ATDTDA (7): 195-196 decoding

[bekah]

True,  the songs don't have much to do with Cripple Creek,  Colorado 
but Deuce and Sloat met there during the "trouble"  of 1895 
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cripple_Creek_miners'_strike_of_1894>  ?

photos of Cripple Creek 1890s.
<http://www.rare-maps.com/historicPhoto_search.cfm?townName=Cripple%2520Creek>

<http://www.legendsofamerica.com/CP-PearldeVere.html>  (local madam 
of the place and  times)

The Colorado National Guard were called out in the Cripple Creek 
strike of 1903:
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colorado_Labor_Wars#The_National_Guard_intervenes_in_Cripple_Creek>;

Bekah


At 10:01 AM -0400 4/27/07, Peter Petto wrote:
>I didn't remember that Dylan wrote that song. I didn't mention it 
>because I saw a connection. It's just such a powerful remembrance 
>for me; just the words "Cripple Creek" hit a button somewhere in the 
>back of my brain, and a soundtrack plays for a few minutes.
>
>
>David Casseres wrote:
>
>>There are two songs called Cripple Creek.  One is old; I think it's 
>>an Appalachian fiddle tune or play-party song, with inconsequential 
>>lyrics.  The other is by Bob Dylan, recorded by The Band, a 
>>shameless ripoff of the name of the older song.  Neither has 
>>anything to do with Cripple Creek, Colorado.
>
>--
>
>===
>
>Peter Petto <ppetto at apk.net>
>Bay Village, OH
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