S1:E1 // If She Heard My Guineas Clink

American Songcatcher

Season 1, Episode 1 // If She Heard My Guineas Clink

Featured in this Episode:

Traditional - "Peggy O" (:28)

Jimmie Rodgers - "Waiting For a Train" (8:01)

Elizabeth Cotten - "Shake Sugaree" (15:23)

Dave Van Ronk - "Green, Green Rocky Road" (25:40)

Gillian Welch - "Everything is Free" (35:26)

Teaser:

A traditional Scottish song survives over 300 years, traveling thousands of miles before filtering through the Appalachian Mountains and becoming a folk "pass along" tune. “The Singing Brakeman” comes alive after witnessing the yodeling of Swiss emissaries, creating the original country music sound. A woman in her 60’s falls into a household worker position for the Seeger Family, and they discover a talent left behind 30 years ago that would inspire generations of guitar players. A man who was bigger in person than the myths that followed him, personifying emotion through old songs. And a living legend, who punctures holes in hearts with her incomparable songwriting, transformed by The Stanley Brothers.

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Source Credits:

#1: WhiteGum | Weeping Willow Guitar | The Jovial Crew

#2: Bluegrass Today | Official Website

#3: Folkways | Rainbow Quest

#4: The Vinyl District | Folkways | Elijah Wald | Guitar Workshop

#5: The Guardian | The New Yorker | Rolling Stone

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