All posts tagged “John Fahey”

April 3, 2011
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Sunday’s Train

For today’s train song of the day, here’s Elizabeth Cotten with PeteSeeger performing Freight Train. Guitar pickers will notice right away that she plays guitar left-handed by simply turning it upside down, putting the high strings at the top. Here’s a nice (but short) version… Read More

October 5, 2010
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Trains, Trains, Trains

Boxcars, by Butch Hancock What will  music be like when there are no more songs about trains or cars? For now, we still have a few and I’m right there clinging to them. Here’s Steve Earle and the Del McCoury Band from their fantastic album… Read More