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29 Aug 00 - 01:20 PM (#287246) Subject: Favorite Badman Ballads From: Jim Krause Shambles asked a question about the ballad Wild Bill Jones. This is one of my favorite badman ballads. And since there have been several of these favorite, or worst of threads lately, I thought I'd start this one. What are your favorite badman/badwoman ballads? Here are some of mine.
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29 Aug 00 - 01:28 PM (#287251) Subject: RE: BS: Favorite Badman Ballads From: GUEST,Ina There's a really chilly badwoman-song by R. Thompson called "Pavanne" |
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29 Aug 00 - 01:32 PM (#287255) Subject: RE: BS: Favorite Badman Ballads From: Kim C Well, Sam Hall, of course. I don't know if El Paso counts, but that's certainly one of my favorites. Another Marty Robbins tune I really like is They'll Bury Me Tonight, about a man who shoots his sweetie because she done took up with another. There's a song I've got on a Greentrax (I think) compilation called Burke & Hare - about a real-life pair of hooligans who used to murder street urchins and sell their bodies to an evil doctor for research. |
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29 Aug 00 - 01:33 PM (#287256) Subject: RE: BS: Favorite Badman Ballads From: Little Hawk "Jesse With The Long Hair Hangin' Down" - sung by Rick Kane of Orillia, Ontario, Canada...written by I forget who. "Lily, Rosemary And The Jack Of Hearts" - Bob Dylan |
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29 Aug 00 - 01:34 PM (#287259) Subject: RE: BS: Favorite Badman Ballads From: Little Hawk Oh yeah, and "Johhny Get Your Gun", written by me. |
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29 Aug 00 - 01:42 PM (#287262) Subject: RE: BS: Favorite Badman Ballads From: GUEST "Nebraska," by Bruce Springsteen |
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29 Aug 00 - 01:43 PM (#287264) Subject: RE: BS: Favorite Badman Ballads From: Bert If you're mentioning Marty Robbins then you have to include 'Big Iron' |
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29 Aug 00 - 01:54 PM (#287269) Subject: RE: BS: Favorite Badman Ballads From: catspaw49 Lotsa good choices already!! And geez, I must really love this song because it fits in so many different categories (like its a great "don't get mad get even" song), but I'll go for "East Texas Red." Spaw |
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29 Aug 00 - 02:20 PM (#287278) Subject: RE: BS: Favorite Badman Ballads From: Steve Latimer A bit of a twist, but how about Woody's "Pretty Boy Floyd"? Little Hawk, Lily, Rosemary and The Jack of Hearts is perhaps my favourite Dylan song ever. What a rogue. |
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29 Aug 00 - 03:27 PM (#287306) Subject: RE: BS: Favorite Badman Ballads From: GUEST,Russ John Hardy, Four Rode By (Tyson), Pretty Boy Floyd (Guthrie) |
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29 Aug 00 - 03:31 PM (#287310) Subject: RE: BS: Favorite Badman Ballads From: Mbo "Notorious" by Confederate Railroad. |
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29 Aug 00 - 03:32 PM (#287311) Subject: RE: BS: Favorite Badman Ballads From: SINSULL Liberty Valance. |
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29 Aug 00 - 03:38 PM (#287312) Subject: RE: BS: Favorite Badman Ballads From: Uncle_DaveO I'd say John Hardy, but I hasten to add that I'm not talking about Burl Ives' rather trivialized version. I mean the full version that talks about the crap game at the Darksey Bar and his shooting the other player; how he's urged to hurry to get away, but he says "when I leave it'll be at a walk; nobody ever said I ran"; how he hid out but was apprehended when he tried to catch a train; how he was converted and was executed after having been saved. A very satisfying song, and I get the impression it's fairly accurate to the actual events. Dave Oesterreich |
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29 Aug 00 - 03:38 PM (#287313) Subject: RE: BS: Favorite Badman Ballads From: bigchuck Good choices. I like Poncho and Lefty (Townes Van Zandt) a lot, as well as a real neat song called Frank James' Farewell by one of the country songwriters. (Kevin Welch maybe?) |
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29 Aug 00 - 03:42 PM (#287316) Subject: RE: BS: Favorite Badman Ballads From: dwditty Billy the Kid. I like Ry Cooder's version although I doubt that he wrote it. I'll have to look it up, as Casey Stengel would say...then learn it for a hearme session. In fact, a whole night (or at least a good string) of badman ballads might be a cool idea for hearme. dw |
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29 Aug 00 - 03:48 PM (#287319) Subject: RE: BS: Favorite Badman Ballads From: GUEST,John Bauman na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na BADMAN!!!!!! OhgodI'mSOsorry John |
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29 Aug 00 - 04:08 PM (#287325) Subject: RE: BS: Favorite Badman Ballads From: Midchuck Claude Dallas, by Ian Tyson and Tom Russell. Nothing else even comes close. And it's pretty much all true. Peter. |
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29 Aug 00 - 04:19 PM (#287332) Subject: RE: BS: Favorite Badman Ballads From: Kim C Bert, you know, I've always thought of Big Iron as a good-guy song since the bad guy gets it in the end. But I suppose it qualifies! I'm glad someone mentioned Claude Dallas. I like that one too. |
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29 Aug 00 - 04:28 PM (#287336) Subject: RE: BS: Favorite Badman Ballads From: Lonesome EJ "She undid my belt she unsnapped my jeans she untied my tubes I had tied in my teens I got my Colt 45 right by my side I'm the California Kid,I hope you're Quite prepared to die" -The California Kid Country Dick Montana and the Beat Farmers |
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29 Aug 00 - 05:14 PM (#287365) Subject: RE: BS: Favorite Badman Ballads From: Benjamin John Henery- performed well by so many people! Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee, John Cephas and Phil Wiggins, John Jackson, etc. Railroad Bill- also tradition, sung by John Jackson. Billy the Kid I was planning on writing a song about D.B.Cooper when I find a bit more on him. Benjamin |
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29 Aug 00 - 06:35 PM (#287420) Subject: RE: BS: Favorite Badman Ballads From: GUEST,Arkie More votes for "Pretty Boy Floyd" and "East Texas Red". Also a vote for a Robin and Linda Williams song, which I think was called "Six O'Clock News. Someone will surely know the correct title. Also "Brownsville Girl" by you all know who. |
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29 Aug 00 - 06:42 PM (#287426) Subject: RE: BS: Favorite Badman Ballads From: Mbo Brennan on The Moor! |
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29 Aug 00 - 06:56 PM (#287437) Subject: RE: BS: Favorite Badman Ballads From: Uncle_DaveO Oh, someone said Railroad Bill!!! I'll vote for that. Dave Oesterreich |
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29 Aug 00 - 06:59 PM (#287440) Subject: RE: BS: Favorite Badman Ballads From: RWilhelm I've never heard a version of "Staggerlee" I didn't like. "Frankie and Johnny" were both pretty bad. So were "Bill Martin and Ella Speed." "Duncan and Brady" were bad. And Bill the gun-totin cowboy of Woody Guthrie's "Philadelphia Lawyer" Ry Cooder's version of "Billy the Kid" was written by Andrew Jenkins and recorded in the 20's by Vernon Dalhart. "Jesse With the Long Hair Hanging Down" was written by Robert Earl Keen.
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29 Aug 00 - 07:38 PM (#287464) Subject: RE: BS: Favorite Badman Ballads From: GUEST,guinnesschik You go, Lonesome EJ! I also LOVE "Jesse James." My fave record growing up was "Gunfighter Ballads" by Marty Robbins. My very favorite, however, is Johnny Cash singing, "Don't Take Your Guns To Town," and (I believe it's called) "Twenty Five Minutes To Go," where the singer recounts his last moments on earth before facing ther gallows. Johnny Cash rocks! |
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29 Aug 00 - 09:10 PM (#287505) Subject: RE: BS: Favorite Badman Ballads From: Les B Lots of good ones already named, but howabout: Belle Starr Otto Wood Butch Cassidy |
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29 Aug 00 - 09:12 PM (#287507) Subject: RE: BS: Favorite Badman Ballads From: Les B Should be: Belle Starr -- Otto Wood -- Butch Cassidy (sometimes called The Wild Bunch) |
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29 Aug 00 - 09:43 PM (#287523) Subject: RE: BS: Favorite Badman Ballads From: Giac Willie Seaton (isn't that a Tom Paxton song?) |
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29 Aug 00 - 09:54 PM (#287536) Subject: RE: BS: Favorite Badman Ballads From: Little Hawk Hooray for "Claude Dallas"! I'd have nominated that one if I'd remembered it. What a superb song. "Tweeter And The Monkey Man" "John Wesley Harding" "Billy - # 1, 2, 3 and whatever..." "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" (Dylan version) All four by you know who... Anybody know where I can find the words to "Jesse With The Long Hair Hangin' Down"? |
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29 Aug 00 - 09:57 PM (#287538) Subject: RE: BS: Favorite Badman Ballads From: richlmo I go along with " Pancho and Lefty " and I also like " Carrie Brown " by Steve Earl |
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29 Aug 00 - 10:03 PM (#287543) Subject: RE: BS: Favorite Badman Ballads From: Mbo YES! Tweeter & The Monkey Man! Traveling Wilburys RULE! BTW I just sang "Congratulations" on Hearme a few minutes ago! |
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29 Aug 00 - 10:16 PM (#287554) Subject: RE: BS: Favorite Badman Ballads From: Stewie I'll vote for 'Claude Dallas' too, but I think my all-time favourite is 'Poor Lazarus', particularly Van Ronk's version. An excellent recent addition to the genre is Kevin Welch's 'Wilson's Tracks'. --Stewie. |
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30 Aug 00 - 01:13 AM (#287653) Subject: RE: BS: Favorite Badman Ballads From: DougR "Tom Dooley." DougR |
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30 Aug 00 - 03:40 AM (#287675) Subject: RE: BS: Favorite Badman Ballads From: sledge long lankin |
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30 Aug 00 - 11:11 AM (#287828) Subject: RE: BS: Favorite Badman Ballads From: GUEST,Gene The Ballad Of John Dillinger |
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30 Aug 00 - 11:31 AM (#287843) Subject: RE: BS: Favorite Badman Ballads From: Steve Latimer The Red Headed Stranger is about as they come. |
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30 Aug 00 - 11:54 AM (#287870) Subject: RE: BS: Favorite Badman Ballads From: Wesley S I'm not sure who wrote it but Joe Ely does a great song called "Me and Billie the Kid". "She used to love that little dog then one day I up and shot it" |
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30 Aug 00 - 11:58 AM (#287875) Subject: RE: BS: Favorite Badman Ballads From: SINSULL I grew up with Marty Robbins' Gunfighter Ballads too. And found a copy of it in the co-op's trash along with "Songs Our Daddy Taught Us'. I should be ashamed about picking through other people's trash - but I am not. |
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30 Aug 00 - 12:18 PM (#287898) Subject: RE: BS: Favorite Badman Ballads From: Jon W. "True Love Knows no Season" written by Norman Blake (or was it Tony Rice?) and recorded by Planxty. "Cole Younger" recorded by Dock Boggs.
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30 Aug 00 - 12:59 PM (#287951) Subject: RE: BS: Favorite Badman Ballads From: Jim Krause I like the idea about doing a Hearme session all about badman/badwoman ballads. One o' these days I'll have to get crankin' and join up on one of 'em. Great titles, all. |
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30 Aug 00 - 01:10 PM (#287960) Subject: RE: BS: Favorite Badman Ballads From: Uncle_DaveO ALMOST ANY badman song by Dave Van Ronk. He can breathe such vigor, such badness into a song, it's breathtaking! |
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30 Aug 00 - 01:34 PM (#287971) Subject: RE: BS: Favorite Badman Ballads From: Midchuck Jon W. said: "'True Love Knows no Season' written by Norman Blake (or was it Tony Rice?) and recorded by Planxty."
The title is "Billy Gray," dammit!It's Norman's song, so Norman can damn well decide what the title is. Planxty are either crooked or don't know enough to get out of their own way! And Tony Rice could no more have written that song than I could play one of his guitar solos! There are people who can play guitar as good as Norman and there are people who can write as good songs as Norman but there is no one who can play guitar as good as Norman and write as good a song as Norman and that's all there is to it. I have spoken. Now please try not to get me upset again today. It's bad for me to get worked up at my age. Peter. |
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30 Aug 00 - 01:35 PM (#287973) Subject: RE: BS: Favorite Badman Ballads From: Midchuck Gawd, that was fun! Peter. |
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30 Aug 00 - 01:57 PM (#288005) Subject: RE: BS: Favorite Badman Ballads From: Jim Krause Now there's a great lead in for a badman ballad! Even got a title already Don't Get Me Started One more to add to the list, it's Blind Willie McTell's version of Delia's Gone. He just recorded it under the title Delia |
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30 Aug 00 - 02:03 PM (#288010) Subject: RE: BS: Favorite Badman Ballads From: Jim Krause Thought of another one Delia recorded by Blind Willie McTell Peter, I think you have the makings of another badman ballad. You even have a title already Don't Get Me Started Go to it. |
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30 Aug 00 - 02:57 PM (#288039) Subject: RE: BS: Favorite Badman Ballads From: Lonesome EJ All of those cowboys lost all of their gold And I loved my Uncle God rest his soul He taught me good Lord Taught me all I know Taught me so well I grabbed that gold And left his dead ass there by the side of the road." Me and My Uncle - The Grateful Dead |
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30 Aug 00 - 03:14 PM (#288045) Subject: RE: BS: Favorite Badman Ballads From: Steve Latimer The Narrator and his father in Willow Garden, although they get theirs in the end. |
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31 Aug 00 - 02:48 AM (#288361) Subject: RE: BS: Favorite Badman Ballads From: DougR Well, Peter, ever heard of TUMs? DougR |
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31 Aug 00 - 10:55 AM (#288555) Subject: Lyr Add: JESSE WITH THE LONG HAIR (R E Keen) From: RWilhelm Little Hawk,
JESSE WITH THE LONG HAIR...
Jesse took a powder, slicked his long hair back
Luann fixed her makeup, straightened out her dress,
Chorus:
Sheriff Paul was sleepin', his hat off in his lap
They had been compadres many years before. CH0RUS
Mr. Brown the banker hid the money in his case.
Mr Brown had taken the land that Jesse owned.
Mr. Brown was all alone Luann came walking in.
Mr Brown grabbed Luann's gun and held it to her head. CH0RUS
The bullet that killed Mr. Brown came through the windowpane.
Sheriff Paul was fast asleep his hat down on his eyes,
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31 Aug 00 - 11:47 AM (#288603) Subject: RE: BS: Favorite Badman Ballads From: Whistle Stop Lots of good ones to choose from. A few I haven't seen mentioned yet are "Folsom Prison Blues" by Johnny Cash, "1959 Vincent Black Lightning" by Richard Thompson, and a few (among many) by Steve Earle -- "Billy Austin," "Ellis Unit #1" and "Copperhead Road". |
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31 Aug 00 - 05:29 PM (#288754) Subject: RE: BS: Favorite Badman Ballads From: Ely Thank you, Midchuck! Gotta agree so far: "Dehlia"; "Billy Gray"; "Jesse James" (esp. Golden Ring version); "Wild Bill Jones"; "Ella Speed"; "Staggerlee" (actually, I like the 1950's R&B version a lot). Must add "Little Sadie", "Captain Kidd", "Tom Dooley", "Duncan and Brady" and Robert Earl Keen's "Tom Ames' Prayer". Would "Frankie and Johnny" and "Betty and Dupree" count? And there are lots of good European ones: "Brennan on the Moor" and such. |
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31 Aug 00 - 09:07 PM (#288902) Subject: Lyr Add: JIM JONES (Bob Dylan) From: Little Hawk "Jim Jones" - recorded by Bob Dylan on the album "Good As I Been To You":
Jim Jones
Come and listen for a moment lads, And hear me tell my tale
Now our ship was sailing on the sea when pirates came along
Now it's day and night the irons clang, and like poor galley slaves The words vary a bit here and there, but that's basically it, and that's how I sing it these days...great song! |
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31 Aug 00 - 09:11 PM (#288903) Subject: RE: BS: Favorite Badman Ballads From: Midchuck I agree it's a great song. But Ian Robb sings it so much better...IMNSHO. Peter. |
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31 Aug 00 - 09:14 PM (#288905) Subject: RE: BS: Favorite Badman Ballads From: Fortunato Damn it Lonesome EJ I read this whole damn thread just in case ya'll missed "Me and My Uncle" and all the way at the end, I mean right down to the end, and I'm getting excited, and there you go -- quote and all. Oh well, great minds think alike. damn good song. regards, Chance |
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31 Aug 00 - 10:47 PM (#288975) Subject: RE: BS: Favorite Badman Ballads From: Little Hawk Earl - many thanks for the lyrics! Now I'm gonna sing that song a whole lot. |
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01 Sep 00 - 03:42 AM (#289068) Subject: RE: BS: Favorite Badman Ballads From: GUEST,Hutzul We're drifting in and out of "Folk" but "Mack the Knife" "In the Jailhouse Now" Doc Watson "Red Headed Stranger" ...he screamed like a panther... gives me shivers.
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01 Sep 00 - 12:36 PM (#289321) Subject: RE: BS: Favorite Badman Ballads From: Jon W. Sorry midchuck Peter, I haven't had the opportunity to hear Tony Rice or Norman Blake nearly enough to know which is which. All I know is they did a great version of "New River Train" together but of course that's not a baddie song. I recognized the writer of "Billy Gray" as being the same Norman Blake but didn't have the CD nearby to double check the credits - thus my moment of doubt. Don't blame Planxty for my mistakes. Jon W. |
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01 Sep 00 - 01:02 PM (#289339) Subject: RE: BS: Favorite Badman Ballads From: GUEST,Patrick Shields that ole Otto Wood...'cause it's so much fun to sing, Leroy Brown cause he so bad, he think, and Ranger's Command,an old Woody Guthrie song about about a "bad" woman who would never run "as long as there's bullets in both of your guns" |
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01 Sep 00 - 02:07 PM (#289398) Subject: RE: BS: Favorite Badman Ballads From: Midchuck I'm not mad at anyone. I just think it's much more fun to carry on a discussion in HTML than in plain old text! Peter. |
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01 Sep 00 - 10:20 PM (#289711) Subject: RE: BS: Favorite Badman Ballads From: bseed(charleskratz) A couple of my favorites haven't yet been mentioned: "Betty and Dupree,' which I learned from Art Thieme's CD, "The Older I Get the Better I Was," and "Railroad Bill," a great pickin' tune which is a bit short of verses to make a complete narrative. --seed |
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01 Sep 00 - 10:38 PM (#289722) Subject: RE: BS: Favorite Badman Ballads From: Little Hawk How about "Last Night" by the traveling Wilbury's... I asked her if she'd marry me, she pulled out a knife. "The party's just beginning", she said, "your money or your life." Now I'm back at the bar, she went a little too far. She done me wrong, all I've got is a song. Last night...talkin' 'bout last night... Now that's what I call a BA-A-A-A-D girl! |
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02 Sep 00 - 04:00 PM (#289988) Subject: RE: BS: Favorite Badman Ballads From: Lonesome EJ Ha! Got you again Fortunato! Requiescat in pace! LEJ by the way...how the Hell did you escape from the catacombs? |
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02 Sep 00 - 04:14 PM (#289996) Subject: RE: BS: Favorite Badman Ballads From: bseed(charleskratz) Your chain was rusty and your mortar was crap, Montressor. Mason, indeed. --seed |
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02 Sep 00 - 05:16 PM (#290016) Subject: RE: BS: Favorite Badman Ballads From: Lonesome EJ Ah,Seed,my wizened cohort,I see you have returned to the scene of your former crimes.I suppose I'll have to keep a close eye on my grammar and syntax while you're in the house. LEJ smiling sardonically |
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02 Sep 00 - 07:00 PM (#290061) Subject: RE: BS: Favorite Badman Ballads From: Amos Hang Down Your Head, And Cry, Poor Boy hasn't been mentioned. Duncan and Brady ("...he's been on the joooob topo long!") is real close to the grain. A |
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03 Sep 00 - 05:14 PM (#290412) Subject: RE: BS: Favorite Badman Ballads From: GUEST,lohouse8 Has anyone mentioned an old timey tune called "The Fatal Flower Garden". A very wicked gypsy lady involved here. I think it's in the DT. |
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03 Sep 00 - 06:25 PM (#290430) Subject: RE: BS: Favorite Badman Ballads From: Uncle_DaveO Bseed, I took like Betty and Dupree, but I really don't quite see (hear) Dupree as a badman. He's weak, and will do whatever his woman wants, so he robs the jewelry store for a diamond ring, but there is nothing that indicates that's part of a bad character generally on his part. Dave Oesterreich |
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03 Sep 00 - 06:33 PM (#290432) Subject: RE: BS: Favorite Badman Ballads From: Metchosin Vincent Black Lightning 1952 - Ricard Thompson!!! |
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03 Sep 00 - 06:57 PM (#290439) Subject: RE: BS: Favorite Badman Ballads From: Metchosin well jeez, its my birfday and I've been into the Singleton for the last couple of hours.....I love you Ricard! er.... Richard... |
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04 Sep 00 - 09:32 PM (#291096) Subject: RE: BS: Favorite Badman Ballads From: Song Dog How about, "Bonnie and Clyde"? A bad man and woman together. |
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05 Sep 00 - 01:39 AM (#291205) Subject: RE: BS: Favorite Badman Ballads From: bseed(charleskratz) doester, he didn't merely rob a jewelry store, he "shot three policemen, wounded 'bout four or five more." Weak, yes, dumb as hell, certainly, but murder ain't nice. Oh, here's one more: "Fall River Hoedown"--the ballad of Lizzie Borden. --seed |
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05 Sep 00 - 10:10 AM (#291354) Subject: RE: BS: Favorite Badman Ballads From: Uncle_DaveO Bseed, you've seen a different, fuller version than I have. I know it from Dave Van Ronk's rendition. Dave Oesterreich |
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23 Jan 03 - 04:16 AM (#872645) Subject: RE: BS: Favorite Badman Ballads From: GUEST,Trae Buckner I've seen alot of good bad man ballads posted but nobody has mentioned my favorite. Pretty Polly "Polly, Pretty polly your guess is about right. I dug on your grave the better part of last night" "Momma Tried" by Merle Haggard is a good one too. |
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23 Jan 03 - 08:42 AM (#872761) Subject: RE: BS: Favorite Badman Ballads From: Jerry Rasmussen Yes, Willie Seton is a Tom Paxton song, and it was on his first album on the Galsight label. My favorite would be Kenny Wagner... the most ignominious of all bad men ballads... "A woman sherrif captured him, 'casue he drew his gun too late." Oh, the Shame!!! Jerry |
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23 Jan 03 - 09:41 PM (#873470) Subject: RE: BS: Favorite Badman Ballads From: Art Thieme A song that was called THE KILLER by John Lomax. When I did it I called it DOBY BILL. His name probably came from ADOBE-----which should've made him 'DOBE BILL in my rendition. East Texas Red too. Both were on my first LP for Sandy. Also, MR. GARFIELD about the killing of James A.---on my second LP for Sandy. And THE HANGING OF CHARLIE BIRGER------from Vernon Dalhart (Marian Try Slaughter) about a notorious Southern Illinois bootlegger and crime gang leader and killer who was hanged in 1928 in Benton, Illinois for ordering the murder of used car dealer and Mayor of West City, Illinois, Joe Adams. The story of Charlie Birger is better than the song actually. I put it on my second LP for Kicking Mule (now out of print)--- Songs Of The Heartland. Art |
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24 Jan 03 - 04:45 AM (#873602) Subject: RE: BS: Favorite Badman Ballads From: open mike did no one mention Rocky Racoon? seems like there were some bad stuff goin' on in that Beatles tune..villains and such.... |
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24 Jan 03 - 11:06 AM (#873814) Subject: RE: BS: Favorite Badman Ballads From: GUEST,Jaze Fairfax County by David Massengill |
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24 Jan 03 - 11:20 AM (#873830) Subject: RE: BS: Favorite Badman Ballads From: Cluin "The Slip Jigs and Reels" by Steve Tilston (also recorded by Fairport Convention, but I like ST's version better): Well the called him The Kid, and by twenty-one All that he knew was the power of the gun And by twenty three, he'd shot five men down Who'd got in his way as he rambled around Another Tilston song, also covered by Fairport is "The Naked Highwayman". In that one, the young highwayman is seduced by one of his female victims who steals his clothes and pistols... not to turn him in as in "Whisky in the Jar", but to practice the trade herself. And she is much better at it than he. There's another good "failed highwayman" song by James Gordon & Tamarack: "The Old Tweed Road". And a little known ballad of frontier justice by Archie Fisher called "The Mountain Rain" In which an old man and his son ride down out of the mountains and into the town to settle up with a gambler that killed the eldest son. |
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24 Jan 03 - 11:54 AM (#873869) Subject: RE: BS: Favorite Badman Ballads From: mg Speaking of Bonnie and Clyde...did you know she was a balladeer? I read some verses by her in a book..one is about Suicide Sal...pretty good too. mg |
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24 Jan 03 - 12:21 PM (#873887) Subject: RE: BS: Favorite Badman Ballads From: Jim Colbert I grew up on Robbins's gunfighter ballad and trail songs too! To this day, one of my favorites, if not my single favorite disc. I wore out two vinyl copies of this through the years. Art said: A song that was called THE KILLER by John Lomax. When I did it I called it DOBY BILL. His name probably came from ADOBE-----which should've made him 'DOBE BILL in my rendition. Hey, Art, that's the guy who invented Photoshop and Illustrator, right? he he. How bout Sonora's Death Row by Blackie Farrell (my fave version is Richard Shindell's take on it.) David Olney's Dillinger. And I'd include Tom Rusell's sky above, the mud below even though the saloonkeeper/sheriff/judge (and he owned the hearse!) is probably the focal point. Cause it sure wouldn't be much of a song without the brothers Sandoval. jim colbert |
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24 Jan 03 - 12:41 PM (#873898) Subject: RE: BS: Favorite Badman Ballads From: Kim C Jim, I love that Tom Russell song! It would make a great movie. |
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29 Sep 22 - 05:38 AM (#4154113) Subject: RE: Favorite Badman Ballads From: GerryM I see Me and My Uncle mentioned way upthread, and attributed to The Grateful Dead. They did perform it a great many times at their concerts, but they didn't write it – John Phillips (best-known for his work with The Mamas and the Papas) wrote it. Judy Collins was first to record it. |
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29 Sep 22 - 07:48 PM (#4154206) Subject: RE: Favorite Badman Ballads From: Mrrzy All murder ballads could count That one I never found again about a guy who borrows a coat and someone else gets killed but coat borrower doesn't want to grass on coat owner so goes down for it, or something |