[1]Born Dan Waren Folger in San Rafael, California, while he was a small boy his family moved to Midland, Texas, where he would make friends with future Roy Orbison collaborator Joe Melson.
Other Folger compositions were recorded by Melson, Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs, and Glass Bubble, among others.
[3] Perhaps Folger's best-known composition is "Weeping Annaleah", a song co-written with Mickey Newbury.
It was recorded by Newbury, Tom Jones, The Box Tops, Gordon Waller, Bob Shane, and (under the title "Sleeping Annaleah") by Nick Cave.
[1] In 1998, Folger resided at the Salvation Army for several years in East Texas, where he played in a religious band on Sundays.