Here’s Spoon Lady and the Tater Boys performing Harry Haywire McClintock’s brilliant song about Hobo Heaven. There’s only one way to get there, and well, you know it’s a one-way trip. Just hop aboard the old Wabash Cannonball. There’s only one stop. You can’t miss… Read More
I feel a long and rambling post coming on. I hope you don’t mind. I was thinking today about the late U Utah Phillips, the Golden Voice of the Great Southwest, talking about the traveling nation: hobos, tramps and bums. Utah made it clear that… Read More
I love this video featuring John Hartford performing his own Gentle on my Mind… Old Sledge performing Danville Girl… I’ve posted this one before – Baby Gramps doing Big Rock Candy Mountain – but it’s so much fun it deserves another go… And finally, enjoy… Read More
Tonight I’d like to offer up a Daily Dose of Big Rock Candy Mountain… Here’s The Katfish Four If you have never heard Baby Gramps this version will be an eye-opener for you…this gets cut off at the end but by then you’ll have the… Read More
Come with me. Let’s hop aboard the Wabash Cannonball and pay a little visit to the Big Rock Candy Mountain. Here’s Yodeling Slim Clark… It was first recorded by Harry McClintock in 1928. If you were part of the traveling nation, the mountain was paradise.… Read More
The Big Rock Candy Mountain has been a favourite song of mine about as long as I can remember. One of the first records I owned was the Burl Ives version. I’m sure some of you are thinking, ah-ha that explains a lot. Here’s Baby… Read More
With a train song a day, eventually the Wabash Cannonball would have to come around on the guitar. I’d like to feature a live performance by Mac Wiseman from 1957. Wabash Cannonball is an old tune, originating in the late 19th century. It was popularized… Read More
You never change your socks, friends. Wake me when we get there… Here’s the Katfish Four Here’s the Harry MacClintock version How about Vernon Dalhart? Now a sort-of rockabilly version by Dorsey Burnette
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