500 Miles kennt man aus dem Singunterricht oder aus der Pfadi. 900 Miles ist der ältere Bruder des Traditionals, dessen Ursprung in die Pionierzeit der Eisenbahn zurückreicht. Die Distanz von 500 Meilen scheint in der Popgeschichte das Mass aller Dinge zu sein. The Proclaimers haben 1988 mit "(I'm Gonna Walk) 500 Miles" eine Liebeserklärung geschrieben, die Pub-Besucher bis heute zu Ausgelassenheit animiert. Lange zuvor hat man in der Folkszene von Greenwich Village das Heimweh aus einer Distanz von 500 Meilen besungen. "500 Miles" wurde in frühen 60er-Jahre populär [...]
FIRST EVER COUNTRY RECORD: Eck Robertson : Sally Gooden [ purchase ] FIRST EVER COUNTRY HIT: Fiddlin' John Carson : Little Old Cabin In The Lane [ purchase ] The first-ever country record was recorded on 30 June 1922 (or possibly on July 1) – not in a random southern location, but in New York City, at the Victor Talking Machine Company on West 38th Street – and it was a fiddle number. Over two days, [...]
After the first instalment of the country history series, it was suggested that I should have at least two compilations for each article. When I floated the idea on this blog's Facebook page, a number of people approved of the idea. So, just to mess up the sequence of posts, here's a second disc for the Pioneer Years – 1920s selection. ... In the first part of the history, we noted the first ever country recording: Sally Gooden by Eck Robertson [...]
The Second Line, 1923Wendell Hall, It Ain't Gonna Rain No Mo'.Belle Baker with the Virginians, Jubilee Blues.I.J. Hochman & the Jewish Orchestra, Rusishe Sher (Russian Sher).Fiddlin' John Carson, The Old Hen Cackled and the Rooster's Gonna Crow.Piron's New Orleans Orchestra, West Indies Blues.Darius Milhaud, La Création du Monde: Premier Tableau.Jesse Crump, Mr. Crump Rag.Q. Roscoe Snowden,
The second disc from the labour of love that is the People Take Warning! box set - for the first one, see my post below - is called ´Man V Nature´ and deals with natural disasters. Floods. Fires. Epidemics. Hurricanes and cyclones. Earthquakes. And dude, lets not forget that nasty boll weavil. From the foreword by Tom Waits: " These are emotional obits and cautionary tales by brave and sobered survivors. The scratches on the 78´s sound like the ocean in a shell and the songs are riding [...]
Many years ago my good friend Jim Bob had a dream of a little farm on his native Sand Mountain in north Alabama. Jim Bob and I worked together on a few jobs in Alabama, Louisiana, Indiana, and Georgia, and after half a dozen years on the road, he announced that he was settling down to live his dream. When asked how he could leave the big money and fast times for life on the farm, Jim Bob's reply was "On the farm I have to work long, hard hours... twice a year." Fiddlin' John Carson [...]
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Star Maker Machine
Any Major Dude With Half A Heart
Locust St.
For The Sake Of The Song
Old Blue Bus
Catcall – ‘The Warmest Place’
This Is Not The End (Gui Boratto 2012 Mix)
Rihanna Gets Nude For Nude
The Animal Kingdom: Gallo del Cielo
