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The Berkshire Tragedy, aka - Knoxville Girl

Jul 11, 2009, 11:17am tangelO

The folk song Knoxville Girl was made famous by the Louvin Brothers in their opus "Tragic Songs of Life," but was merely a tradition of several hundred years of folk tales, street songs, and eventually folk songs. Recorded first in the United States by the Carter Family (that I know of), Knoxville Girl is the story of a man that kills his girlfriend/acquaintance in a fit of passion. The song is usually not very explicit, but through the various bluegrass renditions and into the country/alt-country renditions it becomes much darker and detailed. Nick [...]

• Elvis Costello - Knoxville Girl » Elvis Costello - Knoxville Girl.mp3
• Blue Sky Boys - Story Of The Knoxville Girl
• BR5-49 - Knoxville Girl
• Chris Thile & Michael Daves - Knoxville Girl
• Jim & Jesse and the Virginia Boys - Knoxville Girl
• Jimmy Martin - Knoxville Girle
• Louvin Brothers (Ira & Charlie) - Knoxville Girl (1956)
• Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Knoxville Girl
• Roger Alan Wade - Knoxville Girl
• The Carter Family - Never Let The Devil Get The Upper Hand Of You
• The Fox Hunt - KnoXVIlle Girl
• The Handsome Family - Knoxville Girl
• The Lemonheads - Knoxville Girl
• The Outlaws - Knoxville Girl

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Link Text:	Elvis Costello - Knoxville Girl
File Name:	Elvis Costello - Knoxville Girl.mp3
Bitrate:	192 kbps

Artist:	Blue Sky Boys
Title:	Story Of The Knoxville Girl
Link Text:	The Blue Sky Boys - Story of the Knoxville Girl
File Name:	Blue Sky Boys - Story Of The Knoxville Girl.mp3
Bitrate:	99 kbps
Year:	2003

Artist:	BR5-49
Title:	Knoxville Girl
Link Text:	BR5-49 - Knoxville Girl
File Name:	BR5-49 - Knoxville Girl.mp3
Bitrate:	142 kbps
Year:	1996

Artist:	Chris Thile & Michael Daves
Title:	Knoxville Girl
Link Text:	Chris Thile  Michael Daves - Knoxville Girl
File Name:	Chris Thile and Michael Daves - Knoxville Girl.mp3
Bitrate:	120 kbps
Year:	2007

Artist:	Jim & Jesse and the Virginia Boys
Title:	Knoxville Girl
Link Text:	Jim  Jesse and The Virginia Boys - Knoxville Girl
File Name:	Jim and Jesse and the Virginia Boys - Knoxville Girl.mp3
Bitrate:	157 kbps
Year:	1975

Artist:	Jimmy Martin
Title:	Knoxville Girle
Link Text:	Jimmy Martin - Knoxville Girl
File Name:	Jimmy Martin - Knoxville Girle.mp3
Bitrate:	156 kbps
Year:	1988

Artist:	Louvin Brothers (Ira & Charlie)
Title:	Knoxville Girl (1956)
Link Text:	The Louvin Brothers - Knoxville Girl
File Name:	Louvin Brothers - Knoxville Girl.mp3
Bitrate:	83 kbps
Year:	3

Artist:	Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
Title:	Knoxville Girl
Link Text:	Nick Cave  The Bad Seeds - Knoxville Girl
File Name:	Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Knoxville Girl.mp3
Bitrate:	133 kbps
Year:	2002

Artist:	Roger Alan Wade
Title:	Knoxville Girl
Link Text:	Roger Alan Wade - Knoxville Girl
File Name:	Roger Alan Wade - Knoxville Girl.mp3
Bitrate:	138 kbps
Year:	2005

Artist:	The Carter Family
Title:	Never Let The Devil Get The Upper Hand Of You
Link Text:	The Carter Family - Never Let the Devil Get the Upper Hand of You
File Name:	The Carter Family - Never Let The Devil Get The Upper Hand Of You.mp3
Bitrate:	105 kbps

Artist:	The Fox Hunt
Title:	KnoXVIlle Girl
Link Text:	The Fox Hunt - Knoxville Girl
File Name:	The Fox Hunt - KnoXVIlle Girl.mp3
Bitrate:	153 kbps
Year:	2009

Artist:	The Handsome Family
Title:	Knoxville Girl
Link Text:	The Handsome Family - Knoxville Girl
File Name:	The Handsome Family - Knoxville Girl.mp3
Bitrate:	144 kbps
Year:	2002

Artist:	The Lemonheads
Title:	Knoxville Girl
Link Text:	The Lemonheads - Knoxville Girl
File Name:	The Lemonheads - Knoxville Girl.mp3
Bitrate:	160 kbps
Year:	1996

Artist:	The Outlaws
Title:	Knoxville Girl
Link Text:	The Outlaws - Knoxville Girl
File Name:	The Outlaws - Knoxville Girl.mp3
Bitrate:	159 kbps
Year:	1996

Paradise Gone

Oct 21, 2007, 11:38pm Old Blue Bus

“Daddy won’t you take me back to Muhlenberg County down by the Green River where Paradise lay. I’m sorry my son But you’re too late in asking Mr. Peabody’s coal train has hauled it away.” These lyrics and the tune that accompanies them are familiar to nearly everyone. I have met a few younger people who thought that the song was an old traditional song from the Appalachians. As much as it has been adopted by many traditional artists, “Paradise”, of course, was written by John Prine. I suspect that all of [...]

• Jim & Jesse And the Virginia Boys - Paradise
• John Prine - Paradise
• The Seldom Scene - Paradise

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Artist:	Jim & Jesse And the Virginia Boys
Title:	Paradise
Link Text:	Jim & Jesse and the Virginia Boys - Paradise.mp3
File Name:	Jim_and_Jesse_and_the_Virginia _Boys-Paradise.mp3
Bitrate:	192 kbps
Year:	1985

Artist:	John Prine
Title:	Paradise
Link Text:	John Prine - Paradise.mp3
File Name:	John_Prine-Paradise.mp3
Bitrate:	192 kbps
Year:	1993

Artist:	The Seldom Scene
Title:	Paradise
Link Text:	Seldom Scene - Paradise.mp3
File Name:	Seldom_Scene-Paradise.mp3
Bitrate:	256 kbps
Year:	1973