Freight Train

Pete Seeger has a go at this.  He says he can't play it like the one who wrote it, and he's right.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5s_yumYPFm4

If Joan Baez sang her grocery list, I would sit and listen to that.  But she probably also takes the easy way out playing this song.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_wrFI-Kbxk

It was written in the 1900's by Libba Cotten, who played guitar upside-down like it's the only natural way.  He singing voice is not really charismatic, but oh! that guitar.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43-UUeCa6Jw

This article was updated on May 9, 2023

David F