The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #32772 Message #3718757
Posted By: GUEST,Steven Strauss in Oakland CA
24-Jun-15 - 04:37 PM
Thread Name: Origin: Sloop John B
Subject: RE: Origin: Sloop John B
Don't forget Alphonso "Blind Blake" Higgs and his banjo-centric version. This is the oldest recording of the song in my collection, but the 1951 record by the Weavers may indeed predate it.