As you know I like all kinds of folk music. There are rich and complex traditions of songs about work. Working on the Railway. Farming. Working as Sea. I was thinking there are no happy mining songs, but I was wrong. First let’s here some… Read More
You’ll find tonight’s Daily Dose deep down in the mine.
This is a Merle Travis tune, but I started off with Weird Bob Dylan and Joan Baez from way back in 1975. Here’s Mr. Travis: And of course, Tennessee Ernie Ford: Ernie Ford built a career around another Merle Travis tune, 16 Tons…I guess we’d… Read More
27th Street 