Happy Traum, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Happy Traum

American musician

Date of Birth: 09-May-1938

Place of Birth: The Bronx, New York, United States

Profession: singer, guitarist, banjoist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Happy Traum (born Harry Peter Traum, May 9, 1938, The Bronx, New York City) is an American folk musician who started playing music in the 1950s and became a stalwart of the Greenwich Village music scene of the 1960s and the Woodstock music scene of the 1970s and 1980s.
For several years, he studied blues guitar with Brownie McGhee, who was a big influence on his guitar style.
Happy is most famously known as one half of Happy and Artie Traum, a duo he began with his brother.
They released several albums, including Happy and Artie Traum (1969, Capitol), Double Back (1971, Capitol), and Hard Times In The Country (1975, Rounder).
He has continued as a solo artist and as founder of Homespun Music Instruction.