The dark history of a barn in Kentucky is Waits’s topic this week, as Molly, Sam and Martin examine how the story behind the barn relates to the Underground Railroad of the 1800. (Please note story is only metaphorically “behind the barn” - see local maps for geographical details)
Music extracts used for illustrative/review purposes include:
Don't Go Into That Barn, Real Gone (remastered), Tom Waits (2004/2017)
Don't Go Into That Barn, Real Gone (original), Tom Waits (2004)
Follow the Drinking Gourd, Songs of the Civil War, Richie Havens (1991)
Follow The Drinking Gourd, There's A Meetin' Here Tonite, Joe Gilbert / Eddie Brown (1963)
Follow The Drinking Gourd, The Weavers at Carnegie Hall (Live), The Weavers (1955)
Follow The Drinking Gourd website - history of the song, Joel Bresler (2008-2012)
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