Alan Lewis<p>DAVID MALLETT<br>Jim Rooney on the Death of Singer-Songwriter David Mallett<br>MASTODON POST</p><p>Attached are Jim Rooney's memories of David Mallett.&nbsp; This is no small thing.&nbsp; Rooney is a very long-time and prominent professional in the music and recording businesses.</p><p><a href="https://www.mmone.org/jim-rooney/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">mmone.org/jim-rooney/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>He got started performing on Boston's WCOP Hayloft Jamboree for my own personal merry mayor, Nelson Bragg, the "Merry Mayor of Milo, Maine" (the place of my very own birth).&nbsp; He has produced Grammy-nominated albums by Tom Paxton, John Prine, and Peter Rowan.&nbsp; Rooney was one of the key players in the rise of Nanci Griffith.&nbsp; Rooney produced at least three albums for a singer-songwriter I much admire, Iris DeMent.&nbsp; Jim Rooney has done a lot since his 1950s start.&nbsp; So, to get a little context here, Rooney's recollections of David Mallett have a great deal of professional weight behind them.&nbsp; This Facebook post by Rooney came from a Web search hitlist on a related but different topic.&nbsp; While going through the hitlist, it was apparent his post had been reposted I don't know how many times. David Mallett was from Sebec, Maine, which shares a town line with my old hometown, Milo. Being easily among his first fans, I have three singles by his 1960s group, The Mallett Brothers, and two tracks by his next duo, Hinkley and Mallett with memorable guitarist Don Hinkley.</p><p>:</p><p><a href="https://c.im/tags/bostonmusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bostonmusic</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/bostonradio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bostonradio</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/davemallett" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>davemallett</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/davidmallett" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>davidmallett</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/donhinkley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>donhinkley</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/hayloftjamboree" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hayloftjamboree</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/hinkleyandmallett" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hinkleyandmallett</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/irisdement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>irisdement</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/jimrooney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>jimrooney</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/johnprine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>johnprine</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/mallettbrothers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mallettbrothers</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/merrymayorofmilomaine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>merrymayorofmilomaine</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/milomaine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>milomaine</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/mmone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mmone</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/musicmuseumofnewengland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>musicmuseumofnewengland</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>music</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/musicnews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>musicnews</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/nancigriffith" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nancigriffith</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/nelsonbragg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nelsonbragg</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/nemsbk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nemsbk</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/newenglandmusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>newenglandmusic</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/peterrowan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>peterrowan</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/radio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>radio</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/sebecmaine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sebecmaine</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/singersongwriter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>singersongwriter</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/themallettbrothers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>themallettbrothers</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/tompaxton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tompaxton</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/wcop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wcop</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/wcophayloftjamboree" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wcophayloftjamboree</span></a> </p><p>:::</p>