Sixteen Tons (Low Bass Cover)

Is the banjo tab available by any chance?

This song makes me think of the Hawk's Nest Tunnel project

Masterful work

bad lip sync.

Have you done Oogie Boogie?

Not bad. Better than Castellucci's version. But dont exagerate the deep voice or you'll make it sound like a gimmick and a caricature of the original song.
Tennessee Ernie Ford put emotion into his story telling first of all, and the quality of his voice just added to the story.

nah original is better

Fantastic cover! Even more awesome stache!

More singing and less facial expressions, please!

I remember this song from when I was just SMALL and I NEVER knew what it was called! I honestly haven't thought about it for a decade!

Weird, As a Miners daughter, you have no connection...the sweater...Really...Get down an dirty...

"Sixteen Tons" is a classic American folk song about the hardships of coal mining life. Written by Merle Travis in 1946, it draws inspiration from his family's experiences in the coal mines of Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. The song's iconic lines like "You load sixteen tons, what do you get? Another day older and deeper in debt" resonated with working-class struggles. Tennessee Ernie Ford's 1955 cover brought the song mainstream popularity, and it remains a potent symbol of labor and economic exploitation.

Secondary Source

Spitz, Bob. "Sixteen Tons: Tennessee Ernie Ford's Heavy-Hitting Classic," uDiscover Music, October 28, 2021

why does this hit so hard in 2024

Ouch, my ovaries

I love the clanking sound in the background!

So fine

My god you need to sing like this more often

This only true in todays workforce

No, just no

Баритон

Protagonist: "Finally my dream job!"

Disguised Villain: "Allow me to introduce myself"

Leave it to Colm to make an all-time classic even better.

“Study shows that girls talk to people they’re attracted to in a higher pitch”
Girls that talk to me:

I need to see a collab with Geoff

The world needs to remember why Unions are a good thing for the working class

Ernie would be proud

"I can't go to hell, I'm all out of vacation days."

When I was younger, I worked on banana trucks in the port of Gdańsk - within 8 hours you can load 4 trailers with 1,224 cartons of bananas per trailer. Multiply this by 20 kg. cardboard. Which is 97 tons per shift for two people loading on the trailer. And still the worst was rice in 50 kg bags. They had to be stacked on pallets of 2.5 tons each and moved up the cargo bay.
Good voice

Are you Irish, or do you just like cozy sweaters?

House of the Rising Sun!

When I listen to this I imagine the scene from Vegetales where the dancing leeks are plotting to kill Daniel

This has a vibe and I seriously hope somebody makes a warrior cats animation of this song

This is probably a dumb question, but did you write these lyrics?

I think this is the highest low bass version of this song I've heard, but I still like it

Some people say a man is made outta mud
A poor man's made outta muscle and blood
Muscle and blood and skin and bones
A mind that's a-weak and a back that's strong

You load 16 tons, what do you get?
Another day older and deeper in debt
St. Peter, don't you call me 'cause I can't go
I owe my soul to the company store

I was born one mornin' when the sun didn't shine
I picked up my shovel and I walked to the mine
I loaded 16 tons of number nine coal
And the straw boss said, "Well, a-bless my soul"

You load 16 tons, what do you get?
Another day older and deeper in debt
St. Peter, don't you call me 'cause I can't go
I owe my soul to the company store

I was born one mornin', it was drizzlin' rain
Fightin' and trouble are my middle name
I was raised in the canebrake by an ol' mama lion
Can't no high toned woman make me walk the line

You load 16 tons, what do you get?
Another day older and deeper in debt
St. Peter, don't you call me 'cause I can't go
I owe my soul to the company store

If you see me comin', better step aside
A lotta men didn't, a lotta men died
One fist of iron, the other of steel
If the right one don't get you
Then the left one will

You load 16 tons, what do you get?
Another day older and deeper in debt
St. Peter, don't you call me 'cause I can't go
I owe my soul to the company store

This is awesome!

Tennessee Ernie Ford has been reincarnated!

Cool!!Finde ich sehr gut!!!!😊Wahnsinn,fiese Stimme!!!😊

Do you recompose the songs or go off of a premade composition?

Colm would do numbers in WV

Love the vocals, suits the song perfectly well and good to go with this one.

I just started learning this on piano.

Banjo nice

All rise for the national anthem of the internet

💖👐💖👍💖👌 !!!

The last minute has some intense Poor Man's Poison vibes. I love it.

I recently found this song and HOLY whoever did the mastering on this couldn't have possibly done better! All the instruments can be heard perfectly along with the vocals only being "spoken" over with the thundering clang. I really like how the instruments were staged in the audio as well! 10/10 vocals of course but 10/10 mastering as well!

Do we sacrifice the work-stache or nah!