I posted a train tune the other day and that’s dangerous business around here – once I start posting train songs it’s just hard to stop. Here’s Iris DeMent singing The Train Carrying Jimmie Rodger Home. Strange as it may seem, I know there are… Read More
Is it a dying art form? Here’s cowboy singer Don Edwards… http://youtu.be/N4YZd1037_E Maybe you have to be named Don to be a really good yodel-man? Here’s Don Walser. Let me say here that if it weren’t for my buddy East Texas Red I might not… Read More
He’s a brakeman you all know. Train song #24 is by Jimmie Rodgers – Jimmie the Kid. http://youtu.be/_1xFnkmXw3g
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
I know I know, I missed yesterday. I bet you thought I had no more train songs left. Wrong-o buckeroos. Here’s Ben Dewberry’s Final Run. Johnny Cash… The song was written by Jimmie Rodgers, and it was the first song he recorded. Here’s Mr. Rodgers…… Read More
Here’s Bill Haley, back when he was a yodeling cowboy. The accordion in this one is a special bonus, just for you. Then of course, there’s Jimmie Rodgers with Blue Yodel #1, T for Texas. Here’s Peter Hinnen. This video leaves me speechless. Let me… Read More
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