It’s not very often that you can turn on the radio and hear a song about Seymour.

One recent morning, however, I was listening to WDVX, a Bluegrass station out of Knoxville, Tenn., while at work and heard a song that talked about Seymour, a train robbery and the Reno Brothers. Yea, I know I was supposed to be working.

The song is on an album, Took Down and Put Up, released this summer by Larry Cordle & Lonesome Standard Time. 

It was written by Chris Stuart, a lead singer and rhythm guitarist as well as a bluegrass songwriter.

Stuart’s family is from Texas, although he grew up mostly in Jacksonville, Florida. He is presently playing in Europe with his band, Backcountry.

I don’t know why Stuart came to write about an event that happened in Seymour on Oct. 6, 1866, but it sure is an interesting song to listen especially if you enjoy bluegrass.