1st RECORDING OF: Tom Dooley - Grayson & Whitter (1929)

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The 1866 murder of Laura Foster in North Carolina, the conviction and hanging of Tom Dula, and the history of this famous folk tune all make for an interesting read (courtesy of the SecondHandSongs website: https://secondhandsongs.com/work/119809 ). The “Mister Grayson” mentioned here and in the best-known Kingston Trio version https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45FSLq-SzN4 was uncle to the man who is singing this original recorded version.

The 78rpm single was issued on Victor V-40235 - Tom Dooley (G. B. Grayson) by Grayson and Whitter, vocal & violin by G. B. Grayson, guitar by Henry Whitter, recorded in Memphis September 30, 1929

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