Uploaded by rubyrola1959 on Mar 11, 2009
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Song 1: After the great success of the song 'Great Speckled Bird,' Roy was encouraged to record a new version, one that he wrote, this originally had seven verses which wouldn't fit on one side of a disk back then, so Roy had shorten to it by 3 verses.
Song 2: Roy version of House of the Rising Sun, is among the first major commercial recordings of this traditional ballad, Although the Animals rendition will be better known, this is worthy of recognition too!
Both Songs owned by RCA Records, and Roy Acuff not me.
Song 1 recorded on Mar. 22, 1937 Birmingham, AL.
Song 2 recorded on Nov. 3, 1938 Columbus, SC.
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I'm going to be sick.....
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Yall come check my SPECKLED BIRD cover out
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@confederatesoldier2 most of them know how to "create" music. They just mostly use a computer to fake everything.
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Sing it Mr. Acuff!
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Love it!
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@exposecopycats it actually is the exact same melody timing and tune. there is another song too that is sung to it cant remember it though.
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I have the original 78 rpm recording of this song.
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@confederatesoldier2 Of course they know how to make music these days. It's just of a different type.... It really all depends on your preference. You seem to like bluegrass and folk... and that is fine. However, modern day music has gone through the age of rock, and rap, and is now in the age of pop. The genre of music seems to change depending on what generation you live in. But... yes... this music is very nice as well.
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@exposecopycats It's supposed to be, the carters done something with the same tune.
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mithrillllll 3 years ago 5
I dont understand how people can not like this kind of music. They dont know how to make music these days.
confederatesoldier2 1 year ago 2