John W. "Blind" Boone included a short section of "I'm Alabama Bound" in his "Southern Rag Medley No.
[7] The Tennessee Ramblers' 1928 recording "Preacher Got Drunk and Laid His Bible Down" contains the chorus with the words "Alabama bound".
The Ramblers' banjo player, James "Mack" Sievers, claimed to have learned the song from an African-American blues musician in Knoxville, Tennessee.
In the 1960s, the Charlatans recorded a version of "Alabama Bound" based on Lead Belly's in their San Francisco psychedelic style.
Lonnie Donegan released a version of "I'm Alabamy Bound" on the 1956 Pye 10" LP Showcase, which reached no.
[9] The chorus, which featured a rare echoing vocal by guitarist Denny Wright, included the words "Alabamy bound".