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Moving Day by Sterling and Von Tilzer 1906 - version by Charlie Messing
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This is the authentic version, not Charlie Poole's version. Someone gave the sheet music to Peter Stampfel of the Holy Moidal Rounders, who did a version of this song base...
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Run On - gospel by Bill Landford - accapella version by Charlie Messing
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A traditional spiritual, notably recorded by Bill Landford and the Lanfordaires, which is where I heard it. (But before that I heard his version sampled on Moby's "Play".) ...
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SILVIO by Bob Dylan and Robert Hunter - version by Charlie Messing and Professor Fairbanks
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We only do about half the verses, I admit it.
From the not-very-widely-admired Bob Dylan album "Down in the Groove" from 1988.
This song is from Show #59 of "Messing Arou...
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LAST KIND WORDS BLUES Geechie Wiley - version by Charlie Messing
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A rare and truly classic blues, singular and touching. Minor key. All hail Geechie Wiley, who made about three two-sided 78s in her lifetime. It is said that only 2 to 5...
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Messing Around with Charlie Messing Show #57 Minstrel Boy Alex Chilton Sonny Boy Voodoo Queen Marie
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First up is the circa 1800 "Minstrel Boy" by Thomas Moore, Alex Chilton's 1970 "Free Again", then Sonny Boy Williamson's "Bring It On Home", Bob Dylan's 1983 tune"Blind Wil...
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Messing Around with Charlie Messing Show #56 Run On Kinks Wild Bill Jones Blind Willie McTell
amusia111
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Starts with an old banjo tune, "Wild Bill Jones", then "Pearly Gates", a spiritual from Blind Willie McTell, two Kinks songs from Ray Davies, "Everybody's Gonna Be Happy" a...
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Messing Around with Charlie Messing Show #55 Moving Day Baltimore Fire Richard Thompson
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Firstly we have "Baltimore Fire", from Charlie Poole (and Peter Stampfel). Then "Moving Day", which I learned from Stampfel and Poole, and then re-learned from the sheet m...
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Messing Around with Charlie Messing #54 Eric Satie Johnny Otis Michael Hurley
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Lovely 1950s country tune by Jack Toombs, "You're the Only Good Thing", followed by Eric Satie's "Gnossiennes #5", a big hit from 1890. Then we have Michael Hurley's "Wate...
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Messing Around with Charlie Messing #53 The Kinks Jerry Ragovoy Jesse Stone Lieber and Stoller
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The Kinks' 1968 "Do You Remember Walter", Howard Tate and Jerry Ragovoy's "Ain't Nobody Home", Jimmy Reed and Jesse Stone's "Take Out Some Insurance", and Leiber & Stoller'...
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Messing Around with Charlie Messing 4.0 Show #52 James Wayne William Harris Antonia Zombies Dylan
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James Wayne's classic "Junko Partner", William Harris's "Bullfrog Blues", Bob Dylan's 1965 "Absolutely Sweet Marie", Antonia's fabulous 70s "Places Where You Never See the ...
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