Big Bill Broonzy - Sixteen Tons

[QuintinPenola]

i like the progression meril travis uses better

[DIMZEROCENT]

Spizzwinks rule ;)

[imusthavewhisky]

the platters' version is brilliant as well

[thek64]

agreed, Jhonny cash and the Spizzwinks are the best ones

[Tallon]

Anyone here from Yale Spizzwinks?

[CeliacPop]

@Tallon I'm watching loads of different versions. Still love the Yale Spizzwinks (?) and Johnny Cash's.

[Deadalious]

This god damn song has this odd effect where it's making me want to reinstall Fallout: NV again, damnit.

[webdarasti]

I owe my soul to the MasterCard®

[blonde7000]

man is made out of the dust of the earth

[Muffinmanv2]

@blonde7000 Aren't we all.

[bobbelan]

Merle wrote it, he explains writing it in an interview you can see on here. This is a great version though! Thanks uploader!

[slorebear1]

@sugarlanskee8 no clue what you're getting at

[wellfuck13579]

have you guys ever listened to the blues? quite a few songs are covered by various artists.

[ArturoBelano13]

U really r fighting against nothing, what if he stole it???, thats not stealing its called cover, and he feels his song, so go and f u c k yourself



[nataliadumoulin]

Это тоже оригинально. Тут и побыстрее можно подвигаться... Отлично

[gabri3l367]

Che bella voce !!!!

[irpacs]

Merle Travis write Sixteen Tons

[Padraigcoelfir]

do you actually know when he wrote that song? I really dont believe that Merle Davis was the original writer.

[UtzChips2009]

@Padraigcoelfir Tennessee Ernie Ford wrote the song & was not only a #1 hit on the country chart, but also the the US chart.

[Padraigcoelfir]

@UtzChips2009 Thanks for the info!!! =)

[Blagga0muffin]

@Padraigcoelfir Hes wrong, it WAS Merle Davis. Ernie ford did the best cover, even Merle said so. Although the inspiration came from and older song, "Nine-to-ten tons" by George S. Davis.

[buddyeagle]

@Blagga0muffin Thank you, right bur Merle stole it.

[zzausel]

Steal it, if you only feel it. It just was about stupid stealing. What would have been some things whithout stealing. Baroque? Bebop? BBB stole hearts.

[zzausel]

@SkylarkGSX You know what? The original is by Merle Travis, and it's great. There you are, Big Bill is the baddest thief.

[zzausel]

Since I heard this one 40 years ago I am unable to enjoy nearly any other versions.

[RichardSativ]

Better then the Cash version.

[2381x]

I loved this. How many people know how the company stores worked and what "Script" was?

[RichardSativ]

@2381x You worked for them and they paid you with rent and money you could only spend at the company owned store. The miners owned nothing and couldn't store up cash, to discourage them from ever leaving.

[JmaJeremy514]

@2381x Particularly during the great depression, many people worked on farms which sold all the essentials right on the property from a company store. So many of the workers actually owed more to the store than they would ever earn in wages, that they felt prett hopeless. Some tried to escape, some just ended up dying on the farms.

[waynep2756]

This man was a blues hurricane. Never heard anyone as good as him. Keb Mo comes close but Big Bill was truly a class of one!!!

[clyderf]

This music is fantastic. Big Bill and Blind Blake are my two favorite country blues men. However, on this particular number I still prefer Merle Travis's acoustic version on his back home album.

[jonathan1stewart]

Big Bill Broonzy. American hero.

[Khultan]

Wow!!! : )

[moeses]

my favorite version

[Squarerig]

In the thirties the rate was 10 cents a ton!

[mountainat85]

great version!