Bob Burnett, a founder of the influential folk group the Highwaymen, died at his home in Rhode Island last week. He was 71. Burnett, who went on to become an attorney after the band’s heyday in the early 1960s, was suffering from a brain tumor when he died. The Highwaymen hit No. 1 on the charts with their 1961 single “Michael, Row the Boat Ashore” and also scored hits with “All My Trials” and “Big Rock Candy Mountain.” The Highwaymen were formed by six freshmen at Wesleyan University in Connecticut. They went on to cut eight albums before breaking up in 1964 when Burnett and two other members decided to attend graduate school.
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