Wow! I never heard that song before. Very powerful. Thank you for sharing this song, unionrdr!,
Schemy said:
I like! Never heard him before, but I'll be adding him to my "Robert Earl Keen channel" on pandora!
Schemy said:He's the lead singer for Lucero. That song is from an EP he did, basically music for Cormac McCarthy's Blood Meridian. The entire EP is really good.
He's the lead singer for Lucero. That song is from an EP he did, basically music for Cormac McCarthy's Blood Meridian. The entire EP is really good.
It's nice to see this thread still going. So much great music being posted thanks to you all.
Just stumbled across this one.
Johnny Cash 1977 Christmas Special featuring an amazing guest lineup, including a Sun Records reunion of sorts honoring Elvis, who had passed just a few months prior. It literally brought tears to my eyes.
http://youtu.be/jHuFslG6JAQ
Thanks for digging that up and posting LLB! They don't make 'em like that anymore.
Just stumbled across this one.
Johnny Cash 1977 Christmas Special featuring an amazing guest lineup, including a Sun Records reunion of sorts honoring Elvis, who had passed just a few months prior. It literally brought tears to my eyes.
http://youtu.be/jHuFslG6JAQ
Can't forget these guys, there from my neck of the woods good ol SE Texas
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYdvxBxHX2U&sns=em
unionrdr
If by chance I ever get out to Sheffield; sure would like to have a few beers, maybe brew one together. That be okay with you?
"Midnight Special" is a traditional folk song thought to have originated among prisoners in the American South.[1] The title comes from the refrain which refers to the passenger train Midnight Special and its "ever-loving light" (sometimes "ever-living light").
Lyrics appearing in the song were first recorded in print by Howard Odum in 1905
The song was first commercially recorded on the OKeh label in 1926 as "Pistol Pete's Midnight Special" by Dave "Pistol Pete" Cutrell
In 1934 Huddie William "Lead Belly" Ledbetter recorded a version of the song at Angola Prison for John and Alan Lomax, who mistakenly attributed it to him as the author.
The song, as popularized by Ledbetter, has many parallel lines to other prison songs. ... Many of the lines appear in prison work songs
Folk/bluegrass musicians Wilma Lee and Stoney Cooper had a top 5 country hit with the song in 1959 as "Big Midnight Special".
Lead Belly, Big Bill Broonzy, Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee, Odetta, The Kingston Trio, Pete Seeger, The Beatles, Burl Ives, Big Joe Turner, Bobby Darin, Cisco Houston, Mungo Jerry, Van Morrison, Little Richard, Buckwheat Zydeco, Otis Rush, The Spencer Davis Group, Lonnie Donegan, Eric Clapton, Paul McCartney, & Creedence Clearwater Revival among others, have recorded the song.
Love that song McB - Great choice!
I was going to comment that I liked the original version by "CCR" better, but thought maybe I ought to check out if they actually were the original song writers and players..
Nope!
going to quote Wiki a bit.
Gotta admit, I had no idea this song has been around so long and sung by so many folks.
The version you posted above is awesome. Beforer you posted that, I have never heard the song from anybody other than CCR. Kind of sad to find out they didn't come up with the song, but eff me.. These guys sing it pretty darn well too.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T00eJSQimIk
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