[lbo-talk] Side Note On Long Black Veil

[Chris Brooke]

On 14/9/03 11:25 pm, "joand315" <joand315 at ameritech.net> wrote:


>> I believe it is early country,
>> though I don't know the author.
> 
> Composed by Marijohn Wilkin and Danny in 1959

Yes: written by Danny Dill and Marijohn Wilkin: there's a page of discussion
about the song, in the context of The Band's famous recording, over here:

http://theband.hiof.no/articles/long_black_veil_viney.html

This site also has a terrific treatment of "Up on Cripple Creek", for Band
fans out there.

Chris