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Joan Baez and Eric Von Schmidt sing the traditional spiritual 'Low Down Chariot' from the 1993 Joan Baez Vanguard album 'Rare, Live & Classic'. The lyrics are below with comments about the album. [CD/18-Images] Low Down Chariot (Singers: Joan Baez, Eric Von Schmidt) Low down the chariot and let me ride Low down the chariot and let me ride Low down the chariot and let me ride Low down the chariot and let me ride And I got my ticket, let me ride Yeah, I got my ticket, let me ride Yeah, I got my ticket, let me ride 'Cause low down chariot and let me ride Oh, I'm humbled to ride, let me ride I'm humbled to ride, let me ride I'm humbled to ride, let me ride I said low down the chariot and let me ride Oh, that train a-coming, let me ride Oh, that train a-coming, let me ride Oh, that train a-coming, let me ride Well, low down the chariot and let me ride I'm a soldier, let me ride I'm a soldier, let me ride I'm a soldier, let me ride And low down the chariot and let me ride My father's come here, let me ride My father's come here, let me ride My father's come here, let me ride I said low down the chariot and let me ride I got a right to ride, let me ride I got a right to ride, let me ride I got a right to ride, let me ride Well, low down the chariot and let me ride Songwriter: Traditional Spiritual (Collected by Alan Lomax, John Lomax) [Lyrics transcribed from song audio] Wikipedia states: Rare, Live & Classic is a 1993 box set compilation by Joan Baez. Released on Vanguard, where Baez had recorded her most influential work during the first twelve years of her career, the set also included material from her subsequent record labels, A&M, Columbia and Gold Castle Records, as well as a number of previously unreleased studio and live recordings. Bob Dylan, Bob Gibson, Mimi Fariña, Judy Collins, Odetta and Kris Kristofferson are among those who make guest appearances on the various tracks; also included were two tracks from a never-released album recorded in 1981 with the Grateful Dead.
Eric von Schmidt was an American folk musician and painter. He was associated with the folk boom of the late 1950s and early 1960s and was a key part of the Cambridge folk music scene. As a singer and guitarist, he was considered to be the leading specialist in country blues in Cambridge at the time, the counterpart of Greenwich Village's Dave Van Ronk. Von Schmidt co-authored with Jim Rooney Baby, Let Me Follow You Down: The Illustrated Story of the Cambridge Folk Years.
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