Tommy Jarrell - Poor Ellen Smith

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Uploaded by on Feb 10, 2010

My favorite version of Poor Ellen Smith. Tommy Jarrell's father is said to have learned this song from Peter de Graf at the jail in Winston-Salem, NC.

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  • This version of Poor Ellen Smith is on a cassette tape titled "Tommy Jarrell - Rainbow Sign" on County records label, #CO-791. Google County Sales dot com and look under Old Time then on the second page you will find several by Tommy Jarrell including this one. The CD is $13.50 before tax and shipping. I presume it is the same as what I have on cassette. The cover looks different, but the tunes are the same. The one with him and Fred Cockerham is also excellent.

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  • a great tune - many many thanks!!!

    

  • @warehambr, where is this version from? I have recordings of Tommy playing this on banjo as well as on fiddle with a full band, but I don't have this one (and I wish I did!).

    Thank you for posting, this is fantastic...

  • Truly a superior version of this great song!Tommy is the man!!!!!!!!

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