Old Timey music: perfect for our Depression years

The song “I’m a man of constant sorrow” made famous in the Coen Brothers movie “Oh, Brother Where Art Thou?” - starring George Clooney - is a very old song, sung by a lot of different artists, most notably the Stanley Brothers and even a young Bob Dylan.

My favorite version of “In the Jailhouse Now” is by the late, great Jimmy Rogers, who did “Blue Yodel”. Rogers was one of the first three inductees into the Country Music Hall of Fame.

and one of my all time favorite spirituals - yes, an atheist can enjoy all sorts of music - is “Down in the River to Pray” by Allison Krause.