500 Miles (1962) :: Sumanta Basu on Harmonica

Composed by: Hedy West
Performed by: Peter, Paul & Mary
Harmonica, Recording, Camera, Editing: Sumanta Basu

"500 Miles" (also known as "500 Miles Away from Home" or "Railroaders' Lament") is a folk song made popular in the United States and Europe during the 1960s folk revival. The simple repetitive lyrics offer a lament by a traveler who is far from home, out of money and too ashamed to return. "500 Miles" is West's "most anthologized song." The song appears on the 1961 self-titled debut album by The Journeymen; this may have been its first release.

The harmony line you will hear in the song was not there in any of its version published as yet. This tune is my addition to the original tune.

Now, this is a fact in my life, that I miss myself. I miss spending time with me... I've tried to translate this feeling of loneliness in this video. I have tried a funny experimentation with myself. Though the shooting location was my drawing room; when 'I' was playing with 'him' or 'he' was harmonizing with 'me'... 'We' were somewhere else in 'our' soul. May be somewhere near 500 miles away from 'our' home...

Note: While watching this video if you are using a headphone or an earphone; please make sure that you are using the right (R) speaker on your right ear and the left (L) speaker on the left.

Enjoy :-)

And feel free to share this video if you like it.

Sumanta Basu
11 June, 2011
Dum Dum Cantonment

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[apmukundan]

great playing

[sumantaharmonica]

@apmukundan Thanks a lot :-)

[Karaokefunkaar]

Sumanthaji I have become your fan. You are too good. The best part I liked in this song was the obligatory music which is performed with extreme dedication.

[sumantaharmonica]

@Karaokefunkaar Thanks.

[ramanaraaga]

Height of your talent :)

[sumantaharmonica]

@ramanaraaga :-)

[sumantaharmonica]

@nakuldhagat1964 Many Thanks :-)

[sumantaharmonica]

@rdbhardwaj2001 Thank you.

[rdbhardwaj2001]

Excellent sumantada, lovely vedio and superb harmony, Kudos!!!....:-)