An Agrarian Murder Ballad

Despite being a classically-trained flautist, I'm enough of a purist to wish there were no flute in this performance. It all sounds a little too Ron Burgundy for me -- that'd be the titular character in the hysterical, 70s schlockfest, Anchorman: The Legend Of Ron Burgundy. The film is worth seeing if you haven't, but it's made me slightly appalled to have been a flute player ever since.

Anyway, this fascinating tale is Traffic's agrarian murder ballad, "John Barleycorn".