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Three Foot Seam

Steve Suffet – Acoustic Folk Artist

Political Music Traditional European Song | Three Foot Seam by Steve Suffet | Free Download

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Traditional 19th century British miners' song. With Steve Suffet on dulcimer, Gina Tlamsa on fiddle, and a chorus of People's Music Network members from New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania.
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Old fashioned folksinger in the People's Music tradition.

Born Stephen Lawrence Suffet in 1947, Steve Suffet is best described as an old fashioned folksinger. His repertoire is a mixture of railroad songs, trucker songs, cowboy songs, union songs, old time ballads, blues, ragtime, Gospel, bluegrass, topical-political songs, and whatever else tickles his fancy. He takes songs from whatever sources he wishes and then he sings them his own way, maybe rewriting the lyrics on the spot, flatting a 7th, or changing a major key to a mountain modal.Steve also writes his own songs, sometimes set to the tunes of traditional folk songs, but more often set to tunes he has composed in traditional styles.

Photo credit: Jody Kolodzey

SoundClick artist Steve Suffet presents "Three Foot Seam", an outstanding release in the Traditional European genre. The song establishes its own world and invites the listener to settle in. With a tone that is political music, outlaw country and blues rock, Steve Suffet's track connects on an emotional level. "Three Foot Seam" has peaked at number 3 on the SoundClick Traditional European chart. Steve Suffet is an independent artist on SoundClick, releasing Traditional European music directly to fans worldwide. Get this track as a free download.

Song Info
Charts
#8,417 today Peak #36
#234 in subgenre today Peak #3
Author
Traditional (adapted & arranged by Steve Suffet)
Rights
Steve Suffet (musical arrangement)
Uploaded
August 26, 2009
Track Files
MP3
MP3 2.5 MB 128 kbps 2:41 minutes
Story behind the song
I learned this traditional miners' song from Anne Price, who also recorded it. I decided that it needed a chorus, so I rearranged the song accordingly and recruited singers from the People's Music Network, Anne Price among them. The others are Chris Lang, Ray Korona, Jody Kolodzey, Heather Lev, Bruce Markow, Joel Landy, and Eric Levine. Please listen to Anne's version as well as my own. If you like one, I am sure you will also like the other.
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