train songs rehashed

[Anonymous]

I found a locked forum on train songs so decided to make a new one

Crosstie walker (Creedance clearwater revival)

City of new orleans Willie Nelson About ICG rr

Cant you see (what that woman's been doing to me (Marshall Tucker band)

Lodi (CCR)

Theres a lot of em you know these Greastesthit cd's you buy on tv well you could make millions on An Album For example(SONG"S OF THE TRAIN)
or Songs Of the Hoboe I thought of this years ago In KCMO as a idea me and
some fellow riders began thinking of songs we found enough for 4 cd's hard to think about


If you see me a comin dont you waste my time

cause theres more miles between us than the Santa Fe line

[cherokee woman]

John Denver did a CD with all train songs. It's very good. We have it in our collection of
John Denver CDs. The title is: John Denver All Aboard. We found it at KMart (I used to work there, in Electronics, so I usually saw the CDs when they were brought in, and usually put them out if the music rep wasn't in.

[JoeKoh]

you cant have any train songs without boxcar willie and wabash cannonball.
stay safe
Joe

[mudchicken]

Southern Pacific / Neil Young

Arlo Guthrie's City of New Orleans puts Willie Nelson in the second section...[swg]

[Anonymous]

Don't forget Gordon Lightfoot.

1 - early morning rain
2 -Canadian railroad trilogy
3 - steel rail blues

[espeefoamer]

Remember Hank Snow's "Sittin'Round the Water Tank".

[Anonymous]

If one started listening at birth without interruption he/she wouldn't live long enough to hear all the music and songs written about railways.

http://www.uclan.ac.uk/library/musrail.htm

[AltonFan]

Rounder Records has the "Classic Railroad Songs" series of CD compilations. I see they are up to volume five.

http://www.rounder.com/index.php?id=album.php&catalog_id=5495

http://www.rounder.com/index.php?id=album.php&catalog_id=5493

http://www.rounder.com/index.php?id=album.php&catalog_id=5451

http://www.rounder.com/index.php?id=album.php&catalog_id=5411

http://www.rounder.com/index.php?id=album.php&catalog_id=6301

Volume five is interesting in that it contains cuts from Merle Haggard's "My Love Affair with Trains", an album of railroad songs written and performed by Haggard in the 1970s. (The album cover had pictures of Haggard's model railroad.) I wish I had gotten my hands on a copy of that album while it was in print.

And these as well:

http://www.rounder.com/index.php?id=album.php&catalog_id=3621

http://www.rounder.com/index.php?id=album.php&catalog_id=5100

http://www.rounder.com/index.php?id=album.php&catalog_id=5455

[AltonFan]

QUOTE: Crosstie walker (Creedance clearwater revival)

Brings to mind John Fogerty's "Big Train (from Memphis)" from the "Centerfield" album.
http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&uid=UIDCASS70311061834302424&sql=A8287gjlrj6im

[Anonymous]

Jethro Tull - Locomotive Breath

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by JoeKoh

you cant have any train songs without boxcar willie and wabash cannonball.
stay safe
Joe

[8D]You damn right

[Anonymous]

Who could forget Rodger Miller (king of the road)
third boxcar midnight train destination Bangor Maine

Great full dead - Casey Jones

John Fogerty's Blue moon swamp album (Southern Streamline)
Ridin on that Southern Streamline

[locomutt]

CW & I caught an episode of "MATLOCK" the other day,
Randy Travis was guest star; He And Andy(Ben) sang
"Waitin on that New River Train"
Needless to say that it was GOOD!

[tree68]

"I'm a Train" - the Kings Singers. I recall it being used together with video of an articulated as shown on good ol' Captain Kangaroo....

[ironhorseman]

I don't think I have any one favorite train song. I like 'em all. I have one of the albums Altonfan is refering to. "Mystery Train: Classic RR songs vol 2" very excellent. Johnny Cash's rendition of Casey Jones and Steve Goodman's City of New Orleans are the reason's I bought that one.

But all time favorites are (as of right now) (this will change again someday of course!):
1. Orange Blossum Special - Johnny Cash version
2. City of New Orleans - 1st Steve Goodman version, 2nd CW McCall version
3. Casey Jones - Johnny Cash version
4. The Ballad of John Henry's Hammer - Johnny Cash (8min long!)
5. Steel Rails - Alison Krauss
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6. The Wabash Cannonball - by whoever. (I'm sure there's a Johnny Cash version out there)
7. Engine Engine #9 - Roger Miller
8. King of the Road - Roger Miller
9. Folsom Prison Blues - Johnny Cash (live at Folsom version)
10. Rock Island Line - Johnny Cash version (I know Johnny Horton made it famous)
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And that's my top ten for now. I think I'm basing that on what I've played most frequently most recently.

Other favorites - Train of Love by Johnny Cash, Wreck of Ol' 97, Big Rock Candy Mountain (Harrry McClintock version), City of New Orleans (Seldom Scene version a bluegrass band, heard on Appalachian Stomp vol 2) Orange Blossom Special done by the Stanley Brothers (that's some fast fiddle playin!).

Oh, and before I forget, Gordon Lightfoot's Canadian Railroad Trilogy. That'd be #11 on list right now but it'll make back into my personal top 10 someday.

Also there was a crazy song done by the Red Star Rangers called More Than Johnny Cash loves trains. They guy sings about how he loves his girl more than Johnny Cash loves trains. Good for laugh.

I guess I should get all my CDs and tapes and audio files together and make a complete list of what I've got.

PS- SLIC--> "Can't You See" was also done by Waylon Jennings. I like his version best. Why am I not surprised you picked this one? [(-D] (based on the 1st line of the song)

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by ironhorseman

I don't think I have any one favorite train song. I like 'em all. I have one of the albums Altonfan is refering to. "Mystery Train: Classic RR songs vol 2" very excellent. Johnny Cash's rendition of Casey Jones and Steve Goodman's City of New Orleans are the reason's I bought that one.

But all time favorites are (as of right now) (this will change again someday of course!):
1. Orange Blossum Special - Johnny Cash version
2. City of New Orleans - 1st Steve Goodman version, 2nd CW McCall version
3. Casey Jones - Johnny Cash version
4. The Ballad of John Henry's Hammer - Johnny Cash (8min long!)
5. Steel Rails - Alison Krauss
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6. The Wabash Cannonball - by whoever. (I'm sure there's a Johnny Cash version out there)
7. Engine Engine #9 - Roger Miller
8. King of the Road - Roger Miller
9. Folsom Prison Blues - Johnny Cash (live at Folsom version)
10. Rock Island Line - Johnny Cash version (I know Johnny Horton made it famous)
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And that's my top ten for now. I think I'm basing that on what I've played most frequently most recently.

Other favorites - Train of Love by Johnny Cash, Wreck of Ol' 97, Big Rock Candy Mountain (Harrry McClintock version), City of New Orleans (Seldom Scene version a bluegrass band, heard on Appalachian Stomp vol 2) Orange Blossom Special done by the Stanley Brothers (that's some fast fiddle playin!).

Oh, and before I forget, Gordon Lightfoot's Canadian Railroad Trilogy. That'd be #11 on list right now but it'll make back into my personal top 10 someday.

Also there was a crazy song done by the Red Star Rangers called More Than Johnny Cash loves trains. They guy sings about how he loves his girl more than Johnny Cash loves trains. Good for laugh.

I guess I should get all my CDs and tapes and audio files together and make a complete list of what I've got.

PS- SLIC--> "Can't You See" was also done by Waylon Jennings. I like his version best. Why am I not surprised you picked this one? [(-D] (based on the 1st line of the song)

I forgot Waylon Had A version I found out from my dad that Waylon Jennings was one of the crickets from Buddy Holly and the crickets thats Interesting to know
And no matter what I say When most people learn I was a young Hoboe they usually
start singing Johhny Cash's Fulsom Prison Blues
I hear that train A comin he's comin round the bend
an i aint seen the sunshine since I dont know when.
And lets not forget His Daughter Roseanne Cash And her Song
(my baby thinks hes a train)[8D]

[cherokee woman]

QUOTE: Originally posted by JoeKoh

you cant have any train songs without boxcar willie and wabash cannonball.
stay safe
Joe

How about Roy Acuff singing Wabash Cannonball? And what about Johnny Cash's Folsom Prison?

[Anonymous]

The Beatles - One After 909 - Let it Be

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by mudchicken

Southern Pacific / Neil Young

Arlo Guthrie's City of New Orleans puts Willie Nelson in the second section...[swg]

I'd have to say that Arlo's rendition puts some really heartfelt pathos into the song. "This train's got the disappearin' railroad blues." I'd have to credit Steve Goodman with writing a damned good song, and one that I can actually play on my own six-string.

There's one, not really a train song, but it's on the "Highwayman" album, "Like Desperadoes Waiting for a Train."

But, yes, Boxcar Willie!

Is there something about the Illinois Central that makes people write songs about it? "Casey Jones", "City of New Orleans".......

[JoeKoh]

QUOTE: Originally posted by tree68

"I'm a Train" - the Kings Singers. I recall it being used together with video of an articulated as shown on good ol' Captain Kangaroo....

Larry
thank you thank you thank you I have wondered about that for a long time.I remember captain kangaroo too.[:)]
stay safe
Joe

[JoeKoh]

While were in 70s rock we cant forget the doobie brothers long train runnin'
stay safe
joe

[tree68]

QUOTE: Originally posted by JoeKoh

QUOTE: Originally posted by tree68

"I'm a Train" - the Kings Singers. I recall it being used together with video of an articulated as shown on good ol' Captain Kangaroo....

Larry
thank you thank you thank you I have wondered about that for a long time.I remember captain kangaroo too.[:)]
stay safe
Joe

Still haven't gotten a CD with the song, haven't even tried finding the video. I do have the words, though.

[ironhorseman]

That song "I'm A Train" sounds familier. Does it go something like: "Look at me I'm a train on the tracks I'm a choocha-train" or something close to that? Some college buddies and I used a digital camera and made a 30sec video of my model railroad. I had an old jumbo post card of a country setting, we used my desk lamp, and I set my model train tracks up and put a white truck pick-up with a little guy on it or behind on the tracks like a MOW. I even put a little tree in there, too. (All HO scale). We took a 5sec shot of no action and multiplied it 5 times on the computer. The last 5sec shot is of train coming by and running him over! POW! Using the computer we layered a song over the 30sec clip. It starts out instumental and then singing starts "Look at me I'm a train on the track I'm a choocha-train" then just as he gets run over the words of the song go "look at me I'm goin' somewhere I'm a choocha-train" and that's the end of the video.

I sent it to a bunch of friends but never saved a copy for myself so I don't know if it still exists. This was about 3 years ago. If I find it I'll make it available for everyone somehow.

[Anonymous]

Here are some more Classic Rock & Roll songs:

Crazy Train - Ozzy
Last Train to Clarksville - Monkees
Marrakesh Express - CSN
On the 5:15 - The Who

[Anonymous]

My favorite Would be
Crazy train By Ozzy

Highway to hell by AC/DC

Goin to California By Led Zeppellin


Did You know---- Led Zeppellin Was Recently voted Still # 1 greatest RnR Band
# 2 AC/DC #3 Ozzy/ Black Sabbath
AS Of 1-1-04 AC/DC Back In Black Sold Over 25 million copies In the U.S. alone
I Own 2 records Unopened AC/DC Back In Black And Highway To Hell
And The 5 Disc Set AC/DC BONFIRE

[Anonymous]

FOUND SOME MORE


Tuesdays gone Lynrd Skynrd (train roll on tuesdays gone)

train kept a rollin Aerosmith

dont stop belivein Journey (She took the midnight train goin anywhere)

Hey Jim this ones for you
Goin to Kansas city (might take a plane might take a train)
Also there a song about the frisco my dad said it back from the 40's
dont know the name.[:)]

[techguy57]

Pardon me boys, we've forgotten the "Chattanooga Choo-Choo"! Thanks to Glen Miller and the Big Band Era.

Mike

[Anonymous]

Acouple of my favorites are;
Rock Island Line
Wreck of old 97
Last train to San Fernando

[ironhorseman]

Lookie what I found here:

http://www.trains.com/content/dynamic/articles/000/000/000/286hxeem.asp

[Anonymous]

Maybe soemone already posted it...

Somewhere down the crazy river - Robbie Robertson

Makes me think of trains