Columbus Stockade Blues
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This duet of me and Pap is even older than the last two that I posted. As you can probably tell by my voice, I was only around 16 years old when we recorded this. When I was little, Pap would sit around and sometimes sing bits and pieces of this old song. I had never heard anyone else sing it, so our version turned out quite a bit different than anyone else's. Maybe around 10 years after this recording was the first time I heard anyone else sing the song, and it happened to be Willie Nelson singing it on Austin City Limits. Willie's version, however, was decidedly western swing, so it was almost like a different song in terms of it's rhythm and melody. In the late 90's, the great Doc Watson put out this song, playing with his grandson, Richard. Though the basic approach was the same, they did the song in a minor, which was nice. The first time I heard their recording of the song, I loved everything except the last line that Doc sang, which was "Lord, I've got the walkin' blues." When I heard it, I thought, "what?" That line seemed to have absolutely nothing to do with the rest of the song and to come out of nowhere. By then, though, I knew Doc well enough to know that there had to be some reason for singing that line. I figured he was making some kind of musical allusion or reference that was just lost on me. As I was uploading mine and Pap's version, I researched the song just enough to find the original version by Darby and Tarlton, and there it was... For whatever reason, they sang that line to end the song. That line still seems badly out of place, but it's still a great song! I like this picture of Pap and me at the dinner table. In those days, we had no air conditioning, hence me being shirtless. I can tell that the bowl in front of Pap has slaw in it, and I see a bottle of ketchup, so I'm assuming we were having either fish or steak and fries. I see one of Pap's Bibles on the dryer behind me. The only thing I don't like in the photo is the excuse for a mustache coming out on my upper lip! :-) But overall, I love the photo because I can tell we're having a good time. Somewhere, there's a picture taken just a moment before or after this one, and I'm doing bunny ears behind his head. As far as the recording of us singing the song, it isn't bad, despite my voice being kind of weak and pitchy. The strings on the Dove sound like they hadn't been changed in months and months, but the picking, which I think was mostly improvised, is interesting. I almost never play both the verse and chorus of a song when the song isn't an instrumental. When I first started picking, I loved to cross pick everything that I could, which means lots of rolling on 3 strings with a pick. Because I couldn't keep as many strings going at once as my Uncle Henry, who picked with his fingers, cross picking seemed like the next best thing. My memory first told me that we had recorded this in my bedroom, but that can't be right because at the beginning, I can hear Granny dropping silverware into the sink and/or silverware drawer, so we must have recorded this in the living room, like the previous two uploads. I could be wrong, but I think this was recorded on a two-track cassette with only two mics, one for Pap and one for me, with that one mic catching both the vocal and guitar for each. I've thought a time or two of playing a tennis tournament in Columbus, GA, but I'm not certain that I've ever been there or been through it. I should go someday, just because of this song. :-) I might ask a few strangers to direct me to the stockade, just to see their reactions. This song features a similar idea to "You are My Sunshine," which is the idea of dreaming of being with your sweetheart then waking up to the harsh reality of being alone. Columbus Stockade Blues was recorded 12 years before You are My Sunshine. The word "stockade" itself hints at the song being very old. When's the last time you heard someone refer to prison as the stockade? Anyway, I hope you enjoyed this duet. I'll upload some more from these cassette recordings each week, Lord willing. Thanks!
Listen to original singles released on Spotify:
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Listen to original singles on KZread:
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Listen to Shepherd of My Soul (Album released in 2016):
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There is nothing like old music with just a guitar. I love old music. I can't understand a word of the music today. God bless y'all. 🙏❤🙏❤
Tipper you look just like your Dad!!! What a sweet man he must of been a humble blessing in each and every one’s life he touched. Love, Esme🌸💝⭐️Congratulations to you and the family on your little grandchild a beautiful gift from God. Beautiful song
Love, love that old music. Thanks for sharing. God bless.🙏❤🙏❤
Another good one. Thanks ❤❤. My Bama grandma Canter was a Wilson Sarah Rebeca before marrying grandpa Her people came from Texas and settled in Alabama ❤❤❤❤
Loved this Tipper and Paul your dad was such a a Godly man such a blessing ❤️ Shelby
This is a priceless archive. Thanks for preserving and sharing it!
This is a beautiful song! Well done !My Dad sang this a lot in the 50$ and 60s !
Another pure gold lookback. Thanks, Paul! 👍
wow awesome thanks so nice to hear first thing monday morning her great stuff treasure the memories it must bring back for you
Nice harmony. Thanks for the story that went this song. I quite enjoyed it.
Awesome rendition of this song Paul, great tempo too. It's refreshing to hear these oldies but goodies. Thank you for sharing them and the sound quality is great, regardless of how long ago they were recorded. 👍👍👍
Enjoyed very much. 🙂
I didn't remember ever hearing this song. But I like it!
@BlindPigAndTheAcorn
3 ай бұрын
Thanks, Johnny. It's an oldie but a goodie. You should check out Doc's version done in a minor key. He plays one heck of a guitar break in it.
Great song! Thanks for sharing. Nice picture, too. Have a blessed weekend.
@BlindPigAndTheAcorn
3 ай бұрын
Thanks, Lisa. Hope you have a blessed weekend too!
I enjoyed this so much. It makes my heart smile seeing them all smiles in this picture together smiling and they’re both so happy and it shows on their faces! And Paul looks like his pap in this picture and I don’t know but Paul has his shirt off at the supper table but my momma didn’t allow no shirts on or hats on at the table ever and she would make my brothers remove their hats or put their shirts on before they ate supper. My sons and nephews either, but I believe it’s something that people don’t do anymore. Anyway thanks for sharing this picture and song with us. I love it! 💚✝️🩷✝️🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
Tipper, you are the spitting image of Pap! Especially, his eyes. I’ll bet he was such a sweet man. And, my goodness he and Paul singing is just fabulous. I so enjoy the familial harmony that you just can’t match anywhere. Our families have so many blessings. ♥️🙏🏼♥️
There's nothing like family harmony.
Another Great song. I Love the harmonies and picking!!!!
Enjoyed listening.
Woohoo! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Oh again I enjoyed this so much. Thank you.
Tipper, you look so much like your daddy. He was certainly a handsome man and you a lovely young woman. Enjoy your video's over and over. Prayers for the new grandbaby and the one on the way
“As you can probably tell by my voice… only 16 years old…” No, Paul, I honestly would never have guessed you were only 16 in this recording! Your voice sounds very similar to now in my opinion (meant as a compliment, of course!). It’s also nice to hear Pap’s young, stronger voice as well. What an incredible sound from this recording
I just love this!!❤
I live way down in Columbus Georgia! 😄 (but not in the stockade!)😂
@BlindPigAndTheAcorn
3 ай бұрын
That's good to know, Shirley! :-) Stay away from that stockade. You don't want to be "gazin' through the bars!"
Love these duets.pap was a icom❤❤❤Paul was his daddy's son..okay😂❤❤❤❤
Enjoyed. Harmony is so good.
Great Picking...Peter
Oh those harmonies and picking!!! WOW!!! Thanks for sharing this!!!!! Love it!!!!
@BlindPigAndTheAcorn
3 ай бұрын
Thanks so much. Glad you enjoyed it!
Loved the song Paul you and your dad are awesome ❤❤
@BlindPigAndTheAcorn
3 ай бұрын
Thanks a bunch, Linda. So glad you enjoyed it!
Paul, I absolutely love this picture of you and Pap. It seemed like a wonderful time of laughing and enjoying each other's company. The relationship you and Pap shared, I know it has to be such a blessing now to look back on and recall these old memories. I hope you have Paps old bible, or Steve or Tipper does. I have my grandma's and my mom's. I will try and leave them to my nephew and niece when my time comes to leave this old world. I have never heard this song before today. I love your young voice in this song, and hey, that mustache isn't that bad, especially with that beautiful smile. I'm looking forward to more music and posts. I believe you said you were going to do a song for Ira Louvins' birthday. Also, Pap passed 8 yrs ago this month, as well as my dad, who has been gone 15 years. Hope you can do a song for Pap and for my dad this month. Have a great weekend Debbie
@BlindPigAndTheAcorn
3 ай бұрын
Thanks, Debbie. Yes, I can tell from this picture that pap and I were definitely cracked up about something, while also enjoying a good meal at a summer-time table. :-) I'll see if I can come up with something fitting in memory of Pap this month. I hope you too are flooded with happy memories of your dad this month. Have a great weekend.
Nothing sounds sweeter than family harmony.
@BlindPigAndTheAcorn
3 ай бұрын
Thanks a bunch. :-)
Great picture of you and Pap. What a blessing to have a recording singing together, you can tell he's your Pap. Love this & have a blessed weekend Paul.
@BlindPigAndTheAcorn
3 ай бұрын
Thanks, Janet. Yes, we are very lucky to have recordings like this, but even more blessed to have had a father like Pap! :-)
@janetholley1004
3 ай бұрын
@@BlindPigAndTheAcorn Ephesians 6:4 And you Fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. Jesus is called Wonderful: Isaiah 9:6 and His name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The Mighty God. The Everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. Pap is still a testimony to God's Truth, Praise God! Praise God!
I remember this song well. Grew up in Columbus. Living in the countryside of Marion County now, my home. Not far from the Stockade, but far enough! 😅 Great rendition of this classic. Thanks 🪶✨
@BlindPigAndTheAcorn
3 ай бұрын
Thanks so much. Cool to know that this song is about your home town! :-)
Your videos are always a blessing. Whether the lyrics are happy or sad ones, I personally love to see and hear the songs and sounds in there real elements. No tweaking, editing... The realness of that very time. Thank you for sharing more precious times of days gone by with Pap. Praying and Blessed! 🤗🙏💕
@BlindPigAndTheAcorn
3 ай бұрын
Glad to share it, Linda. Thanks so much for listening and commenting!
Enjoyed this so much!
This is absolutely beautiful. Such delicate, cheerful, delightful picking and that harmony...just perfect, so sweet. THANK YOU. 🙌🏼 💞
@BlindPigAndTheAcorn
3 ай бұрын
Thanks so much. Glad you liked it. Funny to think about how back then, I could never have imagined the internet and having an audience for this recording close to 35 years later.
Nice! God bless! 😀❤️
Just pure awesomeness. Y'all never disappoint. Great flash back. 👌
@BlindPigAndTheAcorn
3 ай бұрын
Thanks so much, Tony!
I really like this one played it twice.
@keeptrying5962
3 ай бұрын
Same here. Just kept hitting 'play again' while making dinner.
@BlindPigAndTheAcorn
3 ай бұрын
Thanks a bunch, Sandra! Not long ago, I discovered that you can put a KZread video on repeat play. Just right click in the video and choose "loop." I've done this on some songs that I really like to hear over and over.
Nice
Paul I really enjoy this song and the story you shared thank you.God bless.
@BlindPigAndTheAcorn
3 ай бұрын
Jimmy, thanks for always watching and commenting!
God bless you Paul, thank you for sharing,
Love this song
Very nice!!!!
👍🇺🇸🎸🎼🎶💕
Sounds good. Great guitar picking going on too. Thanks for sharing.
@BlindPigAndTheAcorn
3 ай бұрын
Thanks a bunch, Sir. I hope you upload something new soon. The guitar picking in this upload isn't bad, considering those strings were deader than a doornail. I would still love to try to do a duet with you on an old Marty song or other old cowboy song, with you providing the lead and me the harmony. Just let me know if you'd ever like to try it and we'll figure out a way to make it happen.
@FlatpickingNM
3 ай бұрын
@@BlindPigAndTheAcorn Yes sir, I would love to collaborate on a song with you. I will try to find a song that would fit well. If you can think of one you like, please let me know. Sounds like a lot of fun. Thank you!
I'm old enough that I knew a stockade as a place to confine people against their will for the public good. It was originally built like a fort but to keep people in not out. I knew the song immediately but had forgotten the title. Those guitar run have a hint of Red Smiley, don't you think.
@BlindPigAndTheAcorn
3 ай бұрын
Thanks, Papaw. I've never head Red do any cross picking, but if you're referring to the run made right at the end of the kick-off and a couple of other times in the picking, you're spot on! It's a variation of a run that Red was famous for making, except he made it in the D major position. Although it happens quickly, there are 5 notes involved. When I made/make the run in the C position, every one of those five notes is made with my finger pressing down on a string. When Red made it in D, only 2 of the 5 notes were made with his finger on the string, the other 3 were made open. Because of that difference, the two runs sound different, and most folks wouldn't recognize them as the same run. In fact, you're only the second person who has ever mentioned to me the connection with Red Smiley's run. The other one was my Uncle Henry (an expert guitar player) many years ago when I was just learning to make that run in C. I can make the run in the C position so that it actually has 8 notes in it, but it is still a variation on that same run. Have a great weekend, and as always, thanks for watching and sharing interesting comments!
Nice! First time I heard that song was done by Norman Blake. Your 16 year old voice reminds me of him.👍🏻
@BlindPigAndTheAcorn
3 ай бұрын
Thanks so much. I can definitely imagine Blake doing this song.