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In 1925, a version of the song was recorded onto phonograph cylinder by a folk collector. This was the first documentation of "The Longest Train" variant of the song, which includes a verse about "The longest train I ever saw". This verse probably began as a separate song that later merged into "In the Pines".
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", "Pick a Bale of Cotton", "Goodnight, Irene ...
The song was re-recorded with John McEuen on banjo and released in May 1985 from his compilation album The Best of Michael Martin Murphey. The re-release peaked at number 9 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles chart and at number 11 on the Canadian RPM Country Tracks chart in mid-1985.
Michael Martin Murphey (born March 14, 1945) is an American singer-songwriter. He was one of the founding artists of progressive country. [3] A multiple Grammy nominee, Murphey has six gold albums, including Cowboy Songs, the first album of cowboy music to achieve gold status since Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs by Marty Robbins in 1959.
[6] [8] The song was also recorded by Vivian Stanshall and (as "Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia") by Tokyo Blade. The song is featured in the stage play The Trail Of The Lonesome Pine, and is played during the opening credits of the 1936 film adaptation. "The Trail of the Lonesome Pine" was the favorite song of Gertrude Stein. [9]
Part of the Country Music Hall of Fame series 1991: Mule Skinner Blues: RCA Victor: 2494-2-R: Reissued as Country Legends: 1991: Bluegrass 1959-1969: Bear Family: BCD 15529: 4 vol; German issue 1992: The Essential: Columbia: C2K 52478: Double album 1994: The Music of Bill Monroe 1936-94: MCA: D4 11048: 4 vol. 1994: Bluegrass 1970-1979: Bear ...
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The song's success made Billy Hill one of the more successful songwriters on Tin Pan Alley. [ 1 ] Hill collaborated with many songwriters, including Peter DeRose , Dedette Hill (his wife), Victor Young , William Raskin, Edward Eliscu , and J. Keirn Brennan , producing standards such as "They Cut Down the Old Pine Tree", " Have You Ever Been Lonely?