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Terrance Simien

500 Miles
Positively Beadhead 1999 via Tone Cool
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The song is generally credited as being written by Hedy West, and a 1961 copyright is held by Atzal Music, Inc. First commercial success was by Bobby Bare. Many cover version of this tune.

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Carolina Chocolate Drops

Snowden's Jig (Genuine Negro Jig)
Genuine Negro Jig 2010 via Nonesuch
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COMPILATIONS

What A Wonderful World
A Gift To Pops 2021 via Verve
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"What a Wonderful World" is a song written by Bob Thiele (as "George Douglas") and George David Weiss. It was first recorded by Louis Armstrong and released in 1967 as a single, which topped the pop charts in the United Kingdom, though it performed poorly in the United States because Larry Newton, the president of ABC Records, disliked the song and refused to promote it. Performed featuring Niki Haris, Davell Crawford and Herlin Riley.

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Lukas Nelson & Promise Of The Real

Just Outside of Austin
Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real 2017 via Fantasy
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Bettye Lavette

Dirty Old Town
Thankful N' Thoughtful 2012 via ANTI Records
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"Dirty Old Town" is a song written by Ewan MacColl in 1949 that was made popular by the Dubliners and has been recorded by many others including The Pogues.

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COMPILATIONS

You Got to Move
Prestige-Folklore Years, Vol. 4- Singing Out Loud 1994 via Prestige/Folklore Records
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Reverend Gary Davis, also Blind Gary Davis (born Gary D. Davis, April 30, 1896 – May 5, 1972), was a blues and gospel singer who was also proficient on the banjo, guitar and harmonica. His fingerpicking guitar style influenced many other artists. His students included Stefan Grossman, David Bromberg, Steve Katz, Roy Book Binder, Larry Johnson, Nick Katzman, Dave Van Ronk, Rory Block, Ernie Hawkins, Larry Campbell, Bob Weir, Woody Mann, and Tom Winslow. He also influenced Bob Dylan, the Grateful Dead, Wizz Jones, Jorma Kaukonen, Keb' Mo', Ollabelle, Resurrection Band, and John Sebastian (of the Lovin' Spoonful).

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Luka Bloom

The First Time Ever I Saw Your Fa
Head & Heart 2014 via Compass
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"The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" is a 1957 folk song written by British political singer/songwriter Ewan MacColl for Peggy Seeger, who later became his wife. Seeger sang the song when the duo performed in folk clubs around Britain. During the 1960s, it was recorded by various folk singers and became a major international hit for Roberta Flack in 1972, winning Grammy Awards for Record of the Year and Song of the Year.

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Roy Book Binder

Talks All Over Town
The Hillbilly Blues Cats 1992 via Ind
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Book Binder has been described as a guitar-picking hillbilly bluesman. A student and friend of the Rev. Gary Davis, he is equally at home with blues and ragtime. He is known to shift from open tunings to slide arrangements to original compositions, with both traditional and self-styled licks. His storytelling is another characteristic that makes his style unique.

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Jean Ritchie

Killiekrankie
The Most Dulcimer 1989 via Greenhays
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Jean Ruth Ritchie (December 8, 1922 – June 1, 2015) was an American folk singer, songwriter, and Appalachian dulcimer player, called by some the "Mother of Folk". In her youth she learned hundreds of folk songs in the traditional way (orally, from her family and community), many of which were Appalachian variants of centuries old British and Irish songs.

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Jerry Garcia & David Grisman

Shady Grove
Shady Grove 1996 via Acoustic Disc
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"Shady Grove" is a traditional Appalachian folk song, believed to have originated in eastern Kentucky around the beginning the 20th century. The song was popular among old-time musicians of the Cumberlands before being widely adopted in the bluegrass repertoire. Many variants of "Shady Grove" exist (up to 300 stanzas by the early 21st century).

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Last Fair Deal Gone Down
Dealin' With The Devil- Songs of Robert Johnson 2000 via Cannonball Records
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"Last Fair Deal Gone Down" is a song by American blues musician Robert Johnson. It was recorded during Johnson's third recording session in San Antonio, Texas, on November 27, 1936.

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Wilson Pickett

Soul Survivor
It's Harder Now 1999 via Bullseye Blues / Pgd
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Pickett's forceful, passionate style of singing was developed in the church and on the streets of Detroit, under the influence of recording stars such as Little Richard, whom he referred to as "the architect of rock and roll." An American singer and songwriter, he was a major figure in the development of American soul music, Pickett recorded over 50 songs which made the US R&B charts, many of which crossed over to the Billboard Hot 100.

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Jimi Hendrix

Hear My Train A Comin' (Acoustic)
Blues 1994 via Experience Hendrix LLC Sony Music
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This song was written by Hendrix. It was released April 26, 1994 on an album that contains eleven songs recorded by Hendrix between 1966 and 1970, six of which were previously unreleased.

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Skip James

Everybody Ought to Live Right
Rare and Unreleased 2003 via Vanguard
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Nehemiah Curtis "Skip" James (June 9, 1902 – October 3, 1969) was an American Delta blues singer, guitarist, pianist and songwriter. His guitar playing is noted for its dark, minor-key sound, played in an open D-minor tuning with an intricate fingerpicking technique.

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Blind Blake

Black Dog Blues
Rough Guide To Blind Blake 2013 via World Music Network
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Arthur Blake (1896 – December 1, 1934), known as Blind Blake, was an American blues and ragtime singer and guitarist. He is known for numerous recordings he made for Paramount Records between 1926 and 1932.

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Tierney Sutton

Big Yellow Taxi
After Blue 2013 via BFM Jazz
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"Big Yellow Taxi" is a song written, composed, and originally recorded by Canadian singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell in 1970, and originally released on her album Ladies of the Canyon. It's been covered by many artists.

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Rickie Lee Jones

Catch The Wind
The Devil You Know 2012 via Concord Records
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"Catch the Wind" is a song written and recorded by Scottish singer-songwriter Donovan in 1965.

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John Hartford

Gentle on My Mind
RCA Country Legends 2001 via Buddha
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Written and originally recorded by John Hartford in 1967, and was later popularized by Glen Campbell.

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Katharine Cole

If I Had a Hammer
Brittle Season 2015 via crackerjill
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If I Had a Hammer (The Hammer Song)" is a protest song written by Pete Seeger and Lee Hays. It was written in 1949 in support of the Progressive movement.

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Hot Jazz Jumpers

Freight Train
Hot Jazz Jumpers 2015 via Independent
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An American folk song written by Elizabeth Cotten between 1906 and 1912

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Steve Earle

Steve's Hammer (For Pete)
Washington Square Serenade 2007 via New West Records
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Earle's tribute to Pete Seeger and his tune "If I Had A Hammer."

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Bruce Springsteen

Old Dan Tucker
We Shall Overcome - The Seeger Sessions 2006 via Sony
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Kate Wolf

Across the Great Divide
Close to You 1981 via Owl Records
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Billy Bragg

Deportees
Talking With The Taxman About Poetry 1985 via Yep Roc Records
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"Deportee (Plane Wreck at Los Gatos)" is a protest song with lyrics by Woody Guthrie and music by Martin Hoffman detailing the January 28, 1948 crash of a plane near Los Gatos Canyon. The crash resulted in the deaths of 32 people, 4 Americans and 28 migrant farm workers who were being deported from California back to Mexico.

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Kronos Quartet

Waist Deep In The Big Muddy
Long Time Passing (Celebrating Pete Seeger) 2020 via Smithsonian Folkways
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written by Pete Seeger in 1967 and made famous because of its censorship from The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour.

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COMPILATIONS

The Night That Larry Was Stretched [Jig]
Long Journey Home- Bluegrass Songs of the Stanley Brothers 1998 via Independent
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The tune is not an Irish one, but stems from the first line of an English song, The Bowman Prigg's Farewell. Estimated to be from the 1780's.

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Uncle Dave Macon

Old Dan Tucker
The Dixie Dewdrop 2021 via True Gold
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Song is originally from 1843. Uncle Dave Macon (October 7, 1870 – March 22, 1952), —also known as "The Dixie Dewdrop"—was an American old-time banjo player, singer, songwriter, and comedian.

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Ralph Mooney

Your Cheatin' Heart
Corn Pickin' And Slick Slidin' 1968 via Capitol Records LLC
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Associated with the Bakersfield sound. He was inducted into the Steel Guitar Hall of Fame in 1983. He was the original steel guitarist in the Strangers.

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Patty Loveless

Why Baby Why
Sleepless Nights 2008 via Direct Holdings Americas Inc.
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1956 song by Gene Pitney and George Jones

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The Stanley Brothers And The Clinch Mountain boys

Angel Band
Angel Band: The Classic Mercury Recordings 1995 via Mercury Records

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