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Arnold Rypens
Rozenlaan 65
B-2840 Reet (Rumst)
Artist: Fiddlin' John Carson
Author: traditional
Label: Okeh
Year: 1924
Related with 500 Miles (see there) and Reuben's Train (same melody, see: Old Ruben). John's second verse is from The Butcher's Boy and his third from Jesse James.
Covers:
Grayson & Whitter [as Train #45]
Wade Mainer, Zeke Morris & Steve Ledford [idem; influencing New Lost City Ramblers and Woody Guthrie]
Woody Guthrie [as Nine Hundred Miles in Ballad Opera The Martins And The Coys (produced by Alan Lomax); in '46 also as Train #45; he also cut Grayson & Whitter's Wreck Of The Southern Old 97, Grayson & Whitter's Sally Goodin' and a 900 Miles]
Cisco Houston [idem]
Stanley Brothers [as Train #45]
Frank Proffitt [as Reuben Train]
Jimmy Martin [idem]
New Lost City Ramblers [idem]
Terry Callier [as 900 Miles; released in '68]
Dion [idem, crediting Woody Guthrie]
Esther & Abi Ofarim [as 900 Miles (From My Home)]
Bob Dylan & The Band [Basement tape]
Benny Neyman [as Eindelijk Alleen]
Del McCoury & The Dixie Pals [as Train #45]
Long Tall Texans [as 900 Miles]
Roger McGuinn [idem]
If you noticed blunt omissions, mis-interpretations or even out-and-out errors,
please let me know:
Arnold Rypens
Rozenlaan 65
B-2840 Reet (Rumst)