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Diamond Joe X2

There are two different tunes that I know called Diamond Joe.

I first heard this one performed by Ian Tyson…

http://youtu.be/FfQ7dVMnWA0

Here’s another version, by Sam Bush..

This tune is apparently fairly young, written in the 1950s, possibly by Cisco Houston.

Now much later I heard a different Diamond Joe altogether – an older song that dates back at least to the 1920s. Here are Bruce Molsky and Ale Moller performing Diamond Joe and Blackberry Blossom

and here’s Bob Dylan performing it in his oddball film Masked and Anonymous

Curiously enough, Mr. Dylan also recorded the other Diamond Joe on Good as I Been to You

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