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coffeesp00ns  ·  2806 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: What cover song is better than the original version?

wow, that's a new one for me! No idea that was a cover. I wonder if the original is as angular as their cover is - indeed, if it is it might explain its weird bar lengths and mood shifts.





user-inactivated  ·  2806 days ago  ·  link  ·  

You can find versions of Lomax's recordings in Youtube as well as Leadbelly's version. They're slower paced, but very good.

Since you're a music major, you might like this. There's a group that's digitizing Lomax's non-Library of Congress recordings and putting them online.

coffeesp00ns  ·  2805 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I'm subscribed to the Lomax youtube channel, actually! lots of great material.

that link is super interesting, thanks!

user-inactivated  ·  2805 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I'm not surprised in the slightest. You're awesome like that.