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Dark as a Dungeon: The Tarriers

With their 1956 record of The Banana Boat Song, The Tarriers, Alan Arkin, Bob Carey and Erik Darling, became the first folk trio to place a hit single on the Billboard pop charts.

This song is from their second album, Tell the World About This, released in 1959.

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5 Comments on “Dark as a Dungeon: The Tarriers”

  2. Pete's avatar Pete Says:

    August 30, 2010 at 8:12 pm

    Original by Merle Travis. Lots of other versions including J R Cash whose voice was the perfect tone for this somber classic

    • katry's avatar katry Says:

      August 31, 2010 at 9:24 am

      Thanks, Pete
      I didn’t know who had written it, but you got me looking. Come to find out it’s even older than I having been written in 1946.

  3. john's avatar john Says:

    August 31, 2010 at 2:23 pm

    I found this fascinating article on The Tarriers. It’s almost a history of the “folk revival”:
    http://www.folkera.com/Tarriers/bio.html

    • katry's avatar katry Says:

      September 1, 2010 at 9:27 am

      John,
      Not only is it a history of the folk revival but a really interesting time line to how folk groups get formed from other groups. You have The Tarriers, The Weavers, the Rooftop Singers, the Tiffany Singers and The New Journeymen all related, in-laws sort of.


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