Some of us are on a Civil War Era kick so here's a Stephen Foster song from the mid 1800's. During the Civil War new lyrics were written by the soldiers and they sang Hard Crackers referencing the meager rati...

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Comment by Roadkill a.k.a. John Maw on May 27, 2012 at 11:00am

Very nicely done and very enjoyable.

Comment by Sammy Lloyd on May 24, 2012 at 10:50am

What a fabulous song, loved it man. Loved your take on this absolute classic. Nice one.

Comment by Clock The Wolf on May 21, 2012 at 12:38pm

Good stuff... unlike this:

Comment by Jamie MacBlues on May 21, 2012 at 12:07pm

Nicely done, ma man. The Civil War song all have an inherent sadness. "Brother against brother", how could they be otherwise. You brought the sadness out well, i singing and playing .

Comment by Vinylhed on May 21, 2012 at 11:31am

I love this song, and I equally love your take on it. Nice work.
Cash did record at least one version of the song. The version I've got is on the Unearthed box set of out-takes from the Rick Rubin produced American Recordings series. Great version too.

Comment by Jim Morris on May 21, 2012 at 11:19am

Thanks everyone. Yeah SlowHound I usually do this in a higher key but since this box was already tuned G,D, G I tried it in this key and kinda liked the sound. While singing I was thinking of Johnny Cash and wondering if he'd ever rsecorded this.

Comment by BUGGY (C) on May 21, 2012 at 9:18am

Great voice and nice playing..

Comment by SlowHound on May 21, 2012 at 8:49am

Man, you have the Johnny Cash voice going. Sounds great.  Not familiar with that tune but I am now. Nice!!!

Comment by Uncle John on May 21, 2012 at 8:04am

Well done!

Comment by Chris Tinker on May 21, 2012 at 7:57am

Good work, I like it a lot!

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