Comments on: Sound Comes to This Month in North Carolina

By: Kevin Cherry

Kevin Cherry — Fri, 23 May 2008 14:29:12 +0000

Rowan Public Library has the original 78 of the Ballad of Otto Wood, and I think that Doc Watson has recorded it.

By: Harry McKown

Harry McKown — Thu, 22 May 2008 17:23:28 +0000

Thank you Amanda and Kevin. Believe me the last thing anybody wants is me singing. We are on the trail of the “Ballad of Otto Wood” and will see what can be done.

By: Kevin Cherry

Kevin Cherry — Thu, 22 May 2008 13:24:15 +0000

Thanks so much, Harry. I have heard my great grandmother (whose father, my great great grandfather, was present at Tom’s hanging in Statesville) sing a slightly different version of this tune. This has made me think of sitting on the porch with her on a Sunday afternoon.

Now, can you get the Ballad of Otto Wood posted here???

By: Amanda Ross

Amanda Ross — Wed, 21 May 2008 20:33:42 +0000

Wonderful, Harry! I do wish you would offer us a McKown rendition of the alternative version for comparison…