Eero W. Davidson was a member of the First Ballad Trio, a Pittsburgh group which included Vivien Richman and his son, Jo Davidson. The Trio performed at National Folk Festivals in St. Louis and recorded for the Voice of America.

Originally united by the common bond of making music for their own delight, it was inevitable that the Trio joined Bob, Gretchen, and Jack Schmertz to create the 1955 album, Robert Schmertz Sings His Songs. Eero started collecting local themes and encouraged Bob to begin focusing on Pittsburgh historical subjects.

For many years, a teacher of instrumental music, this ’cellist-singer-square dance caller arranged all the songs on the 1959 Schmertz album, Sing oh! the City oh!. A chairman of the Folk Arts Leadership Committee and the founder of the Callers’ Association of Western Pennsylvania, he worked in the field of educational administration.

Mr. Davidson died in 1964. Set up in his name was the Eero W. Davidson Award from the Pennsylvania Association for Educational Communications and Technology for outstanding accomplishment by a member in the field of communications in Pennsylvania.