RED IRON ORE

Created on 22/09/2011
Latest update on 12/04/2024

Artist: Bob Gibson
Author: traditional
Label: Riverside
Year: 1957

Late 19th century Great Lakes ballad about the metal mined in Dylan's very own Hibbing, Minnesota. See also Alberta, Let Yo' Hair Hang Low.

Covers:

1959:

Vivien Richman

1964:

Bob Dylan [melody in North Country Blues telling the story of when red iron pits ran plenty; see also: Looking Glass]

1975:

Joe Glazer

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