Let’s start off with Psychostick and their little ditty, Beer is Good for Drinking Song #19… Drinking Song #20 is an instrumental I think you all know. It’s The Champs performing Tequila This tune was written by the so-called Godfather of Latino rock, Danny Flores,… Read More
We keep coming back to Hank Snow. Here’s train song #6…
This is a suggestion from Tim in Ottawa. Here’s REM performing Driver 8… Thanks Tim. Only 15 more train tunes before we switch gears, move over to the bar car, and enjoy a new series, Drivin’ Nails in My Coffin – music to drink by.
Here’s train song #23 – Mystery Train by Little Junior Parker and the Blue Flames, released on Sun Records in Memphis Tennessee in 1953. What a fantastic recording! I think that’s Pat Hare on the guitar solo. Two years later the tune was covered by… Read More
Here’s The Pogues. I love this one… And here’s Luke Kelly… This Irish-American tune goes back to the 1860s. This is Train Song of the Day #33. Let’s go out for a few beers now, ok?
Here’s Trio del Rio performing Waiting for the 103. This is train song #43 This song was first recorded by Dan Hicks and his Hot Licks.
Played Go last night with Vox and suffered nothing but losses. He was right on his game. I made a few mistakes and was unable to destabilize his groups last night. Next time, hopefully I’ll extract some revenge. Here at Anchovy World Headquarters, our garden… Read More
Today we have a train story instead of a train song. I hope you’ll forgive me for varying from my usual format. I referenced this in the recent post about the Gandy Dancer’s Ball. It’s an excellent story I know you will enjoy, by the… Read More
27th Street 