The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame included this recording in its list of the "500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll" / Click the Link above, left, to view the original shellac record.
Slim And Slam = Bulee "Slim" Gaillard (vocals, guitar, vibes and piano) + Leroy Elliott "Slam" Stewart (bass and vocals). / Click on Link above, to view the original shellac record.
* - There are only two copies of the original record known to exist - it was up for auction by John Tefteller in December 2021. Minimum bid $10,000 in Poor condition. // SO - Click on Link above, left, to view the original shellac record, because YOU'RE NEVER going to OWN IT :(((( - LsA
* - on the album 'Freight Train and Other North Carolina Folk Songs and Tunes' (Folkways) // The popularity of the album in England helped Giddens to win the "Folk Singer of the Year" award at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards.
Recorded at Othar Turner's farm in Tate County, Mississippi (1992-1997) / Othar Turner is also the grandfather of fife player Sharde Thomas // SOURCE of the TITLE: "Can't hardly have a picnic without goat," says Turner. "People don't want that pig meat you get now, got all them chemicals in it. It won't keep. Won't smell good when you cook it, like it used to. EVERYBODY HOLLERIN' GOAT." / Click on Link above, left, to view the CD
The band's name comes from "The 400 Unit", a colloquial name for the psychiatric ward of Eliza Coffee Memorial Hospital in Florence, Alabnama // * - From her 2nd CD, "The Truth", (Terminus, 2004).
Time:
6:13
Artist:
Ruthie Foster [Tony Iommi, Ozzy Osbourne, Geezer Butler, Bill Ward]
This was covered by the character "Will McAvoy" (Jeff Daniels) in the season 3 finale (Dec 14, 2014) of the HBO series "The Newsroom". / Click on Link above, to view the CD
