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| "Wreck of the Old 97" | Rate Topic |
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| Posted: Fri Dec 2nd, 2005 11:32 pm |
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ThirdRatePoet Approved 
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I was most delighted to see (and hear this tune) here at ezFolk - this song (along with 'Folsom Prison Blues', come to think of it!) was the first tune I ever learned to play properly on the guitar! I still play it now. I first heard the Woody Guthrie version on an LP my folks owned, and on an LP by The Seekers(!!) which I got from an (elder) relative! Great to hear it any time really! Dan  PS the words (in Richard Hefner's version) are a little different to the versions I've heard before - is this a 'traditional' song with variations? Last edited on Fri Dec 2nd, 2005 11:37 pm by ThirdRatePoet ____________________ ezFolk My Website CDBaby |
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| Posted: Fri Dec 2nd, 2005 11:54 pm |
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Richard Hefner Administrator 
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Hey Dan, A few years ago through the Internet I met a lady who is the daughter of Fred Lewey and she said she had never heard Wreck of the Old 97 with the original lyrics that her father had written, so I told her I would record it that way, which I did. You can read about it on the following page, which includes text from a newspaper article from way back... http://www.ezfolk.com/bgbanjo/bgb-tabs/wreck97/wreckbio/wreckbio.html The origin of the song has been debated a lot over the years and I'm not sure about anything, but it was an interesting story and she was a nice lady so I did the song. If anybody wants to hear it you can find it on my bluegrass page... http://ezfolk.com/audio/bands/2/Bluegrass.php 
____________________ Richard Hefner MP3 Page: http://www.ezfolk.com/audio/richardhefner Running Blog: http://old-runner.com |
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| Posted: Sat Dec 3rd, 2005 01:20 am |
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banjo brad Super Moderator 
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It is also done as "Casey Jones," and I have heard versions of "John Henry" that have a lot of similarity - the folk process lives on! Keep on pickin'Brad
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| Posted: Sat Dec 3rd, 2005 05:37 am |
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Will Approved 
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"Wreck of the Old '97" was also used as the tune for the Kingston Trio's song, "M.T.A."
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| Posted: Sat Dec 3rd, 2005 04:15 pm |
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ThirdRatePoet Approved
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I love the idea of Fred Lewey being called into a courtroom and singing his tune in a 'high irish tenor'. Excellent info - cheers! Dan
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| Posted: Tue Dec 6th, 2005 07:07 pm |
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Philj200 Approved 
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I have a Duane Eddy song book...yep Twangy Duane himslf. One of the songs is The Wreck of the Old 97. It is straight bluegrass guitar as written. He played it on a hollow body electric. I remember his instructions "play near the bridge to get a twangy song." So much for music-tech.
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