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Thread #81984 Message #1502121
Posted By: Jim Dixon
15-Jun-05 - 08:06 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: Ain't No More Cane On This Brazos (CMT?)
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Ain't No More Cane On This Brazos (CMT?)
allmusic lists the following variant titles, and the people who recorded them:AIN'T NO CANE ON THE BRAZOS – The Band
AIN'T NO MO' CANE ON DIS BRAZOS - Linda Tillery & the Cultural Heritage Choir
AIN'T NO MORE CANE – The Band, Rod Clements, Bert Jansch, Delbert McClinton, Son Volt
AIN'T NO MORE CANE ON THE BRAZOS – Lonnie Donegan, Ian Gillan and the Moonshiners, Bill Staines, John Stewart, Ernest Williams
AIN'T NO MORE CANE ON THIS BRAZIS – Alan Lomax
AIN'T NO MORE CANE ON THIS BRAZOS – The Mitchell Trio, Ernest Williams
CANE ON THE BRAZOS – Crowbar, Rick Shea
NO MORE CANE ON THE BRAZOS – Eric Bibb, The Bluebirds, Tommy Elskes, Bob Gibson, Ian Gillan, Odetta, Chris Smither
Oddly, although this song is sometimes attributed to Leadbelly—when it isn't called "traditional"—I can't find any recordings of him singing it.