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Posted by ElGringorio
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Size: 3,429kb, uploaded 1/10/2009 10:40:52 AM
Genre: Old Time / Playing Style: Clawhammer and Old-Time
One payday, in a crap game at Shawnee Coal Company's camp (in what is today Eckman, WV), John Hardy killed a fellow worker. While awaiting execution in jail, he composed this ballad, which he later sang on the scaffold. He also advised all young men to shun liquor, gambling and bad company. He was hanged in McDowell County, January 19, 1894. I'm playing an SS Stewart Thoroughbred, circa 1895.
Banjo75 Says:
Saturday, January 10, 2009 @3:46:52 PM
Great version of this tune. The SS Stewart sounds amazing. The singing ain't half bad either.
It's amazing something over 100 years old can still produce that tone.
shambles Says:
Sunday, May 3, 2009 @6:57:12 AM
Thanks for sharing the history of this version with your fine playing.
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