Wildwood Flower was popularized by the Carter Family, but its close cousin I’ll Twine Mid the Ringlets was written by Joseph Philbrick Webster and published way back in 1860. It could be that both are based on another earlier tune, but if so I don’t… Read More
Doing a little bit of early morning YouTube surfing and what do I find? It’s the amazing Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings covering Woody Guthrie. I’m not even kidding. Brace yourselves…..
I think I may make the series of thematic music posts I’ve been making on the subject of murder ballads a weekly post rather than continue it daily. While only one reader has mentioned that I seem to be playing a lot of violent music,… Read More
Lee Shelton lived from March 16, 1865 – March 11, 1912 in St. Louis Missouri. Who was Lee Shelton and why should we care? Well, Mr. Shelton shot William Lyons on Christmas night 1895. Shelton, was sent to the big house where he eventually died… Read More
Those visitors who have been hanging out at 27th Street for a while know that from time to time the Daily Dose gets all thematic. I posted a long series of songs about drink and a longer series of songs about trains a while back.… Read More
The word dulcimer derives from the Latin dulcis, meaning sweet and the Greek melos meaning song. Yesterday I featured the mountain or Appalachian dulcimer, but that isn’t the only kind of dulcimer around. The hammered dulcimer has been around a number of different musical traditions… Read More
For today’s Daily Dose, let’s head down to East Texas for a pair of tunes, East Texas Red by Woody Guthrie and Memories of East Texas by Michelle Shocked. Here’s Mr. ISI with an excellent version East Texas Red And here’s Les Acton covering Michelle… Read More
This one goes out to my good friend of the same name. He’s a really good guy, not like the East Texas Red you’re going to hear about today. The song is by Woody Guthrie. East Texas Red was a railroad bull, the meanest one… Read More
The train song of the day is Danville girl. This one is a personal favourite. Let’s start with Woody. Now here’s Spider John. I’d like to send this one out to my pals Candy and Stagg, who have been out on the road. Now for… Read More
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