The Dreary Black Hills
Traditional, arranged by Molsky’s Mountain Drifters
Publisher: Dielectric Music
PRO: ASCAP
Vocals: Bruce Molsky, Stash Wyslouch
Contact: Audrey Molsky (914) 489-9961
audrey@brucemolsky.com
Release date: Sept 9 2016

Bruce and Stash recount their days panning for gold together in this a capella classic. Old pal and musical stalwart Pete Coe from England presented me with his own personal copy of John Lomax’s “Cowboy Songs” when I was visiting him a couple of years ago. He said he just couldn’t sing cowboy songs in the right accent and thought maybe I could do better. Well, The Dreary Black Hills isn’t even really a cowboy song, and Stash and I aren’t exactly cowboys, but we just have to sing this!