The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #35702   Message #488870
Posted By: Rick Fielding
21-Jun-01 - 11:43 AM
Thread Name: Origins: Hot Corn, Cold Corn
Subject: RE: Hot Corn, Cold Corn
Good work Earl, ya beat me to the punch.

Stringbean (Dave Akeman) certainly has the copyright, but Flatt and scruggs tended to add a verse or two to a number of trad. songs (thus giving them a sort of legit copyright). They took the old song "Down the Road" and added things like "Old man Flatt he owned a barn....." Presto! A new song.

Rick