Who could have guessed that this 1940s song by Woody Guthrie would be the object of somewhat of a revival here in August 2017? My version used as its starting point the lyrics as sung by Billy Bragg (some of which he added to the song) tweaked lightly by me to make the references a little more contemporary. I also take a few liberties here and there with the melody, singing harmony instead, which is a tendency I have no matter what I'm singing. It's played here , clawhammer style, on a Jason Romero Banjo, using the intervals of Open C tuning, but tuned down to the key of A (thus: eAEAC#). This was the opening song of Montreal's Yellow Door Coffeehouse Friday Night Hootenanny Open Stage, which I host, on 18 August 2017.
18 авг 2017
