Ken Paxton - The Ballad of Asaph Silsby

from Love's Labour's Loosed - A Co-Op Communique Flash Compilation by Various Artists

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Words by Ken Paxton
Music by Ken Paxton and traditional (“Virginia’s Bloody Soil”)
Recorded in one take at our church 1983

Performers were:
Ken Paxton, vocal and guitar
Bob Bowden, mandolin
Stuart Johnson, bass
Tim Perkins, drums
Hans Logie, engineer

Words by Ken Paxton

Music by Ken Paxton and traditional (“Virginia’s Bloody Soil”)

Recorded in one take at our church 1983

Performers were:

Ken Paxton, vocal and guitar

Bob Bowden, mandolin

Stuart Johnson, bass

Tim Perkins, drums

Hans Logie, engineer

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lyrics

"Recorded in the early '80s in one take at church. It's inspired by my ancestor Asaph Milton Silsby who fought in the Civil War with the 83rd New York Infantry. I sang and played guitar. The verses combine a melody of mine with one called Virginia's Bloody Soil that dates to that era."

Asaph Silsby served with the 83rd Pennsylvania, a volunteer infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War. They participated in almost every major battle in the East, including Seven Days Battles, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Gettysburg, Petersburg and Appomattox Court House.