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"Man of Constant Sorrow" (also known as "I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow") is a traditional American folk song first published by Dick Burnett, a partially blind fiddler from Kentucky. It was titled "Farewell Song" in a songbook by Burnett dated to around 1913. A version recorded by Emry Arthur in 1928 gave the song its current titles.
The Foggy River Boys was the name of two related American male singing quartets from southern Missouri specializing in Southern gospel, spiritual, and country music in the 1940s and 1950s. 1940s group
Two of the variations feature the verses being sung back-to-back, and the other three variations feature additional music between each verse. [8] The voices of the Soggy Bottom Boys were provided by Dan Tyminski (lead vocal on "I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow"), Nashville songwriter Harley Allen, and the Nashville Bluegrass Band's Pat Enright. [9]
In the early 1960s, he formed the Lonesome River Boys. The group released two albums: "Raise A Ruckus" in 1961 on Riverside Records [2] and "Bluegrass Hootenanny" on the small and obscure Battle label. [3] In the early 1970s, he joined Don Stover and the White Oak Mountain Boys and about this time, he also settled in Boston. [4]
In O Brother, Where Art Thou?, "Delmar" (Tim Blake Nelson) sings a rendition, with "Pete" (John Turturro) yodeling between the verses, prior to the Soggy Bottom Boys' main number, "Man of Constant Sorrow". The other "Soggy Bottom Boys" songs are lip-synched, but Tim Blake Nelson sings his own vocals on this song, while Turturro's yodeling is ...
Daniel John Tyminski (born June 20, 1967) is an American bluegrass singer-songwriter, musician, composer, vocalist, and instrumentalist. He is a member of Alison Krauss's band Union Station, and has released four solo albums, Carry Me Across the Mountain (2000) on the Doobie Shea Records label, Wheels (2008) on the Rounder Records label, Southern Gothic (2017) on the Mercury Records label, and ...
popularized later by Blue Sky Boys, Flatt and Scruggs, and Doc Watson: 1926/11 "Pearl Bryan" Co 15113-D: Dick: guitar: fiddle — favorite Kentucky ballad 1927/04 "My Sweetheart in Tennessee" Co 15187-D: Dick: guitar: fiddle — 1927/04 "Are You Happy or Lonesome" Co 15187-D: Dick, Leonard: banjo: fiddle — 1927/04 "Assassination of J.B ...
In 2000, Simpkins joined the Lonesome River Band [11] [12] and in 2001, joined gospel group the Isaacs, [13] [14] splitting his time between the two ensembles. In 2002, Simpkins toured with the Gaithers and in 2007, Simpkins also began touring with Emmylou Harris and her Red Dirt Boys.