This song was on the last page of cujo by Stephen king. It's really cool to actually hear it!
Dashroy
I first heard this one on the American Epic collection, driving through southern Utah. At the time, it didn't truly sink in. Maybe it was that ghostly Victrola sound, the "haunted" sound of those old recordings, in the setting of the buttes and ponderosas. Or being astounded that this single-chord "talking moan" was ever recorded in the first place. But there was a disconnect for me. That stayed for a very long time until I picked up the guitar one day and sang it and burst into tears. It is such a heavy thing to channel, and this unassuming, obscure track from 1928 may well be the saddest song I've ever heard, and is so without even a minor chord. I.Jackson must have been an exceptional man to have sang this one a stage.
bloozwalrus
Yup cuz I remember my great uncles singing this song in my grand mothers front porch
candaceterry
Unfortunately some people never discover that this OUTSTANDING MUSICAL GEM exist.
RIP Blue...
muhammadsteinberg
Incredible, jerron Paxton's version sent me here
Jjboneyard
The Byrds recorded a country/rock version of this song in 1968.
CharlesWalters-oj
blues treed a possum in Noah’s ark, RIP old blue
jamesdoctor
Chords are epic and the Black American tradition of rhyming/rapping.
Soufside_Slim
Whose been here since I been gone? Little bitty girl with the red dress on....
