Chris
07-27-2012, 06:05 PM
Mule Skinner Blues was the first recording I remember hearing.
It was written and recorded by Jimmie Rodgers in 1930 as "Blue Yodel #8" and later renamed.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjO_OK03UNY&feature=related
The opening lyrics came from Tom Dickson's 1928 "Labor Blues"...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-rcnYfSMew
Roy Acuff covered it in 1939...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OE91xsimyk
And so did Bill Monroe...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzHgXpR654g&feature=related
Many other's covered it. I kind of like this one by Merle Haggard...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qYWbxyhp6U&feature=related
But I've never found the recording I first heard.
It was written and recorded by Jimmie Rodgers in 1930 as "Blue Yodel #8" and later renamed.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjO_OK03UNY&feature=related
The opening lyrics came from Tom Dickson's 1928 "Labor Blues"...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-rcnYfSMew
Roy Acuff covered it in 1939...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OE91xsimyk
And so did Bill Monroe...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzHgXpR654g&feature=related
Many other's covered it. I kind of like this one by Merle Haggard...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qYWbxyhp6U&feature=related
But I've never found the recording I first heard.