Editing Dave Carter (section)

== Death and tributes ==
Carter died of a massive heart attack on July 19, 2002, in a hotel room in [[Hadley, Massachusetts]]<ref name="NYT-20020725">{{cite news |title=Dave Carter, 49, Folk Singer and Songwriter |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/07/25/arts/dave-carter-49-folk-singer-and-songwriter.html |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=July 25, 2002 |page=B8 }}</ref> after returning from an early morning run.<ref name="ITP-2002" /> He and Grammer were slated to play that weekend at the Green River Festival in [[Greenfield, Massachusetts|Greenfield]]<ref name="Texicana-2002-07-20">{{Cite web |last1=McDonald |first1=Fern |url=http://www.misslana.com/greenriverfest.htm |title=Green River Festival |website=Texicana Music Central |date=July 20, 2002 |url-status=unfit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020811124859/http://www.misslana.com/greenriverfest.htm |archive-date=2002-08-11 }}</ref> and were booked that summer to play many of the nation's top [[folk festival]]s and [[folk clubs]]. He was 49.  Carter's death came as a great shock to the folk music community. Tracy Grammer gave her account of Carter's final moments in a letter to fans: <blockquote>"Yesterday, shortly after he went unconscious, he came back for a lucid minute or two to tell me, 'I just died... Baby, I just died...' There was a look of wonder in his eyes, and though I cried and tried to deny it to him, I knew he was right and he was on his way. He stayed with me a minute more but despite my attempts to keep him with me, I could see he was already riding that thin chiffon wave between here and gone. He loved beauty, he was hopelessly drawn to the magic and the light in all things. I figure he saw something he could not resist out of the corner of his eye and flew into it. Despite the fact that every rescue attempt was made by paramedics and hospital staff and the death pronouncement officially came at 12:08&nbsp;pm Eastern Time, I believe he died in my arms in our favorite hotel, leaving me with those final words. That's the true story I am going to tell."<ref name="DT-20020721">{{cite web |last1=Grammer |first1=Tracy |title=Dave Carter: August 13, 1952{{Snd}} July 19, 2002 |at=post: Love from Tracy |url=http://daveandtracy.globalhosting.com/index.php |website=daveandtracy.globalhosting.com |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20020810191111/http://daveandtracy.globalhosting.com/index.php |archivedate=2002-08-10 |date=July 21, 2002 |url-status=unfit}}</ref></blockquote>

Many had predicted that the duo was destined for success beyond the typical folk music circles. Jim Olsen, president of Carter's record label, [[Signature Sounds]], said, "I always believed it would only take one cover by a major star to unveil his work to the rest of the world; and I was convinced that was going to happen. Somebody was going to open the door for them; and the thing about Dave's music is that once people heard it, they became lifelong fans."<ref name = "BG-20020723">{{Cite news |last1=Alarik |first1=Scott |title=Dave Carter, 49, folk artist touted as 'major lyrical talent' |work=[[Boston Globe]] |page=B7 |date=July 23, 2002 }}</ref> Fellow folksinger and journalist Matt Watroba wrote, "It would make sense at this point to say that Dave Carter was on the verge of something big.  The truth, however, is that Dave was something big already. He moved the people lucky enough to know him or his music in a way that has launched an outpouring of tributes, memories and love."<ref name="SO-46-3">{{Cite journal |last1=Watroba |first1=Matt |title=Last Chorus: Dave Carter (1952–2002) |journal=[[Sing Out!]] |volume=46 |issue=3 |page=27 |date=Fall 2002 |url=http://www.highbeam.com/ref/doc3.asp?docid=1G1:92083658&refid=ink_tptd_g1 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130125061907/http://www.highbeam.com/ref/doc3.asp?docid=1G1:92083658&refid=ink_tptd_g1 |archive-date=2013-01-25 |url-access=subscription}}</ref>

Grammer decided to keep the duo's appointment to play the 2002 [[Falcon Ridge Folk Festival]] the following week and a tribute concert was arranged.<ref name="Rambles-20020831">{{cite web |last1=Hanson |first1=Jennifer |title=Falcon Ridge Folk Festival at Long Hill Farm, Hillsdale, New York (26–28 July 2002) |url=http://www.rambles.net/falcon_ridge02.html |website=Rambles.net |date=August 31, 2002}}</ref> The tribute included performances by a number of Carter's admirers singing his songs.  Highlights included [[Chris Smither]]'s cover of "Crocodile Man", [[Mark Erelli]] singing "Cowboy Singer", a rendition of "Happytown" by [[The Kennedys (band)|The Kennedys]], and "Farewell to Saint Dolores" by [[Eddie From Ohio]].  Grammer herself opened the show with "The Mountain" and closed with "Gentle Soldier of My Soul". Several artists have since written [[#Tributes|tributes]] in Carter's honor and in 2005 Grammer released ''[[Flower of Avalon]]'', including nine previously unrecorded songs by Carter.