Shady Grove
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Shady Grove is an 18th century folk song popular in the United States. As it is usually played, the melody uses a Dorian pentatonic scale. Many verses exist, most of them describing the speaker's love for a woman called Shady Grove. There are also various choruses, which refer to the speaker traveling somewhere (to Harlan, to a place called Shady Grove, or simply "away").
[edit] Recordings
There are numerous artists who have recorded this song, notably:
- Jerry Garcia, Tony Rice and David Grisman on the Pizza Tapes
- Doc Watson
- Blood Oranges
- Quicksilver Messenger Service on the album of the same name
- Bill Monroe
- Jean Ritchie
- Richard Fariña
- Patty Loveless
- Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder
[edit] Shady Grove can also refer to:
- Shady Grove, Alabama
- Shady Grove, Florida
- Shady Grove, Oregon
- Shady Grove, Maryland, a suburb of Washington, D.C. (near Gaithersburg, Maryland).
- Shady Grove, the Washington Metro station that serves the aforementioned suburb.
- Shady Grove, an album by Quicksilver Messenger Service.
- Shady Grove, an album by Jerry Garcia and David Grisman.
- Shady Grove Adventist Hospital
