Say Barbara(Lady Sunshine) some time back you posted a link to a site where one could purchase RR themed music tapes and CD's. Seems I've lost it sum'eres could you possibly locate it again. Many Tanks! CT
Hi Charlie you asked and here it is http://www.trainboard.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=63;t=000121
Barb, Have you found this site that has a list of just about every RR song ever done? They have missed a few, but not many. Webville and Hypertext Those guys are supposed to be a choir. [ 14 June 2002, 00:57: Message edited by: fitz ]
Thanx Barbara, Twice in a year I have had my CD's burglarized from my truck. I am doing my best to replace them and I found a couple of them the last time you posted the URL. I couldn't afford to order them at the time. Thanks for all your research! Charlie
Well, here in the east, BBQ season has come once again and us modelers start slowly drifting outside. May as well enjoy it and spruce up them BBQ's with some good old railroad inspired music. Let's start a list of some of our favs! Here are some of my own and the tunes can be any genre..... 1. Locomotive Breath - Jethro Tull 2. White Room - Cream (about waiting for a train in the train station) 3. Hear My Train a Comin' - Jimi Hendrix 4. Casey Jones - Grateful Dead Fill in your own!........ Russ
"City of New Orleans" - Arlo Guthrie (Illinois Central RR former top of the line passenger train.) "Southern Pacific" - Neil Young & Crazy Horse Boxcab E50
Wreck of the number 9 Wreck of the 97 Wreck of the Erie Line New River Train Orange Blossom Special I'm Goin' to Jackson Midnight Special [ 13. May 2004, 15:19: Message edited by: watash ]
Excellent selections gentlemen! Here is yet another: "Midnight Train to Georgia" And, lest ye forget, Johnny B. Goode used to "...Carry his guitar in a paper sack and sit among the trees among the railroad tracks...." Russ
Kansas City Southern- Pure Prairie League Long Twin Silver Line- Bob Seeger Lifelong Love Affair with Trains- Merle Haggard Ridin' the Rails- Johnny Cash Last Train to Clarksville- The Monkees I can't remember the name of the artist who sang this one, but the song "Crash at Crush" also comes to mind (played on KHYI-FM) Another one- "The Ballad of East Texas Red" [ 16. May 2004, 05:03: Message edited by: friscobob ]
Holy Cow!!! This is the first time in several decades that I can recall anyone mentioning this singing group! It's been perhaps since the late 1950's or early 1960's?? Anyone remember a tv show that had folk groups on such as the Kingston Trio? It was named "Hootenanny." Aired on Saturday nights. Boxcab E50
Bob, I forgot about the Monkees song and they play it almost every day on the local station! Boxcab, Have you seen the movie "A Mighty Wind"? If you enjoy folk music, it is a comedic look at this genre. Russ
Let us not forget the great jazz/swing songs: "Take the A train" "Chatanooga choo-choo" There was also an old Irish ballad that I was fond of "Drill Ye Tarriers" about the drillers on the transcontinental railroad. Russ
This certainly has me thinking! I'm now remembering a man who did many ballads. Several were about trains. Here are a couple: -John Henry -I Been To Georgia On A fast Train Probably a couple of others. Done by the one and only Tennessee Ernie Ford. Boxcab E50
How about another Gordon Lightfoot song- "Big Steel Rail" Or Roseann Cash's "My Baby Thinks He's a Train" I can't remember the person who wrote it, but there's also the song "Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe".
That AT&SF song- Doesn't it date back to the Big Band- Swing era? I wonder if a web search would turn it up? Hey- How about this one: "King Of The Road" by Roger Miller Boxcab E50
Boxcab, A websearch did indeed bring up the info for the song. Here is that info in it's entirety, including lyrics: On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe Bing Crosby Words by Johnny Mercer, music by Harry Warren "On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe" was introduced by Judy Garland in the 1945 MGM film "The Harvey Girls". The song won an Oscar. It was also a big hit for Bing Crosby who recorded it Feb. 17, 1944, although the recording was not released until June 1945. But Johnny Mercer's recording was the biggest hit. It reached #1 in the summer of 1945. The following lyrics were transcribed from the Bing Crosby recording. Do you hear that whistle down the line I figure that it's engine number forty-nine She's the only one that'll sound that way On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe See the old smoke risin' 'round the bend I reckon that she knows she's gonna meet a friend Folks around these parts get the time of day From the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe Here she comes, woo-oo-woo-oo-woo-oo-woo-oo-woo-woo Hey Jim, you better get out the rig, woo-oo-woo-oo-woo-oo-woo-oo-woo-woo She's got a list of passengers that's pretty big And they'll all want lifts to Brown's Hotel 'Cause lots of them been travellin' for quite a spell All the way from Philadelphia On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe ------ instrumental break ------ Do you hear that whistle down the line I figure that it's engine number forty-nine She's the only one that'll sound that way On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe See the old smoke risin' 'round the bend I reckon that she knows she's gonna meet a friend Folks around these parts get the time of day From the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe Here she comes, woo-oo-woo-oo-woo-oo-woo-oo-woo-woo Hey Jim, you better get out the rig, woo-oo-woo-oo-woo-oo-woo-oo-woo-woo She's got a list of passengers that's pretty big And they'll all want lifts to Brown's Hotel 'Cause lots of them been travellin' for quite a spell All the way from Philadelphia On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe Doo-doo-da, The good old A.T. and the Santa Fe Russ
