One little habit I have, and I find it hard to break, is sharing favorite tunes.
This one is railroad themed, and a nice little tune, even if it is somewhat rough and unfinished. Click the link and either stream it or dload and play.
Anyone able to recognize the artist?
Enjoy....http://members.shaw.ca/wbearart/stop_rainin_lord.mp3 (http://members.shaw.ca/wbearart/stop_rainin_lord.mp3)
Sid
I don't know the artist, but I think Boone's Farm Apple Wine came after the heyday of bums, tramps, and bindlestiffs.
Gene
Boone's Farm, originally based in California, was founded in 1873 Gene. I did a bit of digging on it.
Sid
Ah, but was it known outside of Modesto? It's now made by Gallo, BTW.
Gene
Warren Zevon - artist
Pianist & band leader for the Everly Bros.
Died of lung Cancer in Sept. 2003
Quote from: BIG BEAR on January 21, 2008, 10:07:18 PM
Warren Zevon - artist
Pianist & band leader for the Everly Bros.
Died of lung Cancer in Sept. 2003
That's it, my ursine brother.
Another great talent silenced.
Sid
good ol' rail road tunes :)
make me smile
On an album called "Trio", Dolly Parton, Amy Lou Harris and Linda Ronstadt sing a song called; "Are There Any Boxcars in Heaven." It is one of my favorite railroad tunes.
If I had one of those new-fangled mp-3 things, I'd copy it. I'm still working on fitting my eight track player into the dash of my AMC Pacer next to my CB radio.
Woody, you mean you've finally traded in your buckboard?
Gene
Some of you are probably familiar with the "Orange Blossom Special", which usually includes a fiddle solo. One of the best versions I ever heard was done by a group called "Sea Train" way back in the early '70's. Scattered through CW/Blue Grass music are some good train tunes--among them: "The Pan American"; "Old Train"; "The Wreck of Old 97"; "Casey Jones"; and of course the big hit, "City of New Orleans".
Dear All,
Speaking of song and songwriters, John Stewart of the Kingston Trio passed away last week. He wrote several train songs, as well as "Daydream Believer" for the Monkees.
I understand he was a model railroader as well.
the Bach-mn
The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band released an album in the 70s entitled "Will the Circle be Unbroken?" I have the album on vinyl, cassette and CD. It features Roy Acuff singing, "the Wabash Cannoball" (it doesn't get any better than that) and a great instrumental version of "Orange Blossom Special." I also have the latter song on CD being done by a fellow named Johnny Cash.
What amazes me is that recording industry gurus have proclaimed that in ten years there will be no CDs. I guess I better get an Ipod. ( Hmmm, maybe if I sell the Pacer.....)
Quote from: WoundedBear on January 21, 2008, 08:55:44 PM
One little habit I have, and I find it hard to break, is sharing favorite tunes.
This one is railroad themed, and a nice little tune, even if it is somewhat rough and unfinished. Click the link and either stream it or dload and play.
Anyone able to recognize the artist?
Enjoy....http://members.shaw.ca/wbearart/stop_rainin_lord.mp3 (http://members.shaw.ca/wbearart/stop_rainin_lord.mp3)
Sid
the artist is warren zevon
One of my all time favorite, singer of train songs was Boxcar Willie. AKA America's favorite Hobo.
He also succumbed to cancer, in 1999. My folks went to Branson to see him in 1997. That was just a year before the nasty "C" took my Mother at 54 Yrs. old.
Maybe I'll try to track down the tape of that show they went to. Dad
may still have it.
P.S. ursine = the first time I've had to pick-up a dictionary in years - Thanks
I had to ask my wife where it was.
Barry
One of my favorites is "He's Coming to us Dead" which apparently dates back to the War Between the States and concerns a father going down to the freight office to meet the train carrying his son's casket. The only part I don't like is the fact that the snarly clerk doesn't apologize to the father at the end as they load the casket into the hearse while all the bystanders cry.
Let's not forget "John Henry," one of the few American folk heroes that we know actually lived and actually beat a steam drill boring out the Big Bend Tunnel in West Virginia.
Then there's "Waiting for a Train," another hobo classic and, though it doesn't mention trains, "big Rock Candy Mountain." "Lord of the Trains" does, though.
There are two whose titles I'm going to have to find that are real tear jerkers. Both concern a child or teen who got on a train without a ticket. One is a little girl going to get her father out of prison and the other is a boy going to see his best friend who is dying.
Gene
Almost every tune listed in this thread is in my personal collection, but like Woody, I'm still in the dark ages. No Ipods here. I do have a CD player (several actually) and about 500 CD's, but the bulk of my music collection is on aproximately 1800 vinyl records. Almost all are mint/nearly mint 33-1/3 LP's.
Nothing sounds as good as good vinyl record on a good system. It's a shame our grandchildren will not even know what High Fidelity is. All this electronicly compressed, digitalized, processed music played back through squalky 2" speakers or cheap ear buds sounds like crap.
But what do I know, I'm just a hick with a pickup and a ......
And, yes I love old train songs too.
Sheldon
Hey All,
Sheldon's post reminded me, John Denver ( another one gone way too early in life ) made an all train songs album. My Wife first brought it to my attention, a year or so ago.
Amen Sheldon.
Although I have embraced the new digital technology, my old Sony PST22 turntable is still connected to my stereo and gets used often.
I find the biggest improvment digital brought about was in the field of car audio. I was one of the 8 Track generation, and thought cassetttes were the ultimate. HA! CD's and MP3s are perfect in a car.....no more eaten tapes or dirty heads.
Sid
I once heard Box Car Willie in a concert. My problem with him was that he was never a hobo. If I remember correctly, he was a B-29 pilot among other things.
I have no problem with his music.
This is for Sheldon and I forgot to add it to my last post. Last term a student teacher that I was supervising was doing a lesson with sixth graders about colloquial expressions, In a story the kids were reading, there was mention of "sounding like a broken record." The kids could not figure out what that expression meant.
I was completely mystified when one of my graduate students, doing a Powerpoint presentation about teaching exponents, downloaded his project from his Ipod!
A neighbor is restoring a Studebaker Lark (why? I have no idea!) I believe it may be a 1963. There is a huge hole in the dashboard where we figure an eight track player had been mounted.
What all this has to do with railroad music, I can't answer! Long live vinyl records!
FWIW, my modest railroad vinyl collection includes an LP issued by Carstens (RMC; Railfan) many years ago, and also one issued by American Heritage magazine in connection with a railroad book they published, again probably 30 years ago.
How about the Lionel stations that played a little record? I heard one once at a train show and the recording consisted of a conductor announcing stations and lots of train sounds..
Wayne carson thompson wrote the letter about romantic teen age love and eshewing train travel for more expaditious means of travel. Hes a great writer and has alot of great stuff and its good to listen to when your running trains in your club or your layout and so forth.