Our systems have detected unusual activity from your IP address (computer network). C G. From Portland East and Portland West. Discuss the Eight More Miles to Louisville Lyrics with the community: Citation. Thanks for the lyrics! 04; Front Hall FHR-024, Fennig's All-Star String Band - "Fennigmania" (1981). Tunefox has several unique learning tools to keep your practice interesting and fun. Subject: Lyr Add: EIGHT MORE MILES TO LOUISVILLE |. Here's an interesting story I've heard several times, but it is still funny. Relax Your Mind, Vanguard VSD-79188, LP (1965), cut#A. Davys, On Tour OPT-941, Cas (1994), cut#A. There's sure to be a girl somewhere. I bought the vinyl version many years ago and learnt this tune but never tabbed it. It's possible the Delmores and Jones were influenced by the song. Chorus: I got a gal in Louisville that I love best of all.
Old-Time, Song and Fiddle Tune; Words and music by Louis "Grandpa" Jones. You can order your own custom transcriptions via the contact form on this page. Total duration: 03 min. We'll never want to roam. 'The King of Telluride' Sam Bush and Stephen Mougin perform the song "Eight More Miles To Louisville" live in the Magnolia Studios of KDHX. Watch out for measure 5. I try to avoid competing with 'official transcriptions'. I knew some day that I'd come back. D G. A-seekin' fortune fair. Both were regular performers at the Ozark Folk Center years ago. This song is from the album "King Of My World". Now as to which inversion I play at any given moment, it is a simple rule, I just put the melody note at the top of each chord and that dictates which inversion to play. He and another feller were doing some minstrel and period music.
A D. And I 'll never more be blue. Sign up and drop some knowledge. Wil Maring and Robert Bowlin stopped by Carter Vintage recently, and we had a wonderful visit. The backing tracks included in all tab versions of Eight More Miles to Louisville are a great tool for practicing the melody or improvisation. Use the tempo slider to practice it repeatedly at a manageable. Eight more miles to Louisville that's the hometown of my heart. This song was written in 1947 by Grand Ole Opry star Louis Marshall ('Grandpa') Jones. This page checks to see if it's really you sending the requests, and not a robot. G D G. That old home town of mine. Will come in to my view. Frequently asked questions about this recording. Fun song to play, though--fun melody.
07; Brickman, Weissberg & Company. My wife and I keep in touch with Ron and Peggy Taylor. Here, Wil is playing 'Eight More Miles to Louisville' on our 1944 Gibson Banner Southern Jumbo. Consider donating at the bottom of the page! Eight more miles on this old road. Your contribution and interest is always appreciated! Royalty account forms. Every time I hear that song or play it as good as I can on the banjo, I am reminded of Grandpa Jones with his clawhammer style playing and singing it. This tune was first released as a single in 1946, just one year before he released his version of last week's TOTW (Mountain Dew). Glad someone has asked for this one, I used to do this one but let it lapse now cant remember the words {well it was back in the early 60s! Hi Steve, I didn't see this song in the Digital Tradition, but the lyrics are in a discussion here.
Hosted by Keith Dudding. Chorus: Now I can picture in my mind a place we'll call our home. This is a love song to be sure--first about the author's love for Lousiville, KY, but also about his love for his girl who lives there. Lyrics taken from /lyrics/g/grandpa_jones/. Concert, Voyager VRLP 307-S, LP (197?
The rhythm is a bit tricky. "I wrote that off of an old Delmore Brothers song, 'Fifteen Miles to Birmingham, '" Grandpa remembers- from Charles Wolfe. ] New Dimensions in Banjo and Bluegrass, Elektra EKS-7238, LP (197? I listen to Grampa Jones too, Banjer. A place we'll call our home. I've been down the two coast lines, I've traveled everywhere. Whoa Mule, June Appal JA 0051, LP (1987), cut# 17; Warner, Jeff; and Jeff Davis. Lyricist:Louis Marshall Jones. I've only heard Tony Rice and Norman Blake do this song. Intermediate arrangement features more 16th note up and down strokes than the beginner version and Advanced version adds some tasty melodic flare.
Great licks and great fun. Fennigmania, Front Hall FHR-024, LP (1981), cut# 14; Kweskin, Jim. Love to hear him do that nymber!! Contact Music Services. Another of Grandpa's other early hits, "Mountain Dew" was written by Lunsford circa 1920 (and Lunsford probably based the well-known Chorus on another older song). The song is not a rip off of the "Fifteen Miles from Birmingham, " and Grandpa Jones stated clearly that the only that he got was an idea, not the lyrics itself. Although the song was written by Jones, it is a rewrite of an early Delmore Brothers song, "Fifteen Miles to Birmingham. " Where gently flows the O-hi-o by place called Louisville. Some transcriptions are free on the website, but that doesn't stop you from supporting the work that got this transcription to the site.