Name any bluegrass tune; there's at least a 48% chance that it's about farming.
--Tom
Name any bluegrass tune; there's at least a 48% chance that it's about farming.
--Tom
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.
Thanks guys for all the suggestions! This will at least give us something to throw around and see what we can come up with.
Well, at least it's got farm in the title
Another Gibson Brother's song written by Seth Sawyer, "Long Forgotten Dream"
Here's one from up my way.
Peter Rowan's Rainmaker starts at 4:00
Homestead On the Farm
California Cottonfields
Milk Cow Blues
Just scratchin' the surface… (no pun intended)...
Allen Hopkins
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Victoria b-back Merrill alumnm b-back
H-O mandolinetto
Stradolin Vega banjolin
Sobell'dola Washburn b-back'dola
Eastmn: 615'dola 805 m'cello
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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
The Farmer Is The Man
Charley
A bunch of stuff with four strings
This
Hot Corn Cold Corn should go over well with tractor folks!
Mickey
Works for Me!
Scott
cluck ol' hen.
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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.
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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.
Larry Sparks' "John Deere Tractor"
"old home place" mentions leaving the 'plow in the field'
at least some suggestion of farming.....
Phil
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