INDIAN WAR WHOOP
Created on 14/11/2000Latest update on 05/04/2024
Artist: Hoyt Ming & His Pep-Steppers
Author: Hoyt Ming
Label: Victor
Year: 1928
Ralph Peer recording, reissued on the Harry Smith Collection. They were a family band playing dances in and around Tupelo, MS. Their major gimmick was sister Rozelle Ming's energetic footwork, hence the name of the band. Maybe young Elvis saw them at work.
Covers:
- 1929:
- 1967:
Holy Modal Rounders [more Harry Smith fans]
- 1997:
Sonya Cohen [Pete Seeger's niece]
- 2000:
John Hartford [in film O Brother, Where Art Thou? whenever bankrobber Babyface Nelson comes in the picture]
Baptist lining hymn Oh Death, Where Is Thy Sting?, also used in O Brother, Where Art Thou?, is lifted from that same Harry Smith Collection (see there).
