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"Take This Hammer" (Roud 4299, AFS 745B1) is a prison, logging, and railroad work song, which has the same Roud number as another song, "Nine Pound Hammer", with which it shares verses. " Swannanoa Tunnel" and "Asheville Junction" are similar.
Huddie William Ledbetter (/ ˈ h j uː d i / HYOO-dee; January 1888 [1] [2] or 1889 [3] – December 6, 1949), [1] better known by the stage name Lead Belly, was an American folk and blues singer notable for his strong vocals, virtuosity on the twelve-string guitar, and the folk standards he introduced, including his renditions of "In the Pines" (also known as "Where Did You Sleep Last Night ...
"Take a Whiff on Me" "Take This Hammer" [32] [33] "TB Blues" "Tell me Baby" "They Hung Him on a Cross" (see "He Never Said a Mumblin' Word") "The Titanic" "There's a Man Goin' around Takin' Names" "Turn your Radio On" "We Shall Be Free" (with Woody Guthrie)" "We Shall Walk Thru the Valley" "Western Plain" "When I Was a Cowboy"
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Although the sales of this album were disappointing (only resulting in 304 copies sold by March 1943), some of Lead Belly's best remembered songs debuted here, such as "Take This Hammer" and "Rock Island Line." [1] A contemporary review in Jazz magazine was highly favorable, calling the record "superbly done." [3]
The B-side "This Hammer" is a traditional song, originally titled "Take This Hammer" and was arranged by the Shadows. [3] Reviewed in Record Mirror, "Theme for Young Lovers" was described as an "easy on the ear treatment of a number from the film "Wonderful Life".
New Skin for the Old Ceremony, released in 1974, is the fourth studio album by Leonard Cohen.On this album, he begins to evolve away from the rawer sound of his earlier albums, with violas, mandolins, banjos, guitars, percussion and other instruments giving the album a more orchestrated (but nevertheless spare) sound.
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