Graham Townsend on fiddle and Kevin Hickey dancing….this one is for Candy Minx
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When only a train song will do…
Let’s listen to Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee, singing Rock Island Line…
16 Tons
It’s been a great long weekend, but apparently all good things must come to an end. Here are the Geyer St Sheiks (a terrific band – I wish they’d come up to Toronto to play!) performing 16 Tons….
Froggy went a courtin’
Let’s listen to Suzy Bogguss sing one of my fave tunes, Froggy Went a Courtin’. Some of you may say, but it’s a kid’s song???…to which I say, I’m not nearly ready to grow up yet. Little piece of cornbread layin’ on the shelf….if you… Read More
No Sunshine
Well there is lots of sunshine this morning at 27th Street. However, here are Laura Boosinger and Josh Goforth doing a nice job on the Bill Withers tune Ain’t no Sunshine. I was listening to a number of videos of their performances this morning when… Read More
Sleep Late in the Morning
I took 3 days this week away from the work-a-day world, a kind of mini-vacation if you will, the kind of mini-vacation you take when you have no plans at all, a kind of lazin’ around, gone fishin’, hiking through the woods, bummin’ around, messing… Read More
Time for a train song
Here’s the Orange Blossom Special done 4 ways…. First the Johnson Mountain Band… Fiddlin’ Arthur Smith… Charlie McCoy on harmonica… and finally, Don Rich with Buck Owens and the Buckaroos…
One for the moms…
Here’s Music Makin’ Mama from Memphis, a rockin’ tune by the late great Hank Snow.
Wayfaring Stranger
Bill Monroe. No need to say anything at all about this. Just listen….
Rhumba Boogie
OK, lets hear just one more Hank Snow song….here’s a fun tune… do the Rhumba Boogie. While madame Lazonga was teachin’ la conga In her little cabana in old Havana We were doin’ the Charleston and ballin’ the Jack And then that old black bottom… Read More
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