Marty Stuart and his Fabulous Superlatives
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All posts tagged “Train Songs”
Banjoreno
Performed by the Hokum High Rollers…
Reuben’s Train
I confess I love train songs. Is that so bad? Here’s Ken Perlman performing Reuben’s Train (and more) in Ireland. Here’s a nice square-dancey stringband version of Reuben’s Train by the Hogslop stringband Bluegrass freaks might say wait a minute, that’s Train 45 and so… Read More
What’s so special about train songs, anyway?
I posted some train songs earlier, as I do from time to time. The train song may be the perfect folk song genre. Trains bring you to your baby; they get you away from your baby; they take you to the Promised Land (let’s just… Read More
Train People
Sometimes nothing will do but I have to listen to train songs. I hope you understand. Railroad Bill. They don’t name people after trains much these days. Here’s Hobart Smith. A brakeman double-tough… Here’s the late U. Utah Phillips, Golden Voice of the Great Southwest.… Read More
Train that carried my girl from town….
Last night at the Banjo Special, we enjoyed several combinations of performers but I think my favourite was the duo of Chris Coole and Ivan Rosenberg. These guys sound fantastic together. I’ve also been listening to their recording, Return to Trion, in the car –… Read More
Railroading
The Train Carrying Jimmie Rodgers Home
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
Time for a train song
Here’s the Orange Blossom Special done 4 ways…. First the Johnson Mountain Band… Fiddlin’ Arthur Smith… Charlie McCoy on harmonica… and finally, Don Rich with Buck Owens and the Buckaroos…
An Omission #anothertrainsong
Somehow, I posted a lengthy list of train songs a while back without including the late Handsome Ned performing Steel Rail Blue. That just isn’t right. I thought about this tune because I have been writing in this space about my days living in a… Read More
27th Street 