{"id":2610,"date":"2010-12-01T00:01:35","date_gmt":"2010-12-01T05:01:35","guid":{"rendered":"\/nashvillereview\/?p=2610"},"modified":"2015-03-24T21:17:31","modified_gmt":"2015-03-25T03:17:31","slug":"cumberland-gap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp0.vanderbilt.edu\/nashvillereview\/archives\/2610","title":{"rendered":"Jalan Crossland"},"content":{"rendered":"<h6>Cumberland Gap<\/h6>\n<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2610-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-wordpress-0\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2010\/12\/19123427\/Cumberland-Gap.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-wordpress-0\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2010\/12\/19123427\/Cumberland-Gap.mp3\">https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/vu-wordpress-0\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2010\/12\/19123427\/Cumberland-Gap.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<h6><a href=\"\/nashvillereview\/archives\/2540\">Jalan Crossland<\/a><\/h6>\n<p>Hailing from the \u201cBig Square Thing,\u201d also known as Wyoming, the performance forces of the Jalan Crossland band are: Jalan Crossland, banjo and vocals; Shaun Kelley, electric bass, double bass, cello, vocals; Andy Phreaner, drums. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jalancrossland.com\" target=\"_blank\">www.jalancrossland.com<\/a> \u2013\u00a0<em>Zachary Greenberg<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> <\/em><strong>Greenberg:\u00a0 What was your approach, updating (and bringing your own style) to a classic Appalachian folk tune like \u201cCumberland Gap?\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Kelley:\u00a0 This song has a long history.\u00a0 The traditional versions I have heard have been more upbeat and in major keys. \u00a0Jalan does it slower and in an e dorian mode, which is minor and more dramatic. \u00a0He uses a somewhat signature right hand tapping style on a six-string banjo. \u00a0That is the approach in a nutshell. \u00a0We recorded the majority of what is on the record in one take.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The middle section is where an electric bass solo used to go live.\u00a0I hated the bass solo, so I erased those 11 bars and constructed what you hear from scratch, overdubbing the cello, electric bass, and arco double bass, along with the &#8220;military&#8221; snare drum. \u00a0There are many different sets of lyrics. \u00a0Here are the ones Jalan uses:<\/p>\n<p><em>Cumberland Gap,\u00a0Cumberland Gap<br \/>\nWe&#8217;re goin back to\u00a0Cumberland Gap<br \/>\nTell my uncle an&#8217; my Grandpap<br \/>\nWe&#8217;re all goin&#8217; back to\u00a0Cumberland Gap<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Cumberland Gap is a noted place<br \/>\nThree kinds of water wash your face<br \/>\nWash your face, scrub your feet<br \/>\nSpit terbacky in the street<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>In eighteen hunnert and sixty-two<br \/>\nMorgan&#8217;s Yankees all withdrew<br \/>\nSpike Long Tom on the mountain top<br \/>\nO&#8217;er the side they let him drop<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Daniel Boone on the Pinnacle Rock<br \/>\nSightin&#8217; down his old flintlock<br \/>\nLittle bit o&#8217; powder patch and ball<br \/>\nTouch it off and watch &#8217;em fall<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Go <a href=\"\/nashvillereview\/?attachment_id=2609\">here<\/a> to download &#8220;Cumberland Gap&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cumberland Gap Jalan Crossland Hailing from the \u201cBig Square Thing,\u201d also known as Wyoming, the performance forces of the Jalan Crossland band are: Jalan Crossland, banjo and vocals; Shaun Kelley, electric bass, double bass, cello, vocals; Andy Phreaner, drums. www.jalancrossland.com \u2013\u00a0Zachary Greenberg Greenberg:\u00a0 What was your approach, updating (and bringing your own style) to a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[3],"tags":[32],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6Jypy-G6","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp0.vanderbilt.edu\/nashvillereview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2610"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp0.vanderbilt.edu\/nashvillereview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp0.vanderbilt.edu\/nashvillereview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp0.vanderbilt.edu\/nashvillereview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp0.vanderbilt.edu\/nashvillereview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2610"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wp0.vanderbilt.edu\/nashvillereview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2610\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11538,"href":"https:\/\/wp0.vanderbilt.edu\/nashvillereview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2610\/revisions\/11538"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp0.vanderbilt.edu\/nashvillereview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2610"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp0.vanderbilt.edu\/nashvillereview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2610"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp0.vanderbilt.edu\/nashvillereview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2610"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}