Friday, June 19, 2009

Well, I got no job and I got no pay



Coal Tattoo is one of my very favourite songs (and it's easy to play on the guitar) and here it is on John Peel's Perfumed Garden radio programme sung by Shawn Phillips, who wrote it. EDIT: whoops, no he didn't: it was Billy Ed Wheeler.

Bonus bit of (muffled) Peel chat at the end!
EDIT: many thanks to whoever put Coal Tattoo in the Dropbox!

Drifting Through the Days - Richard Thompson
Another Quiet Night in England - Oysterband
Love of the Common People - Bruce Springsteen and the Seeger Sessions Band
Coal Tattoo - Shawn Phillips
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9 comments:

  1. B-MacJune 20, 2009 at 10:56 AM

    Paul Young? I'm now guessing his was a cover too, right?

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  2. tincanmanJune 20, 2009 at 10:20 PM

    love the Coal Tattoo!

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  3. treefrogdemonJune 20, 2009 at 10:30 PM

    Gissa dond, then

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  4. goneforeignJune 20, 2009 at 11:01 PM

    Ahl gy thee a dond lass, I haven't heard that since the '50's but the lyrics came back as he sang: #9 coal, tattoo on the side of me head etc.

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  5. treefrogdemonJune 20, 2009 at 11:16 PM

    Ooh ta

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  6. DaddyPigJune 20, 2009 at 11:33 PM

    Thanks for this TFD, enjoyed the Richard Thompson especially.

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  7. treefrogdemonJune 21, 2009 at 7:23 AM

    Gissa dond then

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  8. steenbeckJune 22, 2009 at 4:17 PM

    Hey--I like that Springsteen--that's not on the Seeger Sessions album, is it? Like the Coal Tattoo, too. Off to give you a dond...

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  9. treefrogdemonJune 22, 2009 at 4:57 PM

    No, it's on Live In Dublin. The whole album sounds as if everyone's having the most tremendous fun...

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