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Size: 3,583kb, uploaded 7/3/2014 8:44:15 PM
Genre: Old-Time / Playing Style: Unknown/None Chosen
Recorded in 1991 by PigAnkle - Kirk Hunter, fiddle, David Allen, banjo, Richard Chance, guitar, XXXX, harmony vocals. Learned from my father who learned it from African American farm workers on the family farm in Ross, Tx sometime in the 1920s.
2 comments on “My Darling Nellie Gray”
TimK Says:
Monday, July 14, 2014 @7:31:07 AM
A very nice version of one of my favorite Civil War era songs. Written by Benjamin Hanby in 1856, it was one of the most powerful anti-slavery songs of the day. Well done!
Fiddler Says:
Monday, July 14, 2014 @6:50:43 PM
Thanks, Tim. This song has special meaning for me since it is connected to family history. It is a very powerful song! I am frequently asked to play/sing this song and most people are shocked to learn that it is about slavery. After reading Solomon Northrup's book and seeing the film, I sure have a whole new understanding of the horrors of that "terrible institution."
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