Bluegrass songs involving farming

[Tom Coletti]

Name any bluegrass tune; there's at least a 48% chance that it's about farming.

--Tom

[BradKlein]

You know, it's funny Tom, but when I really put my mind to, it seemed that not that many BG tunes are explicitly about FARMING or set on a farm. There's often an implication that folks are in a rural setting, or have left the farm, but the fairly short list above of actual bluegrass songs makes me think the true percentage is well under 1 per cent! Which surprised me.

[Jessbusenitz]

Thanks guys for all the suggestions! This will at least give us something to throw around and see what we can come up with.

[AlanN]

Well, at least it's got farm in the title

[Andy Alexander]

Another Gibson Brother's song written by Seth Sawyer, "Long Forgotten Dream"

[Mike Bunting]

Here's one from up my way.

[palosfv3]

Peter Rowan's Rainmaker starts at 4:00

[allenhopkins]

Homestead On the Farm



California Cottonfields



Milk Cow Blues



Just scratchin' the surface… (no pun intended)...

[Spencer]

Art Stevenson and High Water have recorded a song called John Deere that was also written by Fred Eaglesmith, not the same as John Deere B, as far as I can tell.



Spencer

[Charles E.]

The Farmer Is The Man

[AlanN]

This

[Grommet]

Hot Corn Cold Corn should go over well with tractor folks!

Mickey


Works for Me!

Scott

[fatt-dad]

cluck ol' hen.

f-d

[journeybear]

I was discussing the movie "Nashville" elsewhere and wondering whatever became of Ronee Blakley, who played the queen of country music in that fictional universe. She had a couple of great songs in the film and showed so much promise, but after a stint singing backup in Bob Dylan's Rolling Thunder Revue, she seemed to fade into obscurity. Anyway, as I recall we first see her singing this snappy number. It may not be strictly bluegrass, but it's upbeat country - pretty close. Due to the lyrical content, especially of the refrain, it may require a female singer, if you have one. (PS: The subtitles are in Croatian.)



The audio is better in this version.

[Rroyd]

The late Billy Joe Foster wrote one that Ricky Skaggs recorded entitled "Give Us Rain" and another that the Whites recorded, called "Before the Prairie Met the Plow." Another that I heard done by a family Bluegrass band years ago was "The Auction,"
wonderfully sung by an 8-year-old, and there wasn't a dry eye in the house when he finished.

[Phil Goodson]

Larry Sparks' "John Deere Tractor"
"old home place" mentions leaving the 'plow in the field'

at least some suggestion of farming.....