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O' Death

Jan 23, 2012 13:32

Another song post, been saving this set of links up for about a year now...

O' Death. Author unknown, traditional Appalachian dirge ( Read more... )

Comments 10

countlibras January 23 2012, 18:58:49 UTC

wow, I didn't know there was an o'death version!

countlibras January 23 2012, 18:59:30 UTC

wait. never mind. I'm just confused. haha!

inahandbasket January 23 2012, 19:09:31 UTC

yeah, oddly looks like they've never covered it. Go figure.

countlibras January 23 2012, 19:49:36 UTC

yeah, one would think that o'death would do a cover of o'death. XD

mizarchivist January 23 2012, 19:03:56 UTC

I'm most familiar with the version done by Mary McCastlin and Jim Ringer.
So many choices!

inahandbasket January 23 2012, 19:09:09 UTC

Can't find a free version of that... will have to dig for it. :)

mizarchivist January 23 2012, 19:20:09 UTC

They are crazy-obscure. IMO.
The Bramble and the Rose album was a staple of my childhood music.

secretlyironic January 23 2012, 19:34:56 UTC

Vaguely, tangentially related: Look up the Alan Lomax recordings of Jelly Roll Morton. Whooooooeeee those are weird.

inahandbasket January 23 2012, 19:37:21 UTC

Neat, thanks! I will!

gandalfgreyhame January 23 2012, 20:33:54 UTC

The rendition with MZ and you and the other basses was indeed incredible,
I still remember being blown away by that (and I actually just mentioned it to my sister the other day)