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REQ: Travellin' Man

24 Jun 99 - 06:48 PM (#89478)
Subject: REQ: Travellin' Man
From: Chet W.

There's great old ragtimey song called Travellin' Man (He'll never give up and he'll never stay put, and I bet he never settles down). I have a version of it on a record by Doc Watson, but I remember hearing a different more bluesy version of it several years ago that I liked a lot but I forgot who it was. Does anyone remember such a recording?

Chet W.


24 Jun 99 - 09:18 PM (#89513)
Subject: RE: REQ: Travellin' Man
From: Wally Macnow

Roy Bookbinder recorded it on his album entitled Travelin' Man.


25 Jun 99 - 12:03 AM (#89555)
Subject: RE: REQ: Travellin' Man
From: McMusic

The Double Decker String Band also has a version of it on their "Evolution Girl" recording.


25 Jun 99 - 12:07 AM (#89557)
Subject: RE: REQ: Travellin' Man
From: harpgirl

I like David Bromberg's version. I think it is recorded on "How Late'l You Play To? "(fantasy records)...harp


25 Jun 99 - 01:20 AM (#89575)
Subject: RE: REQ: Travellin' Man
From: Rick Fielding

One hell of a lot of people have recorded that song. My favourite is Pink Anderson. Can't remember the record. Jim Jackson did a nice job as well.


25 Jun 99 - 11:05 AM (#89699)
Subject: RE: REQ: Travellin' Man
From: Woody

Paul Geremia does it on"Just Enough"


25 Jun 99 - 11:24 AM (#89705)
Subject: RE: REQ: Travellin' Man
From: Mike Regenstreif

There is a version of "Traveling Man" by Phineas Rockmore that was recorded by John and Ruby Lomax in Texas in 1940 that's included on DEEP RIVER OF SONG: BLACK TEXICANS (Rounder).

Some of the lyrics, that I've never encountered in any of the revival versions, are certainly questionable by even the least rigid of today's PC standards.

MR


12 May 10 - 08:28 PM (#2905673)
Subject: RE: REQ: Travellin' Man
From: GUEST,sal Corso

The david Bromberg one is great,but I like david Bromberg...