South Dakota Line is a song that I wrote back in 2005 while I was in a group called the Floorbirds. It's a song based on family history. My friend Bailey Cooke recorded it on her album Tennessee in 2010 and I've always enjoyed what she brought to it! 

South Dakota Line

I wrote this song in 2004 about the Washburn "A" Mill explosion that happened in Minneapolis in 1878.  My family moved to Minnesota from Maine in the 1850's and my 4th great grand grandmother was living on the other side of the Mississippi River in St. Anthony when the explosion occurred. I am thrilled that Sassafras Stomp wanted to record Washburn Blues on their latest album!

Washburn Blues

Fire's Out

Wild Mountain Thyme

Here is a Jug Band tune I recorded in 2005 and was the lead track the Floorbird's album Field Recordings vol. I. It was originally recorded by the Memphis Jug Band but I suspect this was a much older steam boat tune. 

KC Moan

A different take on Richard Rabbit Brown's Jame's Alley Blues.

James Alley Blues

Here is a take on Bascom Lamar Lunceford's Asheville Junction.

Asheville Junction

I wrote this song about the 1878 Washburn Mill explosion.

This is an old gospel favorite we played opening up for Gary Loris of the Jayhawks.  

Cannan's Land (Live)

Classic cut of the Anthology of American Folk Music.

Mole In The Ground

Daniel Kenneth Libby, a Colorado native with deep midwestern roots, is a singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and traditional folk musician. Daniel was a founding member of The Floorbirds and has appeared at the 2007 & 2008 Tanned Tin Festival in Spain, the 2008 SXSW festival in Austin, TX, and at the 2008 & 2009 Bristol Rhythm and Roots Reunion, in TN/VA. 

Raised in Minnesota, he was involved in the vibrant Dinkytown, West Bank, and Northeast folk music scenes. Daniel currently resides in Mineral Point Wisconsin and is performing solo, as well as with The Firesides, and the High Street Revelers. 

Daniel’s music is featured in the films Cowboys: A Documentary Portrait, and A Short Distance, a film about the Tanned Tin Music Festival. Daniel’s music was also featured in an award-winning series of commercials for Cavender's.

Daniel Kenneth Libby

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