- Written by
- [Traditional]
- Language
- English
- Comments
- The work song "Swannanoa Tunnel" is well known in the Appalachian mountains and was collected by folklorist Cecil Sharp in 1916. Western North Carolina Railroad's Swannanoa Tunnel was the longest (1800 feet) of seven hand-dug tunnels through the Blue Ridge mountains to Asheville. The project, completed in 1879, took twenty years and cost at least 300 lives. The first recording was made on December 9, 1939 by Will "Shorty" Love under the title "Asheville Junction." It can be heard HERE. Bascom Lamar Lunsford's 1949 recording is the most well known and the song is most associated with him.
- Licensing
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Song
Versions
Swannanoa Tunnel written by [Traditional] English
| Title | Performer | Release date | Info | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Swannanoa Tunnel | Bascom Lamar Lunsford | 1953 | |||
| Swannanoa Tunnel | Erik Darling | 1958 | |||
| Swannanoa Tunnel | Hoyt Axton | 1962 | Live | ||
| Swannanoa Tunnel | Art Rosenbaum | 1962 | |||
| Asheville Junction | Les Baxter's Balladeers | January 1963 | |||
| Asheville Junction | The Knob Lick Upper 10,000 | November 1963 | |||
| Swanno Tunnel | Roscoe Holcomb | 1965 | |||
| Swannanoa Tunnel | Sid Selvidge | January 10, 2003 | |||
| Swannanoa Tunnel | The Stairwell Sisters | 2003 | |||
| Asheville Junction | The Floorbirds | August 13, 2009 | Live | ||
| Swannanoa Tunnel | Bryan Sutton | April 29, 2014 | |||
| Swannanoa Tunnel | Crooked Pine Band | December 5, 2014 | |||
| Asheville Junction | The Horsenecks | October 15, 2015 |
Swannanoa Tunnel written by [Traditional] instrumental
| Title | Performer | Release date | Info | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| i | Swannanoa Tunnel | Martin Simpson | September 16, 1997 |