Long Road Home - "Blue Eyed Boston Boy" - August 08

[nancejo]

Please share the full lyrics with us.

[ruffnrocky1]

Yes, Dr. Banjo, Gene Libbea, formerly of the Nashville Bluegrass Band on bass, Justin Hoffenberg on Fiddle, Marin Gilmore, guitar and Dominick Lesile, mandolin

[theQiwiMan]

These guys are FREAKIN AWESOME!!

[cyrus621]

That must be Dr Banjo (Pete Wernick) on banjo. Who are the others?

[limefreckles]

Does anyone know the composer of this song? I have a hand-written copy of this as a poem which contain much more at the beginning that was written around the time of the Civil War. I was really surprised to hear the almost exact words in a song. I have a lot of documents and letters from this time period. The name Sally Miller is on the paper but she is not a relative that we know of. The document is authentic. It has been tested with others as well as some beautiful watercolors.

[barkergk]

Author is unknown. It is uncertain whether the lyrics refer to the Battle of Bunker Hill in the American Revolution or the Battle of Fredericksburg in the Civil War. The first audio recording was made by Monroe Gevedon in West Liberty, KY in 1937 when "song catchers" were sent out by the Library of Congress armed with new recording machines. He called it "The Two Soldiers" and you can listen to a clip on the Songs of Kentucky, Vol. 2.

[KS6stringer]

Nicely done fellas! Very nicely done!

[poztpwned]

These are great. Thank you very much for posting.

[hamrzlawnlake]

Keep posting these! (great handle, I played on an album 'Long Walk Home'). These boys pay homage to the original from Rounder Records.

[zach0036]

well done! Great tune.  One of my favs as well. Beautiful piece of songwriting, and a fine performance.

[takman17]

one of my favorite bluegrass tunes...thanks