WAYFARING STRANGER, THE
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| (o): | Vaughan's Texas Quartet (1929) | label: Victor |
| As Wayfaring Pilgrim. Southern gospel authority James David Vaughan (1864-1941) became his own publisher, had his own record company (Vaughan Phonograph Records), his own music school, his own periodical (The Vaughan Family Visitor) and his own radio station (WOAN). George Pullen Jackson found this song in shapenote music books from the early 19th century. Popular melody in England and in the States. Variations: Parting Friends and The Dear Companion, dating back to 1836/37 (W.P.A. Federal Music Project in Floyd Co., KY and Library of Congress). | ||
| (c): | Frank Welling & his Gospel Singers (1933) , Burl Ives (1944) [gave its name to his own CBS radio show], Jo Stafford (1950) [as Poor Wayfaring Stranger], Eddy Arnold (1955) , Tennessee Ernie Ford (1957) , Bill Monroe (1958) , Roscoe Holcomb (1959) , Almeda Riddle (1959) [the way she learned it as a little girl in church in Arkansas], Estel C. Ball (1959) [on Sounds Of The South], Horton Barker (1961) , Clarence Ashley (1961) , Limeliters (1962) , Dusty Springfield (1966) [as Poor Wayfaring Stranger], H.P. Lovecraft (1968) , Tim Buckley (1968) [in medley with You Got Me Runnin'], Joan Baez (1969) [as Poor Wayfaring Stranger], Michael Parks (1969) , Zen (1969) , Roy Buchanan (1974) , Roger McGuinn (1977) , Emmylou Harris (1980) , Jimmy Scott (1996) , Eva Cassidy (1996) [released posthumously], Norma Waterson (1996) [and in 2010 with daughter Eliza Carthy], Charlie Haden (1999) [grew up in a singing radio family digging Grand Ole' Opry stuff; yes, jazzman Charlie sings], Iris Dement (1999) [on a Tom Russell cd], Johnny Cash (2000) , Andreas Scholl (2001) , Maria McKee (2001) [in film Songcatcher], Natalie Merchant (2003) [as Poor Wayfaring Stranger], Jack White (2003) [in film Cold Mountain], Peter, Paul & Mary (2004) , Anonymous 4 (2006) , Eric Bibb (2010) , Neil Young & Crazy Horse (2012) , Broken Circle Breakdown Bluegrass Band (2012) , | |