It was Guy Clark who first discovered Buddy Mondlock singing under a tree at the Kerrville Folk Festival in 1986. He liked the song he heard so well that he started passing around copies of Buddy’s songs back in Nashville. When Guy Clark gave you a tape, you listened. Soon Buddy was headed south from his native Chicago with a publishing deal waiting for him at EMI. He’s had a storied career since then with songs covered by the likes of Garth Brooks, Joan Baez, Nanci Griffith, Charlie Musselwhite, Janis Ian and a host of others. You may have heard his song The Kid (covered by David Wilcox, Cry, Cry Cry and Peter, Paul & Mary) and maybe even sung it yourself around a campfire. But never content to just write for others, he’s continued to tour across the country and overseas at festivals, concert series’, and house concerts. Along the way he’s released a string of critically acclaimed solo albums as well as a trio record he wrote and recorded with Maia Sharp and Art Garfunkel called, “Everything Waits To Be Noticed.” Buddy’s also come to be well regarded as a teacher, leading his own workshops and joining the staff at the Swannanoa Gathering, the New England Songwriter Retreat, Cedarsongs, and the song schools at the Kerrville Folk Festival and Sisters Folk Festival. ~ buddymondlock.com
