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Thom,
I found folk music really early then it led me to Lead Belly, Bessie, The Carters, Muddy Waters and on. It was far enough back I have them on vinyl.
The Bill Monroe recording is the one I know best. This Leadbelly one is an odd and unsettling version of an already weird song. The adultery part of the narrative doesn’t seem taken too seriously, but his variant of the tune is really creepy, as is the part about the husband’s death. And that eerie guitar….
March 21, 2020 at 1:59 pm
This is the fount for so much great music.
Regards Thom
March 21, 2020 at 3:03 pm
Thom,
I found folk music really early then it led me to Lead Belly, Bessie, The Carters, Muddy Waters and on. It was far enough back I have them on vinyl.
March 21, 2020 at 3:33 pm
A journey so many us have made and one that never ends. Thom
March 21, 2020 at 3:44 pm
I love finding something I’d not heard before. It is serendipity.
March 22, 2020 at 9:40 am
The Bill Monroe recording is the one I know best. This Leadbelly one is an odd and unsettling version of an already weird song. The adultery part of the narrative doesn’t seem taken too seriously, but his variant of the tune is really creepy, as is the part about the husband’s death. And that eerie guitar….
March 23, 2020 at 2:26 am
And I don’t know that version so I will listen to it. I think Leadbelly has that same plaintive sound whenever he sings.