folk scene in New York City during the early 1960s. He was close with artists such as Dave Van Ronk and Liam Clancy and was also a mentor and friend of Bob Dylan during the first years of Dylan's career. A song Clayton wrote was allegedly "borrowed" by Dylan in 1962 as the basis for one of his most famous tunes, "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right".The resulting lawsuits by their record companies were settled out of court, and the two remained friends for several years afterwards. On March 30, 1967, he committed suicide by taking an electric heater into his bathtub with him.He is buried at Oak Grove Cemetery, New Bedford, Massachusetts. This is for entertainment only. No breach of copyright is intended.

Added 17 Jun 2026