Here’s how Leadbelly did it… https://youtu.be/nnsUvmsFMxs Check out these covers….. Pharis and Jason Romero…. Meredith Axelrod and Craig Ventresco
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Goodnight Irene
For tonight’s Daily Dose, let’s go back to an old Leadbelly tune, Goodnight Irene. Lots of people know the melody and the chorus but have never really listened to the lyrics. It’s one sad tune. I love Tom Waits’ take on it… Here’s a curious… Read More
Duncan and Brady
While not as big a sub-genre in Americana as train songs, murder ballads are big just the same. Since I took an interest in folk music in my teens, I’ve been listening to songs about Stack-O-Lee and Franky and Johnny, Pretty Polly and Tom Dooley. … Read More
Pig Iron or Livestock?
Today’s train song of the day is Rock Island Line. It tells the story of an engineer who smuggles pig iron past a toll gate by saying all he’s carrying is livestock. There are many versions of this tune, the most famous of which is… Read More
27th Street 