Away Down The Road

from Away Down the Road by Craig Johnson

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During World War II thousands of people from Kentucky, Tennessee, and other parts of the rural South moved to the Detroit area to work in the factories that supplied aircraft, tanks, munitions, and other necessities to the military. When I wrote this song, I thought of it as primarily the story of other people who had lived in proximity to me. As I've grown older, and learned more about my own family and their migration north in the 1920's, I've come to realize that "Away Down the Road" was our story as well.

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from Away Down the Road, released September 5, 2009

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Craig Johnson North Carolina

Craig Johnson grew up in Wayne, MI and attended UM. While at college, he became enamored of old-time string band music. He learned fiddle, banjo, and guitar, and was a renowned singer and songwriter. Since 1972 he was always in a stringband—most notably, Double Decker Stringband.
He recorded 6 albums.with Double Decker. He also appears on the CD “Birdie” and a solo CD, “Away Down the Road".
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