Recorded: 1920's-1950's
Label: Rounder
Size: 174,2 MB
Time: 74:41
Source: CD
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Styles: American Roots Music
Art: Full
01- Steve Ledford , Wade Mainer & Zeke Morris , - Riding On That Train 45 (2:35)
02- Curly Fox - Wreck Of The 1256 (2:49)
03- The Arizona Wranglers - Wreck Of The 97 (3:57)
04- The Lullaby Larkers - True And Trembling Brakeman (2:31)
05- Jolly Two - Railroad Stomp (2:54)
06- G.B. Grayson & Henry Whitter, - He Is Coming To Us Dead (2:59)
07- Gene McNulty - The Lightning Express (2:45)
08- G.B. Grayson & Henry Whitter - Red And Green Signal Lights (3:13)
09- Wade Mainer And Sons Of The Mountaineers - Old Ruben (2:41)
10- Crowder Brothers - Depot Blues (2:44)
11- Andrew & Jim Baxter - K.C. Railroad Blues (3:31)
12- Joe 'Cannonball' Lewis - Train Whistle Nightmare (2:43)
13- George Edgin - Pine Knot Cannonball (3:01)
14- Palmer McAbee - McAbee's Railroad Piece (3:06)
15- Lew Childre - Riding The Elevated Train (2:29)
16- Captain Appleblossom - Time Table Blues (2:45)
17- Pullman Porters Quartette - Pullman Passenger Train (2:38)
18- Jerry & Sky - Orange Blossom Special (2:48)
19- Homer & Jethro - Poor Little Liza, Poor Girl (2:48)
20- Harry McClintock - Jerry, Go Ile That Car (2:41)
21- T.C.I. Section Crew - Section Gang Song (2:35)
22- Convicts Of Cummins Farm, Gould, AR - Rock Island Line (1:50)
23- Convicts Of Bellwood Prison Camp, Atlanta, GA - The Longest Train (3:29)
24- Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet - Golden Gate Gospel Train (2:39)
25- Uncle Dave Macon - Death Of John Henry (3:02)
26- Sam McGee - Railroad Blues (3:15)
If you think popular music is a fickle mistress, blame America's railroads. These days the rails inspire little more than hackneyed romantic metaphors, but in the early years of the recording industry, they constituted a formidable, pervasive fad and set a precedent for topical songwriting that will likely never go out of fashion. Train 45, the fourth volume in an ongoing series, collects some of the most charming and evocative railroad songs from the first half of the 20th century. Though meticulously remastered, these old 78 sides still sound scratchy and muted--just as they should. After all, it's hard to picture a railside hobo (the original inspiration and audience for many of these songs) listening to a CD in the first place. He'd sooner use it for a shaving mirror. ~ Matt Hanks
Train 45 - Railroad Songs Of The Early 1900's (MC)