Doug Seegers - Going Down To The River

New week, which means that a new album shall be crowned to "Record Of The Week". I do not know if I'm completely way off now, but by a coincidence I listened to a record in a genre of music which I usually do not play so much, however this swings really good in my ear and I think that I soon will get some gray hair...heh.

The album I have in mind is "Going Down To The River" by Doug Seegers (Douglas Seegers), who is an American country music artist, guitarist and songwriter.

The best thing about this album is of course that the truly talented Doug Seegers, the homeless man from Jill's porch, got a second chance in life. The man who became known to the Swedish people when he appeared in the TV show Jill's porch on March 5, 2014. Seegers, who at the time was homeless, sitting on a bench in Nashville when the Swedish production team from Eyeworks ran into him. Doug performed his song Going Down To The River as Jill Johnson and Magnus Carlson liked the tune so much that they wanted to record the song in Johnny Cash's old studio and build the final section around Doug, his song and background.

The album contains some charming duets with Emmylou Harris and Buddy Miller (where Doug Seegers reminiscent of Hank Williams). He has a real emotional voice where the years homeless on Nashville's streets can be heard in each quatrain, the feel in every breath, it is genuine, touching and very beautiful.

Todays tune is the amazing title track from "Going Down To The River". Here together with Jill Johnson and Magnus Carlson.



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Soggy Bottom Boys - I Am A Man Of Constant Sorrow

 

Sunday, Movie time? Why not take a look at the Homer's epic poem "The Odyssey", set in the deep south during the 1930's. O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000) is Tune Of The Days movie tip for today.

In Mississippi in 1937, three escaped convicts on the run. They are trying to get home to their families and want to find the swag that Everett (George Clooney) claiming to have hidden after his latest coup. On the long journey through the American South they experience many adventures. The forms include the music group Soggy Bottom Boys in the film gets a huge hit with the traditional folk song Man of Constant Sorrow. The somewhat far-fetched prior the image is said to have been the gospel group The Blind Boys of Alabama. From the brothers Joel and Ethan Coen, inter alia, had the idea for the blind radio station owner and his question about the group was "colored," which The Blind Boys of Alabama was.

The voices of the Soggy Bottom Boys were provided by Dan Tyminski (lead vocal on "Man of Constant Sorrow"), Nashville songwriter Harley Allen, and the Nashville Bluegrass Band's Pat Enright. The three won a CMA Award for Single of the Year and a Grammy Award for Best Country Collaboration with Vocals, both for the song "Man of Constant Sorrow".

O Brother, Where Art Thou? Directed by Joel and Ethan Coen. Based on Homer's epic Odyssey and movies with ten cents in his pocket from 1941. The soundtrack includes well-known country and bluegrass artists like Alison Krauss, Gillian Welch and Emmylou Harris.

Tommy, the lead guitarist of the Soggy Bottom Boys, is an intentional reference to the legend of Delta Blues artist Tommy Johnson, who claimed to have sold his soul to the devil in return for blues fame.



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