the carter family - john hardy was a desperate little man

[hoss73ford1]

they should have made a movie based on this song---with Hardy being rescued and escaping in the end.

[Rottenhaus]

@hoss73ford1

No happy endings in a folk song...

[ethicomm]

Love Leadbelly's version.

[igotarubberchicken]

this is the same family that June Carter was a part of! Awesome!

[toraassm]

the jam. love this one. nice reading the original story. thanks.

[mikekadas]

John Hardy Was A Desperate Little Man - The Carter Family [Virginia] - 1928 - "AMG pick. After shooting a co-worker over 25 cents in a crap game at the Shawnee Coal Company camp in 1893, he was spirited away by authorities just before the arrival of a lynch mob (he was black, while the victim was white)." - Anthology Of American Folk Music, Vol. 1B: Ballads (Smithsonian Folkways)-1997.

[jrdill1929]

Good info.

[wildhias]

love this melody it's the same as in Woody Guthries Tom Joad - it doesn't matter who was first at that time everybody ripped off everybody I guess - great song

[huliusJ]

omg I love this song it's soo sad but it's amazing!

[bigjaw1]

yup, an addictive song as well

[musicistheproblem]

where is the light show and backup dancers?? Those chicks aren't sexy at all. They needed to make a music video then people would like their music more. I like Hillary duff and Miley cyrus more. I thought this was nick carter. I clicked on the wrong video

[bigjaw1]

just so you know, this was long before television was widely available & music videos just weren't made for this very reason. also, they may not be "sexy" but they are very very good singer/instrumentalists

[justfukoff88]

haha.classic.