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 24, 2013 at 3:27pm
Hmm. What if we each tried to come up with a Civil War-inspired song, a la The Band's, The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down? Someone could even cover that, if they wanted...
Comment by Ron "Oily" Sprague on August 24, 2013 at 3:23pm
So it seems there might be a minor groundswell for a Civil War CBG tribute...let's let this fester a bit more.
Comment by Clock The Wolf on August 24, 2013 at 3:20pm

Legend tells that Tom Dula (the Tom Dooley of balladry) served in Colonel Zebulon Vance's 26th North Carolina, and  that he played the banjo for the Colonel. This is actually false. He served in Company K in the 42nd North Carolina Infantry Regiment...  but was known to be a fiddle player.

Comment by Jim Morris on August 24, 2013 at 8:37am

Thanks for bringing this to our attention Oily. The Civil War has been called the most musical war in history .  JEB Stuart had his own banjo player who travelled with the troops - and many other informal music groups formed in the camps. One of the songs on the compilation you mentioned was a melancholy one called "Lorena" The Generals forbade it to be sung because so many soldiers deserted after the song brought waves of homesickness. I'm with Unc a cigar box compilation.

Comment by Uncle John on August 24, 2013 at 8:17am

Cool.  Maybe we should do our own.

Comment by Vinylhed on August 24, 2013 at 6:54am

Looks good, give or take a few artists. That would probably be Cowboy Jack Clement's last recording as well.

Comment by Clock The Wolf on August 24, 2013 at 12:01am

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