Freight Train - Clawhammer Banjo

Classic tune by Elizabeth Cotten

[@DezLaPatate]

Nice scenery !

[@mrgildons]

Great rendition with the flavor of the original! I like to think how this song became an hit during the British Skiffle craze back in the fifties :)

[@KenneyCmusic]

Thank you! and I'm ashamed to say I dont know much about skiffle, but now that I'm listening to the the Vipers I dont know how this missed my radar. I know Elizabeth Cotten worked as a caretaker for the Seeger family in the 40's, and thats when they discovered she was a folk singer, so that's entirely possible eh!

[@mrgildons]

​@@KenneyCmusic You are right and if i well remember Peggy Seeger was the one who introduced this song in England, then Chas Mc Devitt and Nancy Whiskey had a great hit with Freight Train and toured the USA, it's really a curious story :)

[@YESSImathactivist]

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[@KenneyCmusic]

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