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Look at the suits. Must be Nudies. They wore them on occasion but mostly blazers and slacks. They didn't even try to dress alike most of the time.

THis song became a staple with all the touring groups in the 50s. The success of the Louvin Bros with this song made it a song so often requested all the touring bands knew it.

I enjoyed your performance of this song I remember from the 60s, but haven't heard since. Simple, unadorned and with exactly the right touch--IMHO.

Interesting. But the owners didn't hire less workers. They hired fewer workers. Fewer is for things that can be counted, a la 1,2,3. Less is for things measured in amount. I wonder who approved this copy for a Modern European History Class?

The influence of Blake's Florida style overpowers any Piedmont influence. There was no picking like this in the Piedmonts until Blake started traveling north from Florida.

Was this and South Carolina Rag the only two recordings Willie made?

Showmanship sells. Couple that with talent like this and you will end up with a great show. So just shut up about the Bob Wills stuff. New Era. New energy.

Notice that Lester Flatt is one of the few bluegrass guitarists that uses a thumb pick.

June Carter was the clown in the Carter Mix at this time. She gave it up within a couple of years of this telecast and took a more serious approach to her work as an artist.

Mother Maybelle was a handsome woman with high cheek bones, wide set eyes, full mouth and strong chin. Just absolutely lovely.

Hank had excellent enunciation when he sang. His words were always clear. Initial consonants were clean. Final Ts were tapped and ds sounded. Just because he was "Country", lots of people lose sight of his technique.

In Re June Carter: This was when she was still comic relief with the Opry and her family. Lots of clowning around a la Minnie Pearl.

High ballin'!

I've been listening to Jelly Roll Morton since the 1960s and I've never heard anyone do the Finger Breaker with such abandon. Brava!

@bostonteabagger71739 Not trying to one up you but in the interest of sharing--a college professor who knew I loved Josh passed away and left me Josh's four record 78 album of Ballads and BLues. Decca A-447. I don't really play them. Too precious to risk. I also have a ten inch lp of his I got...

Hubert Sumlin, the guitarist on this cut, died yesterday. So many rockers tip their hats to Sumlin for leading the way. RIP

Maybe I'm missing something. Substituting a light bulb for a slide doesn't necessarily result in the "BLUES." What about this made it the blues as opposed to a Russian folk song?

The two names--Strobel & Martin--on the railroad call board were Jimmy's old pals. They later served as pall bearers at Jimmie's funeral.

Jimmie's thumbs up gesture is interesting because of its application to railroaders. On the one hand, it is the signal given to an engineer that he is good to go. This was because verbal commands were hard to hear in a rail yard. On the other hand, it is a sign a railroader gives at the end of ...

T for Texas is one of the other songs in the original film. What is the third?

Also, anyone have any idea who the studio musician was on guitar in Jimmie's Let Me Be Your Side Track? Can't find the info on my own. Any clues?

Does anyone know who played guitar on Jimmie's Let Me Be Your SIdetrack? I can't find the info on the internet. The lead in on the song and the guitar backing is not something I expect to hear from Jimmie. It is so much more a Blind Blake or Florida blues style. Any help is appreciated.

If you love the one person, one guitar, balladeer tradition, then you have to love Yodeling Slim Clark.

Too bad there was nobody riding gain on the mike so we could hear more of what Honeyboy was saying .

Honeyboy was the last living connection to giants like Charlie Patton, Robert Johnson, Big Joe Williams--a generation of greatness.

Meet me, Jesus, Meet me

Meet me in the middle of the air

And if these wings should fail me

Meet me with another pair.

RIP

The last of the original quartet passed away today, Aug 24.2011. RIP

Casey really crying this a.m. blew her cover on all the previous dry sobbing she did.

Just as the state has no smoking gun, JB has no plan or else he would go straight to his trump card regarding the drowning and get it over with.

Lucille did some knock you out recordings with Josh WHite and Walter Roland. Worth giving a listen to.

Oh, boy, Foghorn Leghorn is doing direct.

After it was a skull, somebody took duct tape from the Casey household and put it on the bone! Amazing!