beelzebubba wrote:

I'm with you on this one. Every time a BGT song comes on RP I can't turn it off fast enough. It's a real shame, since I like the backing music. The way she sings, though, is like a dentist drill boring into my spine.

Of course, I don't begrudge other people their right to like the BGTs, but I can't understand it. The voice...!

-David

I just love this.

... 10 ...

... Woooooooo! ... ...

inindian wrote:

I heard Melanie as well! Or Buffy St Marie

bajafisher wrote:

Dolly? I thought it sounds like Melanie Safka with a mandoline. I also like it!

cheetah wrote:
I agree. Also I prefer the Dead's version...
Aahhh, personal preference, long may it wave!

Ahhhhh....,Much better!

byrd wrote:

Agree 100%. Blue Horse is a terrific album. Never would've found out about these ladies if it wasn't for RP.

I dig the reggae-like groove on this track.

BTW, Po'Girl (other band with one of the BGT members) is also very good. Must upload some tracks from them sometime.

One of the best albums I've heard in ages. The whole thing is great from start to finish. China Town is great too, but Blue Horse is better. Excellent!

Love the Tanyas.

black321 wrote:

It's an old traditional called "Cold, Rain and Snow". The Dead did it, too, on their first album.

Well, I got me a wife
she's been trouble all my life
run me out in the cold, rain and snow

Well, she's comin' down the stairs
combing back her yellow hair
and i ain't gonna be treated this a way..

Well she went up to her room
where she sang a faithful tune
and i'm going where those chilly winds don't blow...

gotta love it.. this version is sweet...

black321 wrote:

It looks like this might be it.

If you know any lyrics of a song, you have a pretty good chance of finding it with google.

This song seems to draw from that traditional folk song, don't know the name but goes like:
When I first came to this land,
I was not a wealthy man.
So I got myself a wife,
called love of life.

Although this song is based a bit more in reality, going:
Got myself a wife,
been trouble all my life.

I think I would like this song alot if I had the option of dragging the vocal tracks down to "0".

Wonderful as this is, it's just can't match Pentangle's version.

I just got this from the Library
Now I can Woo and Waayy to my hearts content

Bought the album after hearing two of their songs here. Great stuff.

Good, but not nearly as good as Del McCoury & the Chieftains' version of this song.

get's a 9 by me...

Dig the Tanyas. Good music.

8)
nice woe and whoo

Its good to hear Dolly Parton making a comeback.

Heard this for the first time on a camping trip in northern Wisconsin. I thought it was a perfect song for the occasion. Then they sing Lk pontchartrain, heart melted despite the rain and cold. good album. thanks. i agree with some other listeners, this stuff can be overplayed though.

Liked the Dead version better, but never would have noticed they were the same song until I listened to the lyrics. Cool version nonetheless.

KALINEVE wrote:

ME TOO! I think one of the members recently became a mother...maybe later then.

I love this song - one of my favorites from a great album. Haunting and powerfull stuff. Thatnks RP for introducing me to one of my fav groups.

Wish they'd go on tour....

I like the Levellers' version better.

I've liked much of the stuff I've heard from this band, but the singer's affectations in this one are too much to bear.

I like the old bluegrass version where the guy sings "She gave me Truuuuuubbbbllle all my life..."