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  • Who sang "The Gypsy Rover"

    From tartansun@gmail.com@21:1/5 to All on Fri Jan 4 08:11:25 2019
    It was the Highwaymen, on the b side was cotton fields.

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  • From Arlo Guthrie@21:1/5 to Arlo Guthrie on Sat Jan 5 10:19:59 2019
    On Saturday, January 5, 2019 at 1:15:32 PM UTC-5, Arlo Guthrie wrote:
    On Friday, January 4, 2019 at 11:11:27 AM UTC-5, tart...@gmail.com wrote:
    It was the Highwaymen, on the b side was cotton fields.

    And the Chad Mitchel Trio recorded it also. I remember hearing it on the radio, but don't recall who was singing it.

    But, The original Highwaymen had the top 40 hit. That's probably what I am remembering.

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  • From Arlo Guthrie@21:1/5 to tart...@gmail.com on Sat Jan 5 10:15:31 2019
    On Friday, January 4, 2019 at 11:11:27 AM UTC-5, tart...@gmail.com wrote:
    It was the Highwaymen, on the b side was cotton fields.

    And the Chad Mitchel Trio recorded it also. I remember hearing it on the radio, but don't recall who was singing it.

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  • From Michael Black@21:1/5 to Arlo Guthrie on Sat Jan 5 13:25:47 2019
    On Sat, 5 Jan 2019, Arlo Guthrie wrote:

    On Saturday, January 5, 2019 at 1:15:32 PM UTC-5, Arlo Guthrie wrote:
    On Friday, January 4, 2019 at 11:11:27 AM UTC-5, tart...@gmail.com wrote: >>> It was the Highwaymen, on the b side was cotton fields.

    And the Chad Mitchel Trio recorded it also. I remember hearing it on the radio, but don't recall who was singing it.

    But, The original Highwaymen had the top 40 hit. That's probably what I am remembering.

    It made me think of "Gypsy Davy", and going up the thread at google, I see
    that someone back in 1993 pointed that out, it's kind of a song with
    various titles and similar lyrics. The version I know best is off "Last
    of the Brooklyn Cowboys". But I thought I heard another version along the
    way, so maybe Woody's.

    Wikipedia has a decent entry on the song, and all the recorded versions.

    I kind of wonder if "Boots of Spanish Leather" is a nod to "buckskin
    gloves made of Spanish leather".

    You used to always sign your posts with "ADG", making me wonder if you
    were named after the song.

    Michael

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  • From Arlo Guthrie@21:1/5 to Michael Black on Sun Jan 6 02:50:36 2019
    On Saturday, January 5, 2019 at 1:29:00 PM UTC-5, Michael Black wrote:
    On Sat, 5 Jan 2019, Arlo Guthrie wrote:

    On Saturday, January 5, 2019 at 1:15:32 PM UTC-5, Arlo Guthrie wrote:
    On Friday, January 4, 2019 at 11:11:27 AM UTC-5, tart...@gmail.com wrote: >>> It was the Highwaymen, on the b side was cotton fields.

    And the Chad Mitchel Trio recorded it also. I remember hearing it on the radio, but don't recall who was singing it.

    But, The original Highwaymen had the top 40 hit. That's probably what I am remembering.

    It made me think of "Gypsy Davy", and going up the thread at google, I see that someone back in 1993 pointed that out, it's kind of a song with
    various titles and similar lyrics. The version I know best is off "Last
    of the Brooklyn Cowboys". But I thought I heard another version along the way, so maybe Woody's.

    Wikipedia has a decent entry on the song, and all the recorded versions.

    I kind of wonder if "Boots of Spanish Leather" is a nod to "buckskin
    gloves made of Spanish leather".

    You used to always sign your posts with "ADG", making me wonder if you
    were named after the song.

    Michael

    No I wasn't. The D was for Davy Crockett. Another good D word.

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