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Thread #36860   Message #527122
Posted By: Art Thieme
13-Aug-01 - 06:51 PM
Thread Name: Origin: Wabash Cannonball - meaning
Subject: RE: Wabash Cannonball - meaning of lyrics
The version I recorded for Sandy Paton is the one I got from the elderly hobo fiddler, 93 year old, Paul Durst. (born-1868) Paul sang/recited it as: 'bo's accomodations when he showed it to me in October of 1961. I've posted quite a bit here in otrher threads about my talks with Paul. Bruce Phillips just used the tapes I made of Paul on Dec. 8th, 1961 as the focus of his radio show called LOAFER'S GLORY (#77). I just got a copy of that show and it was beautifully done I thought.

Art Thieme