Lester & Earl - Wreck of Old 97
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Uploaded by seansvoice on Nov 7, 2007
A classic moment with Flatt and Scruggs!
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@MrDanmeyers They're basically the same song. A lot of songs have the same chord progression as this but those two songs (MTA and the Old 97) have nearly-identical melodies as well. MTA is basically a parody/cover/different arrangement of the Old 97. Wreck of the Old 97 antedates MTA, although MTA is a great tune. I love the Kingston Trio.
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sounds like this tune was stolen from M.t.A.
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funny you made me chuckle
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@vacontractor Ellie May gave me a kick-start into puberty!
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@vacontractor unrequited love as she was gay
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We used to call that kinda dancin the hillbilly stomp down home. I ad one uncle that played banjo,another that played a hand carved violin. Grampaw had this big,curved harmonica. sometimes,in the evenin,them ol' boys would get goin...
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@GooglFascists I always thought that Buddy Ebsen still got the part of the guardsman who said "She's dayid.You killed her" after Dorothy threw a bucket of water on the Wicked Witch & melted her.
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The wreck of the old 97 was a key moment that led to it all and eventually the bristol sessions. it was the first million seller and is a ballad that is virtually totally correct except each writing the speed kept getting higher and peaked out at 90--(it was 55) when it jumped.. good ol vernon dalhart
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Joi Lansing Born: 1929, Died: 1972 of breast cancer. What a waste!
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@4orsaorsa Actually that is Buddy Ebsen who was a renowned dancer like
40 years before he played Jed Clampett in "The Beverly Hillbillies".
He was cast in the role of the Tin Woodsman in The Wizard Of Oz but was
allergic to the silver paint, so Jack Haley wound up with the part.
Ebsen hoped to make it to 100 years of age and had his own web site.
But pneumonia got him at 95, which still isn't a bad run.
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Confession ...I only watch this cause I have a crush on Miss Hathaway
vacontractor 1 year ago 9
Yes this is a true to life ballad. The "Old 97", a Southern Railway train officially known as the Fast Mail, was en route from Monroe, Virginia to Spencer, North Carolina when it left the track at Stillhouse Trestle near Danville, Virginia on September 27, 1903.
sgl49ers02 2 years ago 7