Well, when you seek knowledge, go to google. Casey Jones was definitely real, not a myth. He drove locomotives for the IC, Illinois Central Railroad, and died in a train wreck near Vaughn, Mississippi, in April, 1900.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casey_Jones
@MontereyJack,
You're right, M-J. I think I meant the different versions of the ballad.
Ballad of the Alamo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eL62m5umP4g
Marty Robbins is perfect on that one, letty.
Here is another song about the Alamo.
@edgarblythe,
Ah, edgar, I called my German shepherd Ebony Von Bismark. Great one by Johnny, of course.
How about this one, Texas.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7jBbCQwJ0g
That's a good version of the song, letty. Of course I am a big Kingston Trio fan.
We bought the original vinyl album with Johnny doing Ira Hayes, letty. It's a powerful song.
@edgarblythe,
Love Judy Collins, edgar. Fantastic song.
I have another "outlaw of the old west" here. I recall that Jesse became an outlaw because the railroad seized his property, but there are various stories about him.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TuKSFl6h0VU&feature=related
For M. J. that is The Pogues and I had no idea that Brad Pitt did a movie of the man.
That song about Jesse James is one of my favorite folk tunes.
Thanks. Letty. Jesse James--interesting, the Pogues sound more like a skiffle band there than the Celtic punk they usually played. Shame on the movie makers, tho--in that clip, ol' Jess is crossing the street, and they've got horses and buggies but electric street lamps (on retro poles, to be sure, but globes, which would preclude lighting them if they were gas lamps, which would have been all they had when Jesse was shot in 1882). Tch, tch, Hollywood.
@MontereyJack,
MontereyJack wrote:
Thanks. Letty. Jesse James--interesting, the Pogues sound more like a skiffle band there than the Celtic punk they usually played. Shame on the movie makers, tho--in that clip, ol' Jess is crossing the street, and they've got horses and buggies but electric street lamps (on retro poles, to be sure, but globes, which would preclude lighting them if they were gas lamps, which would have been all they had when Jesse was shot in 1882). Tch, tch, Hollywood.
I love the old Tyrone Power/Henry Fonda films about Frank and Jesse. It's still hollywood, but a cut above the other ones.
M.J. There are a few anachronisms in that ballad. I do recall Tyrone Power nailing something on the wall and getting shot in the back.
Another by Marty, yall.
The Streets again.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L14UKBjC5Is
@edgarblythe,
A song taken from the Reverend Robert Wilkins "Ain't No Way To Get Along" recorded in 1929.
It's based on a parable of Jesus that appears in the Gospel Of Luke.
my fave radio guy interviewed Jac Holzman founder of Elektra records
he told a great story of signing Harry Chapin, apparently they'd been in talks with him, when a rep from Columbia records undermined their negotiations by telling Harry that he'd get buried in a label like Elektra and their talent, when Holzman found this out he went to Harry's house, told him that nothing could be farther from the truth and promised to release no other artist records the week Harry's disc came out
This is the original industrial film of Taxi created by Jac Holzman to promote his signing of Harry Chapin and the release of the album "Heads & Tales."
Harry Chapin used an alternate version of the song than what is on the LP
@djjd62,
Holzman is one of my heroes.
This isn't a story song, exactly, but it's certainly a history song--four billion years of evolution in four verses. Dave calls it an eco-spiritual, and it moves me every time I hear it.
@panzade,
they post the interviews so folks can listen online, the Holzman interview will probably be up in about a week
http://www.ronbenningtoninterviews.com/
check out some if the other interviews if you have time, some really good music folks
