What Are You Listening To?
- Thread starter Naja Noir
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I love Phantom, but that was... not quite what I expected.
I know, I was surprised first time heard it. I love it now.
This song sounds like life in the mines, when the workers were housed in company housing and worked in the mines from dawn to dusk under dangerous conditions.
Instead of cash, they were paid in company scrip that could only be spent in the company store. But they weren’t paid enough to cover expenses, and the company extended credit and kept them in debt.
At last unions began in the north and spread to the south, which greatly improved conditions for the workers.
There's more about this song (including quotes from an interview with Tennessee Ernie Ford) here: River of No Return (on Pop History Dig)
Where have I heard this before? Some movie, I think.
This song sounds like life in the mines, when the workers were housed in company housing and worked in the mines from dawn to dusk under dangerous conditions.
Instead of cash, they were paid in company scrip that could only be spent in the company store. But they weren’t paid enough to cover expenses, and the company extended credit and kept them in debt.
At last unions began in the north and spread to the south, which greatly improved conditions for the workers.
There's more about this song (including quotes from an interview with Tennessee Ernie Ford) here: River of No Return (on Pop History Dig)
It sounds like Cab Calloway, or like a song by him originally. That's exactly the timbre he'd use.
That's a famous song that has been redone in every genre imaginable. Not sure what that SG copy he has is, but it's got some cool inlays.
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Sure love these guys (and gal). \m/
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