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Wednesday, August 22, 2007
Mp3: Wade In The Water
Camilla and I were on the road when I remembered this song and thought it would be a good one to record. ..
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Wednesday, August 22, 2007
Thomas Edison, the father of audio recording recited the first stanza of this poem in testing his new invention, the phonograph..
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Wednesday, August 22, 2007
Mp3: St. Clair’s Defeat
I first heard this song at the Gate of Horn in Chicago. Bob Gibson and Bob Camp were a duo for a ..
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Wednesday, August 22, 2007
A traditional spiritual with a meaning for each number. I have placed the meaning next to the verses in parentheses.
Lyrics:
[E..
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Wednesday, August 22, 2007
A good old gospel song from the southern United States. This has been recorded by many folk singers and exists in numerous versi..
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Wednesday, August 22, 2007
Ruben Ranzo
Ruben Ranzo, an inexperienced sailor is shanghaied aboard a whaling ship. The captain's daughter takes pity on..
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Wednesday, August 22, 2007
There's A Hole In The Bucket
A circle song is one that comes back to where it started and begins again. It can go on indefi..
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Wednesday, August 22, 2007
I remember watching Roy Rogers when I was a Chicago cowboy in the 1940s. Bob Nolan and the Sons of the Pioneers sang Red River V..
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Wednesday, August 22, 2007
This is a comic story about a tragic boat ride down the Erie Canal. I decided to sing this in the style of the late 50s - early ..
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Wednesday, August 22, 2007
I remember lying on the floor in front of the big brown cathedral radio at my grandmother's house, listening to The Weavers..
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Wednesday, August 22, 2007
Painting by: William H. Johnson
Chain Gang
National Museum of American Art
Smithsonian Institution,
Washington, D.C.
This song i..
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Wednesday, August 22, 2007
This is a sea chantey that got distilled, and transformed into a love ballad in the Appalachian Mountains. The origin is Scottis..
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Wednesday, August 22, 2007
This was originally a post World War I lament of a soldier returning
to hard times in America. I've interpreted it as a tri..
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Wednesday, August 22, 2007
Special thanks to Nedra Talley Ross (of the Ronettes) for background vocals.
http://www.history-of-rock..
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Wednesday, August 22, 2007
The term bullgine was derisive shipboard slang for an engine. Sailors didn't like them much, and many still don't toda..
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