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Artist: Matthew Sabatella & the Rambling String Band (Chris DeAngelis - bass, vocal; Sean Edelson - mandolin; Lynn Griffith - banjo, vocal; Jack Stamates - fiddle)
Description: This song was written by Stephen Foster and published in 1854. In the mid 1850's, Pittsburgh was in the grip of out of control unemployment and disease; cholera one summer killed 400 people. To help ends meet, the Foster family took into their already crowded home a minister.
Out of the blue and if only briefly, Foster saw poor people as his neighbors. Suddenly, their "pleading looks" created a demand for his attention. Their "frail forms fainting at the door" called for companionship - "while we all sup sorrow with the poor."
This song has been recorded and/or performed by Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, and Mary J. Blige, among many others.
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The Rambling String Band is:
Matthew Sabatella (vocal, guitar, banjo)
Jack Stamates (fiddle)
Sean Edelson (mandolin, guitar)
Chris DeAngelis (bass, vocal)
Lynn Griffith (banjo, mandolin, accordion, harmonica, vocal)
21 янв 2011
