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Steamboat Whistle Blues

Source Recording: John Hartford (1971)

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Key G Time 4/4

Verse × 8

G / Em /

C D G /

G / /G /

Em G A D

C / Bm /

Am / G /

G / /G /

D / G /

Song Details

Songwriter

John Hartford

First Release

John Hartford (1971)

Further reading

Secondhand Songs

Genres

Singer-Songwriter Progressive Bluegrass

Themes

Rivers, Seas & Oceans Rambling

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Source Recording

Artist

John Hartford

Album

Aereo-Plain cover

Aereo-Plain (1971) Bluegrass Discography

Key G Time Boom-Chuck Tempo 107 BPM Length 3:25

Musicians

John Hartford — Lead Vocals, Banjo
Norman Blake — Guitar
Vassar Clements — Fiddle
Robert Arthur "Tut" Taylor — Dobro
Randy Scruggs — Bass

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Michael Cleveland

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