[78-L] Bad news on record

[RAY KILCOYNE]

Has anyone mentioned THE WRECK OF THE JOHN B, recorded by many, including 
the Weavers, the Kingston Trio, Jimmie Rodgers and the Beach Boys? 
According to Wikipedia..........
"The John B. was an old sponger boat whose crew were in the habit of getting 
notoriously merry whenever they made port. It was wrecked and sunk at 
Governor's Harbour in Eleuthera, the Bahamas, in about 1900."" Alan Lomax 
made a field recording of the song in Nassau, 1935, under the title 'Histe 
Up the John B. Sail'".  It doesn't say who performed it.

Another boat wreck song was THE IRISH ROVER, which may have been fictional.
RayK


From: "Margaret Still"
> Deaths of famous people:
>
> Gene Autry Conqueror 8168 The Death of Jimmie Rodgers
>
> Jack Cardwell King 1172 The Death of Hank Williams
>
> Peck Curtis & the Blues Rhythm Boys The Death of Sonny Boy
> Williamson
>
> Billy Joe Burnette Gusto-Starday 167 Welcome Home Elvis (sung by Elvis' 
> dead
> twin)
>
>
> Accidents and disasters:
>
> Jimmie Osborne King 788 The Death of Little Kathy Fiscus
>
> Porter Wagoner The Carroll County Accident  RCA Victor 47-9651
>
> Jailhouse Fire Blues - Buddy Boy Hawkins
>
> Dixon Brothers The School House Fire
>
> WILLIAM and VERSEY SMITH When That Great Ship Went Down
>
> The Bee Gees ATCO 6487 New York Mining Disaster 1941
>
>
> Apologies for any duplications-