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Moore & Napier

Long White Line

1978 · via Sturgill Simpson

Moore & Napier’s 1978 recording of “Long White Line” is the earliest release on file. Buford Abner is credited as its writer. Also recorded by Aaron Tippin (released 2009), Ralph Stanley II & The Clinch Mountain Boys (released 2025) and The High Water Line (released 2019), among 10 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.

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Moore & Napier put "Long White Line" out back in 1978, a Buford Abner song that Sturgill picked up decades later. Play theirs first and you'll hear what he was carrying, then notice Aaron Tippin and Ralph Stanley II kept it moving too.

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Credited writer: Buford Abner.

Earliest release on file: this one, 1978.

Other recordings on file · first release year

10 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.

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Sturgill Simpson put out "Long White Line" in 2014, but it wasn't his song to start with. Which act made the first recording of it?Moore & Napier
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