James Taylor - Duncan and Brady

James Taylor - Duncan and Brady from 2/6/70

[@thomasmonahan5754]

A gem. Thank you!

[@rkiel512]

Thank you sir! A little gem pulled out of the dusty past

[@hughyager701]

A great tune!

[@PHJimY]

I wonder if James learned this from Spider John Koerner. Both versions are very similar.

[@Folk-Fan]

Sounds like the Tom Rush version to me. Especially the open tuning.

[@davidyoungtunes]

Tom Rush has two great versions. The original is from one of his first couple “home recording” style albums where he had his buddy on a washtub bass. I think this is where JT probably picked it up. Who Tom learned it from, I’m not sure but probably Dave Van Ronk or John Koerner himself. Tom does a version later on the live album Trolling for Owls that is based more fully on Spider John’s version, and Tom’s rendition on that album is absolutely ridiculously good. I highly recommend listening to them both if you can find ‘em. Loving this JT version and very excited to hear it, as I didn’t know he had done this one. As usual, the cleanest fingerpicking from James.

[@chuckuc]

No, it is nothing like Koener's version. He probably got it from the 1959 Dave Van Ronk album (where I first heard it). Dave's arrangement was probably from Leadbelly's recording.

[@chuckuc]

Great version. Is there a CD?

[@yogione]

Sweet in D!