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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 album, with Travis accompanied only by his guitar, contains his two most enduring songs, both centered on the lives of coal miners: "Sixteen Tons" and "Dark as a Dungeon". [1] "Sixteen Tons" became a No. 1 Billboard country hit for Tennessee Ernie Ford in 1955 [3] and has been recorded many times over
Sixteen Tons album cover. Ford scored an unexpected hit on the pop chart in 1955 with his rendering of "Sixteen Tons", a sparsely arranged coal-miner's lament. Merle Travis had first recorded it in 1946. It reflected experiences of the Travis family in the mines at Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. [12]
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.
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
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.
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 ...