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Look For The Civil War Commemorative Album This Fall!

Given

1) That the history of the cigar box, and thus the history of the cigar box guitar, places the cigar box no earlier than the 1840's, about 20 years prior to the Civil War, and

2) That the earliest known engraving or picture of a cigar box instrument shows two Union soldiers sitting in camp, one of them playing a homemade fiddle made from a Figaro cigar box,

I found this announcement from late July this summer particularly interesting:

http://www.americansongwriter.com/2013/07/ato-records-to-release-co...

This album features well-known country and Americana musicians and producers, interpreting famous songs of the Civil War. One hopes that at least one CBG was used.

Look for it this fall!

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Comment by Ron "Oily" Sprague on August 25, 2013 at 11:31am: OK, so I'm counting 5 (6 with Darryl's non Civil War suggestion), including myself, who might be interested in this project. Nother thought: given that we always ultimately seem to end up with around 25 songs for these album projects, enough for a double album, what if we have a Blue side, and a Gray side? You have to declare your allegiance ;-). In truth, there were also a fair number of songs common to both sides, so maybe there are some fence sitters out there...Whaddaya think?

Comment by Ron "Oily" Sprague on August 25, 2013 at 11:26am: So give it another shot ;-)

Comment by Vinylhed on August 25, 2013 at 7:17am: I did a video of Ashokan Farewell a while back, but I don't think I did it justice.

Comment by Ron "Oily" Sprague on August 25, 2013 at 3:36am: Civil War songs, in my opinion, would be any music relating to the American Civil War, 1861-1865. As noted earlier, they could also be modern subject-related material like The Band's The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down, or things like "Ashokan Farewell," the famed modern-but-period-sounding fiddle theme song from Ken Burns' PBS series, The Civil War. Or even any original material anyone wants to contribute, that is Civil War themed. Maybe even Darryl's suggestion would work, I dunno...

Comment by Uncle John on August 25, 2013 at 3:17am: Ron, if this effort comes to a CBN effort, please put me down for:

Tenting Tonight On The Old Camp Ground.

Comment by darryl kernaghan on August 25, 2013 at 12:38am: slightly left field oily,but how about nils lofgren,s can we still be friends?

Comment by Vinylhed on August 25, 2013 at 12:11am: Sounds right up my street, This is what CBGs were built for!
What would qualify as a Civil War song?

Comment by Ron "Oily" Sprague on August 24, 2013 at 4:29pm: OK, keep turning it over in yer heads...I gotta see of my sked is up to producing another one...and I wanna see some more interest before I commit...

Comment by turtlehead on August 24, 2013 at 3:47pm: I like where this is going...

Comment by Clock The Wolf on August 24, 2013 at 3:46pm: If this happens, I want to have a go at Here's your mule (Mister, here's your mule! or Mister, where's my mule?)

Come on, come on, Come on, old man,
And don't be made a fool,
By ev'ry one, You meet in camp,
With "Mister, Here's your mule!"