Solid Gone

One of the first tunes The Flood ever played – we’re talking the early 1970s, here – was “Solid Gone,” also called “Cannonball Blues.” Dave Peyton learned it from old Carter Family records. Charlie Bowen learned it from a 1960s Tom Rush recording. Roger Samples learned it from, well, Dave and Charlie. Over the years, the song has popped up on Flood recordings in all of our four decades together. Five years ago, it was included on the band’s fifth CD, the one we called “Cleanup & Recovery.” And even more recently, the latest rendition of the song is on the set list for the numbers The Flood intends to perform at the next “Route 60 Saturday Night” later this month. Here’s “Solid Gone” from a recent rehearsal.