Music that don't move us emotionally, is just noise! I'm partial to Folk, Bluegrass, Mountain, music, much of which is literally based on real people, and events, usually murder, and ma-ham, but like all music that is well done, and moving! Hotel California, for example. The folk song Tom Dooley is based on a real murder in North Carolina, in the late 1800's. The guys name was actually Tom Dulin, but Dooley sounded better I guess? This was a love triangle, two girls loved a young man, Tom Dooley. One of the girls was found murdered, and Tom was tried, convicted, and hanged for this murder. Decades later the other girl confesed to this murder, on her death bed! Is that a good story or what? Many, if not most, of these oid Folk, Bluegrass, Mountain songs, are a mixture of stories, of real events, and the music styles, brought with the imigrants, from Europe, and other places! Bill Monroe, the Carter Family, Doc Watson, a relative of Bill Dooley, etc. are largely responsible for bringing thijs great music to the general publics attention.
Music that don't move us emotionally, is just noise! I'm partial to Folk, Bluegrass, Mountain, music, much of which is literally based on real people, and events, usually murder, and ma-ham, but like all music that is well done, and moving! Hotel California, for example. The folk song Tom Dooley is based on a real murder in North Carolina, in the late 1800's. The guys name was actually Tom Dulin, but Dooley sounded better I guess? This was a love triangle, two girls loved a young man, Tom Dooley. One of the girls was found murdered, and Tom was tried, convicted, and hanged for this murder. Decades later the other girl confesed to this murder, on her death bed! Is that a good story or what? Many, if not most, of these oid Folk, Bluegrass, Mountain songs, are a mixture of stories, of real events, and the music styles, brought with the imigrants, from Europe, and other places! Bill Monroe, the Carter Family, Doc Watson, a relative of Bill Dooley, etc. are largely responsible for bringing thijs great music to the general publics attention.
I think this. Eeeegahd! it's back!
Paul Simon a true GENIUS to be able to create lyrics like this! If this don't give you goose bumps, you dead!
Neither of these get much radio play, but both will stop me everytime...
How can some, most, song writers be so good at writing songs, and sound like a cat with it's tail i undrer the rocker when singing?
Didya ever hear the original version of Hurt by Nine Inch Nails? Two completely different songs. I definitely prefer Johnny's cover better than Trent Reznor's original.
That is Dooley, I'm talking about Tom Dooley. Two different songs. Dooley was written by Rodney Dillard, the guitar player and lead vocalist with the Dilllards, ( Darling Family) of Andy Griffith fame. I just looked up a video of Tom Dooley, and learned the real last name was Dula, not Dulin as I first said. I tried to attach this video to this, but ether was not allowed to because of copy right laws, or didn't know how. Search Tom Dooley by Doc Watson, on youtube videos, and one of these videos shows some of Doc's family members telling this story better than I can, A fascinating story!
