Here’s Jim Reeves singing A Railroad Bum, train song #46… http://youtu.be/RP7-Abnz0f4 I don’t know a lot of Jim Reeves music. I suppose he’s most famous for singing Put Your Sweet Lips a little Closer to the Phone…
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Funky Soul Train
The train song countdown continues. Number 47 is Funky Soul Train by Hank Ballard… I like this cut a lot. You may know that Hank Ballard was responsible for The Twist. http://youtu.be/rp4KJwhkSRw Back in the 80’s Hank Ballard and the Midnighters came to Toronto and… Read More
Steel Driving Man
The train song of the day for today, #48 if you’re counting, is The Ballad of John Henry. There must be a squillion recorded versions of this tune. It’s a big story, that’s why. It’s a story of a proud man who refuses to be… Read More
Movin’ On
Mr. Fireman please won’t you listen to me, I’ve got a pretty mama down in Tennessee, keep movin’ me on… Train song #49 features the most fantastic Hank Snow and the Rainbow Ranch Boys, performing I’m Moving On. http://youtu.be/Ti4G1AX0v-g Is this the best train song… Read More
A Little Announcement
Nothing lasts forever. Eventually, I will run out of train songs. How many can there be, after all? I’ve decided to extend the train song of the day for only 50 more days. After that, I know there will still be plenty of train songs… Read More
Freight Train Blues
I know some of you thought I forgot all about the train song of the day today. Not so. Here’s Roy Acuff from 1947 performing Freight Train Blues. I love this recording. Listen to the fantastic harmonica toward the end of the cut! Later on,… Read More
Brakeman’s Blues
The train song of the day is a Jimmie Rodgers tune called Brakeman’s Blues performed here in fine style by the Punch Brothers. So, what exactly is a brakeman? The following is excerpted from Wikipedia…. In the US, the brakeman was a member of a… Read More
Big Black Train
The train song of the day today features Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs… http://youtu.be/L2LComvUcJ0
It’s back…
I know ones and twos of you missed the train song of the day yesterday. It’s back, so you can rest easy. Here’s Gordon Lightfoot, live from back in 1972 singing his Canadian Railroad Trilogy. Still awesome. This song was commissioned by the CBC to… Read More
The Orphan Train
Here’s another tune by U. Utah Phillips, the Golden Voice of the Great Southwest, performed by the Dry Branch Fire Squad. This is the Orphan Train and it’s a true story. That reminds me that rumour has it that my brother the trout, Salvelinas Fontinalis,… Read More
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