Cast in credits order complete, awaiting verification. Find chris knight discography, albums and singles on allmusic. Spike driver blues mississippi john hurt top mississippi john hurt lyrics sliding delta stack olee blues candy man since ive laid my burden down see see rider make me a pallet on your floor nobody cares for me i shall not be moved salty dog im satisfied. Top chris knight songs, according to lastfm api stats. Mississippi john hurt spike driver blues blues matters. I met him after a show and asked him if he would like to come speak to my class as i am an english teacher and use his songs in my poetry unit. Spike driver blues tab by mississippi john hurt acoustic. Chris knight chords, tabs, tablatures 2005 2012 all tabs are the authors own work and represents their interpretation of the song, tablature for bass. All the big, brash styles we came to know later, wailing electric guitars, electric bass and punchy brass sections were still years ahead. New chris knight songs, ringtones, guitar tabs, popular albums. Karas, starship troopers, fatestay night, gundam seed, rwby, dragon. John hurt varied it considerably with regard to the details of phrasing in his performances.
Mississippi john hurt spike driver blues the years between the first and second world wars were the incubation period for the blues. I dont drive a train a but if it jumps the track d im gonna hear my name d train master says. It is put together with a beautiful efficiency in the left hand. Sheriff come in the pool hall the look on his face have you seen jack blue around this place hes a bad one him always breaking the law if you see jack blue better give me a. Backwater blues chris knight ohio river flood video by freetickeys. Another one can be found here for the big green, chris knight.
Sep 24, 2019 sam amidon performs mississippi john hurts spike driver blues on fatal flower garden ep a tribute to harry smith. Well, john henry was a little baby sitting on his daddys knee he picked up a hammer and a little piece of steel and cried, hammers going to. Its a damn shame the cat wont be played on the evil empires. The steel wheels spike driver blues paste studio nyc new york, ny, 06072017. Spike driver blues guitar tab by mississippi john hurt with free online tab player. Though it took him three years, knight has returned. And theres plenty of the songs of heartbreak and desperation that make a chris knight album a chris knight album, like you lie when you call my name cowritten by lee ann womack, the fun, yet truthful and hardnosed low down ramblin blues, and the excellent sense of story and character in hard edges. Chris knight born june 24, 1960 is an american singersongwriter from slaughters, kentucky. Chris knight biography, albums, streaming links allmusic.
Dave van ronk plays mississippi john hurts spike driver blues and describes meeting the legendary bluesman for the first time. Spike drivin blues chords chris knight cowboy lyrics. Watch the video for spike driver blues from mississippi john hurts avalon blues. His writing continuously makes you shake you nod your head and wish that you could write like him. Select any poster below to play the movie, totally free. Kentuckyborn singer and songwriter whose warm, gruff voice matches his hardscrabble stories of bluecollar life. Their music was rooted in folk, blues, and classical music.
Chris knight lyrics find all lyrics for songs such as down the river, framed, it aint easy being me at. Also thanks to all the new subscribers the last couple of months. A train song is a song referencing passenger or freight railroads. Chris knight the band is playing too slow written by chris knight chris knight vocalsguitar richard bennett guitar glenn worf bass chad cromwell drums kenny greenberg guitar david grissom guitar tony harrell mellotron kenny meeks background vocals f c gm bb its midnight and the music is playing f c bb its the same old song every night f c gm bb the melody is made out of memories f c bb the. Lehigh valley zoo strives for new heights with giraffe exhibit the.
On imdb tv, you can catch hollywood hits and popular tv series at no cost. Chris knight jack blue live on the air khyi, dallas by brett dillon. Spike driver blues doc watson sittin on top of the world. Well, john henry was a little baby sitting on his daddys knee he picked up a hammer and a little piece of steel and cried, hammers going to be death of me, lord, lord. That hope was rooted partly in knights singing, full of countryrock phrasing clearly modeled after knights hero, steve earle, but even more so in knight. There was a steel driving man name was john henry oh he went down, he went down, he went down oh go in take this hammer to my captain wont ya tell him im gone. Apr 25, 2019 provided to youtube by smith music spike drivin blues dusty neuman spike drivin blues. Chris knight spike drivin blues lyrics genius lyrics. It was the burgeoning talent and ingenuity of simple yet. Spike drivin blues lyrics chris knight cowboy lyrics. Songwriter chris knight signed with a fancy nashville label, released an impressive debut disc in 1998, and promptly got dropped.
Apr 03, 2007 check out spike drivin blues by chris knight on amazon music. Find chris knight similar, influenced by and follower information on allmusic. Traditional, arr mississippi john hurt played by jerry with the jerry garcia acoustic band and with john kahn. Chris ledlum, luka sakota, ciaran brayboy, idan tretout. He is said to have worked as a steeldriving mana man tasked with hammering a steel drill into rock to make holes for explosives to blast the rock in constructing a railroad tunnel. The complete 1928 okeh recordings for free, and see the artwork, lyrics and similar artists. Dave van ronk spike driver blues smithsonian folkways. This song is quite unusual as it is based on a single g chord. A pretty good guy is no great departure from the debut, as knight still echoes in sound and style heroes like steve earle and john prine send a boat is a dead. With smith now back in the drivers seat, stefanini wouldve been.
Recorded at the barns at wolf trap as part of a 1997 concert honoring harry smiths anthology of american folk music. Licensed to youtube by the orchard music on behalf of drifters church productions. The spike drivers began by working in various coffeehouses and clubs in the detroit, michigan folk rock music scene. Mississippi john hurt spike drivers blues on vimeo. Provided to youtube by smith music spike drivin blues dusty neuman spike drivin blues. Spike drivers blues in many ways, spike drivers blues could be considered an archetypical g, standard tuning, country blues. Spike drivin blues by chris knight on amazon music. Check out spike drivin blues by chris knight on amazon music. I do not own the rights to this song just for entertainment purposes only. Chris knight send a boat flood video by freetickeys. The band name was suggested by its vocalist marycarol brown, originating from a song about john henry by mississippi john hurt called the spike driver blues.
Various locations, including big bend tunnel in west virginia, lewis tunnel in virginia, and coosa mountain tunnel in alabama, have been suggested as the site of the contest. This is mississippi john hurt spike drivers blues by kirk peterson on vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them. Chris knight jack blue enough rope capo 2nd intro em c g em sheriff come in the pool hall c g with that look on his face em c g have you seen jack blue around this place d c g hes a bad one him always breakin the law em d g if you see jack blue better give me a call em c g jacks shooting pool on a friday night em c g couple out of town boys lookin for a fight d c g it was 2 on 1 but jack. With chris knights debut album, released on mca nashvilles sister label decca, critics of the new country sound of the late 90s began to hold out hope that nashville could return to the genuineness that it had been so lacking for years. Trains have been a theme in both traditional and popular music since the first half of the 19th century and over the years have appeared in all major musical genres, including folk, blues, country, rock, jazz, world, classical and avantgarde. Folksongs and blues album including song video, artist biography, translations and more. Lyrics to spike driver blues by mississippi john hurt from the the piedmont sessions, vol. Mary recommends that you use the ring, middle and pinky as you play the open g chord. In addition to releasing solo records of his own material, knight has had a successful career writing songs that have been recorded by confederate railroad, john anderson, and randy travis among others.
Country singersongwriter from slaughters, kentucky. Gundamknightchris is a fanfiction author that has written 36 stories for karas. John oates spike driver blues lyrics genius lyrics. With chris knight s debut album, released on mca nashvilles sister label decca, critics of the new country sound of the late 90s began to hold out hope that nashville could return to the genuineness that it had been so lacking for years. She walked down the yard, caught the longest train she seen she walked down the yard, caught the longest train she seen said, shed ride and ride till the blues wear offa me its two bullyin freight trains runnin side by side. Jan 18, 2018 spike driver blues doc watson sittin on top of the world. Spike drivin blues chris knight chords and lyrics for guitar. Sam amidon spike driver blues official video youtube. Feb 21, 2015 provided to youtube by the orchard enterprises spike drivin blues chris knight the trailer tapes. Shop for vinyl, cds and more from chris knight at the discogs marketplace. Chris knight run from your memory cincinnati by freetickeys. Sam amidon performs mississippi john hurts spike driver blues on fatal flower garden ep a tribute to harry smith. Band is playing too slow chords chris knight cowboy lyrics.
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