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"Sixteen Tons" is a song written by Merle Travis about a coal miner, based on life in the mines of Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. [2] Travis first recorded the song at the Radio Recorders Studio B in Hollywood, California , on August 8, 1946.
Originally DaShiell, Cook and Clifford intended to produce Harrison, but they then decided to launch the band together with him instead. [4] They were signed by Atlantic Records, and debuted with a cover version of Tennessee Ernie Ford's 1955 hit "Sixteen Tons", which featured Hugh Cregg (later better known as Huey Lewis) on harmonica. [4] [5]
The band formed in 1998 and was initially planned to be the side-project of Dave "Dixie" Collins, the band's vocalist and bassist who was occupied with his primary project Buzzoven, however, the band disbanded the same year so he decided to concentrate his efforts on Weedeater and made it his new primary project, recruiting members Dave "Shep" Shepherd on guitar and Keith "Keko" Kirkum on drums.
The Eric Burdon Band. Sun Secrets – 1974, No. 51 US, No. 84 in CAN; Stop – 1975, No. 171 US, No. 85 in CAN; Comeback – 1982; Eric Burdon. Survivor – 1977; Darkness Darkness – 1980; The Last Drive – 1980; Power Company – 1983; I Used To Be An Animal – 1988; American Dream – 1993; Lost Within the Halls of Fame – 1995; My ...
These self-released albums include Oh, What a Beautiful Morning (2000), Electro-Shock Blues Show (2002), Sixteen Tons (Ten Songs) (2005), and Live and in Person! London 2006 (2008). The band has only sold these albums at live shows and later online. The logo for E Works is a parody of that for DreamWorks' record label, who originally signed Eels.
Sixteen Tons (live)† - 2:48; Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way (live)† - 3:25 †:Only on 2003 release References. Modern Pain at AllMusic. Retrieved 21:39, 21 ...
ZZ Top's 2016 live album Live: Greatest Hits from Around the World on the songs "Rough Boy" and "Sixteen Tons" Joe Cocker's Heart & Soul album on the track "I (Who Have Nothing)" Brian May's song "The Guv'nor" from the album Another World; Pretenders' song "Legalise Me" from the 1999 album Viva El Amor
16 Non-album tracks "River of No Return" b/w "Give Me Your Word" 9 Ford Favorites "Ein Zwei Drei" b/w "Losing You" Non-album tracks "Somebody Bigger Than You or I" b/w "There Is Beauty in Everything" 1955 "The Ballad of Davy Crockett" b/w "Farewell" 4 5 "His Hands" b/w "I Am a Pilgrim" 13 Spirituals "Sixteen Tons" 1 1 Ford Favorites: 1956