Buffy Sainte-Marie, I'm Gonna be a Country Girl Again
Hoyt Axton, Greenback Dollar
Nanci Griffith, Boots of Spanish Leather
16 Horsepower, Wayfaring Stranger
Stanley Bros., Rank Strangers
Bob Dylan, I am a Lonesome Hobo. Have you heard this version?
Bob Dylan, As I Went Out One Morning
Highwaymen, The City of New Orleans
Kenny Rogers, The Gambler
Buffy Sainte-Marie, Cod'ine
Bob Dylan, Only a Hobo, 1963
Highwaymen, Ghost Riders in the Sky
As the riders loped on by him
He heard one call his name
'If you wanna save your soul
From hell a-riding on our range
Then, cowboy change your ways today
Or with us you will ride
Trying to catch the devil's herd
Across these endless skies.'
A good playlist. I remember that Hoyt Axton tune back in the day… the raspy delivery of “I don’t give a damn!…”
How has Dylan penned hundreds of absolute classics!?! I almost always prefer his version. Nanci’s is nice. Wayfarin’ Stranger done right. I used to play banjo, frailing and Scruggs style.
Rank Stranger is one of my favorite ear worms. The Stanley Bros w/ George Shuffler.
I’d not heard that version of Lonesome Hobo, sounds great and of a piece with the album, but agree with Bob about the version he chose to release.
I love that train song, the soul of Americana, and what a fun supergroup that would be to jam with!
I had those bootlegs back then and that was when I first heard Only a Hobo. Another permanent track in my brain.
Ghost Riders has a spot in one of my repertoire folders.
Thanks for the tunes and all.