Here are Bluegrass songs that are pretty well known. In the Pines- Bill Monroe and his Bluegrass Boys Flint Hill Special- Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs (instrumental) Train 45- The Stanley Bothers (instrumental) Foggy Mountain Special-Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs (intstrumental) I'm Blue, I'm Lonemsome-Bill Monroe The Wreck of the C&O- The Carter Family There are a heck of a lot more out there, but those are the only ones I could get off the top of my head that haven't already been mentioned.
Just ran across this one... "Rock Island Line" was a #8 hit for The Lonnie Donegan Skiffle Group in 1956. Charlie
List from my mp3 collection. Some may be repeats: Aerosmith - Train Kept A Rollin'.mp3 Alabama - Ride the Train.mp3 April Wine - Fast Train.mp3 Arlo Guthrie - Last Train.mp3 Blackfoot - Take A Train.mp3 Blackfoot - Train, Train.mp3 Bob Dylan - It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry.mp3 Bon Jovi - Mystery train.mp3 Bruce Springsteen - Downtown Train.mp3 Cat Stevens - Peace Train.mp3 Cher - Train of Thought.mp3 Chicago Bob & The SofaKings - Nowhere Train.mp3 Chris De Burgh - Spanish Train.mp3 Counting Crows - Ghost Train.mp3 Cream - Train Time.mp3 Electric Light Orchestra - Last Train to London.MP3 Elvis Presley - Mystery Train.mp3 Frankie Laine - Mule Train.mp3 Gladys Knight & The Pips - Midnight Train To Georgia.mp3 Guns N' Roses - NIGHT TRAIN.mp3 Hank Snow - Canadian Pacific.mp3 Hank Snow - Ghost Trains.mp3 Hank Snow - Wabash Cannonball.mp3 Hank Snow - Waiting For A Train.mp3 John Fogerty - Big Train (From Memphis).mp3 Joni Mitchell - Just like this train.mp3 Lenny Kravitz - Freedom Train.mp3 Lostprophets - Last Train Home.mp3 Lynyrd Skynyrd - Railroad Song.mp3 Marc Cohn - Ghost Train.mp3 Marvin Berry & The Starlighters - Night Train.MP3 Mylon & Broken Heart - Trains Up In The Sky.mp3 O'Jays - Love Train.mp3 Ozzy Osbourne - Crazy Train.mp3 Ozzy Osbourne - Mr. Tinkertrain.mp3 Phish - Train Song.mp3 Procol Harum - Whisky Train.mp3 Quad City DJ's - C'mon N' Ride It (The Train).mp3 Rod Stewart - Downtown Train.mp3 Shaggy - The Train Is Coming.mp3 Sheena Easton - Morning Train.mp3 Soul Asylum - Runaway Train.mp3 The Band - Mystery Train.mp3 The Clash - Train In Vain (Stand By Me).mp3 The Doobie Brothers - Long Train Runnin'.mp3 The Gap Band - Party Train.mp3 The Kinks - Last Of The Steam_Powered Trains.mp3 The Monkees - Last Train To Clarksville.mp3 Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Runaway Trains.mp3 Train - Train.mp3 Travis Tritt - Southbound Train.mp3 Ub40 - She caught the train.mp3
A couple-a things... A good rail poem... "The Art of Catching a Train" by Rod McKuen "The City of New Orleans" was written by Stevie Goodman. The CD "Mystery Train"(vol 2 of a trilogy) has Stevie singing his own song. It IS a classic! You can get the poem on Rod McKuens web site. CT
Been hearing this one on KHYI-fm, 95.3, "The Range", from Steve Earle and the Del McCoury Band: "Texas Eagle" He slurs it more than sings it- thanx to heavy drug use......but it's still a good tune.
Creedence Clearwater Revival: Born on the Bayou Crosstie Walker Graveyard Train Drive by Truckers: It Sounded Like a Train Doobie Brothers: Without Love June Carter Cash: The L&N Don't Run Here Anymore The Band The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
Stan Ridgway's latest (Snakebite) is just about my favorite disc right now. Anyone remember Wall of Voodoo? God Sleeps In A Caboose, and Afghan Forklift are a couple of railroady tracks. My retired dad is currently performing God Sleeps In A Caboose with his bluegrass band! Stan often mentions hobos, trains, rails, etc. I suspect Stan is a bonafide railfan, but he may not realize it. Anyone with 60s-70s-80s rock-n-roll roots will want to check this guy out. You will NOT hear it on any radio... [ October 07, 2005, 09:25 AM: Message edited by: campp ]
I've got a song stuck in my head While traveling to work today I heard an old song that has been stuck in my head all day. So, I decided to go find the lyrics and post them here and see how many other remember this song. The City of New Orleans by Steve Goodman Riding on the City of New Orleans, Illinois Central Monday morning rail Fifteen cars and fifteen restless riders, Three conductors and twenty-five sacks of mail. All along the southbound odyssey The train pulls out at Kankakee Rolls along past houses, farms and fields. Passin' trains that have no names, Freight yards full of old black men And the graveyards of the rusted automobiles. CHORUS: Good morning America how are you? Don't you know me I'm your native son, I'm the train they call The City of New Orleans, I'll be gone five hundred miles when the day is done. Dealin' card games with the old men in the club car. Penny a point ain't no one keepin' score. Pass the paper bag that holds the bottle Feel the wheels rumblin' 'neath the floor. And the sons of pullman porters And the sons of engineers Ride their father's magic carpets made of steel. Mothers with their babes asleep, Are rockin' to the gentle beat And the rhythm of the rails is all they feel. CHORUS Nighttime on The City of New Orleans, Changing cars in Memphis, Tennessee. Half way home, we'll be there by morning Through the Mississippi darkness Rolling down to the sea. And all the towns and people seem To fade into a bad dream And the steel rails still ain't heard the news. The conductor sings his song again, The passengers will please refrain This train's got the disappearing railroad blues. Good night, America, how are you? Don't you know me I'm your native son, I'm the train they call The City of New Orleans, I'll be gone five hundred miles when the day is done. ©1970, 1971 EMI U Catalogue, Inc and Turnpike Tom Music (ASCAP)
A tune done by a few artists. But Arlo Guthrie made it famous. An excellent example of a lament. :thumbs_up: Boxcab E50
Remember it? I play it on the radio all the time, along with 3600+ other Classic Hits. On the Classic Countdown program that I do every Friday morning, flashing back to this week from some year between 1963 and 1985, each week I have a trivia question, and the week that song was on the countdown, my question was, "What railroad had a train called The City of New Orleans." Arlo Guthrie had the only hit with that song and it peaked at #18 in 1972. Actually, I counted down 1972 today by coincidence but that song was a hit in the fall, not this time of year. Charlie
Yeah I got that song by John Denver on an all train song CD. Wife bought it at Wally World about 8 years ago, it got stolen when I moved to Rockford 6 years ago and she replaced it three years ago in Rochelle! I'm using Paul Simons 1973 "Kodachrome" right now for my IPhoto slide show on railfaning. Great song!