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Arnold Rypens
Rozenlaan 65
B-2840 Reet (Rumst)
Artist: John Goss & the Cathedral Male Voice Quartet
Author: traditional
Label: His Master's Voice
Year: 1925
A fur trappers song doubling as sea shanty and Interim State Song of Virginia. An eponymous song by Henri Burr & Albert Campbell from 1917 (for Victor) is a different one (written by Halsey K. Mohr). Shenandoah was a wise indian chief (Oneida) who reached the age of 110 (1706-1816).
Covers:
Paul Robeson [for Victor]
Captain Richard Maitland [a former ship's captain recorded by Alan Lomax in Staten Island, NY, introducing the song as a logging song turned sea shantee]
Kingston Trio [as Across The Wide Missouri]
Bing Crosby [on How The West Was Won]
Michael Landon [Little Joe in Bonanza]
James Stewart [in film Shenandoah]
Yvette Horner [in Nashville]
Thin Lizzy [in Black Rose (Roisin Dubh)]
Daniel Lanois [in film Sling Blade; vocal: Emmylou Harris]
Van Morrison [in film Long Journey Home with an Irish all star cast]
Bill Frisell [with Ry Cooder]
Dave Alvin [on his cd Public Domain]
Sissel Kyrkjebo [with Paddy Moloney]
Richard Greene & Jack Shit [on Rogue's Gallery]
Tom Waits & Keith Richards [on Son Of Rogues Gallery]
Jayme Stone [vocal: Margaret Glaspy]
'Like ancient redwoods and giant sequoias, our folk songs endure beyond (and despite of) the whims of current popular taste and the quick gratifications of our disposable culture' - Dave Alvin.
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)