Millworker-musician Dorsey Dixon (1897-1968) of Darlington, South Carolina, was one of his generation's most creative songwriters. In addition to this reworking of a traditional theme, he wrote "Weave Room Blues", "Wreck On The Highway", and "Down With The Old Canoe", the Titanic ballad that provided the title for a recent book on the subject. His brother Howard (b.1903) was one of the earliest country steel guitarists, having learned from Jimmie Tarlton around 1930,
Dorsey Dixon, lead vocal, guitar; Howard Dixon, tenor vocal, steel guitar,
Charlotte NC 2/12/36 Bluebird B-6327
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