» Walk Right In

Recorded on January 5, 2008, in Buffalo Grove, IL

Bill Tong: lead vocal, 12-string guitar

Stu Frank: harmony vocal, guitar

Joe Shive: dobro

Lee Mishkin: electric bass

Walk Right In was written in 1913 by Gus Cannon, an African-American banjo player from Memphis, Tennessee.  In 1930, he recorded the song with his group, The Jug Stompers.  In 1963, the song was resurrected with reworked lyrics and twin 12-string guitars by The Roof Top Singers, becoming a hit song.  The Roof Top Singers invited Gus Cannon, then long-retired and 80 years old, to tour with them and play his original arrangement of his song for new audiences.