| Various Artists / Classic Railroad Songs |
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| Album: | Classic Railroad Songs | Collection: | Country | |
| Artist: | Various Artists | Added: | Feb 2006 | |
| Label: | Smithsonian/Folkways | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2006-02-12 | Pull Date: | 2006-04-16 | Charts: | Country/Bluegrass |
| Week Ending: | Apr 16 | Apr 9 | Mar 5 | Feb 26 | Feb 19 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Feb 08, 2019: | Traditions Freight Train | 4. | Aug 29, 2015: | Mix Tape: Iron Skillet Lonesome Train | |
| 2. | Sep 22, 2018: | Iron Skillet by way of Mix Tape Lonesome Train | 5. | Aug 01, 2015: | Mix Tape: Out of the Skillet, Into the Fire John Henry, Wreck Of The Old 97 | |
| 3. | Oct 13, 2017: | Traditions Lonesome Train | 6. | Jul 28, 2015: | Mix Tape: That's Not Not Bluegrass Wreck Of The Old 97 |
| Album Review |
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| Decca Reviewed 2006-02-10 | ||
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Amazing collection of American folk music about trains, mostly recorded in the 1950s. Work songs, ballads, blues, etc. Performers read like a who’s who: Lead Belly, Doc Watson, Pete Seeger, Woody Guthrie, Elizabeth Cotton, Cisco Houston, and more. Lots of fantastic fiddles, banjos, guitars, and, of course, voices. Great notes. Not a bad track in the bunch. A fascinating look at American musical history. 1. :24 seconds of a train going by. *2. Cool toe-tapping bluegrass w/catchy vocal harmonies. *3. Furry Lewis, his guitar and lazy voice. Downtempo goodness. 4. Banjo & sweet male vox. Low key, head-nodding. 5. Midtempo story song. Guitar/vox, about turning to crime. *6. A capella gospel-tinged work song. Too short! 7. Frail but sweet female vox/guitar. Midtempo. 8. Rich male vox/guitar. Down/midtempo 9. Story about a Mormon polygamous RR man. Sung to “Oh Susanna” *10. Great upbeat bluegrass instrumental jam. A bit of “oh yeahs.” 11. Low key capella fem. vox, - thin but compellingly real. Good. *12. Midtempo bluegrass about the return of a dead soldier. *13. Upbeat mountain tune w/great guitar/vox. 14. Lead Belly on a classic. Spoken word intro, get drivin’. *15. Great harp (as the train), guitars. Upbeat instrumental. Yow! 16. Guitar/vocals duet on toe-tapping classic. 17. Sweet fem. voice/guitar. Lazy, midtempo ballad. 18. Freight Train Blues. Vox/guitar. Solid blues. 19. Midtempo guitar/vox/autoharp. About a train wreck. *20. Lazy male vox/guitar. Almost a Celtic sound. 21. Sweet fem vox, light & low-key w/quiet guitar. *22. A dog barks, men work. Slow, serious work song. 23. Great toe-tapping harmonica instrumental. Too short. 24. Twangy family bluegrass jam. Bouncy. Live recording. *25. Mid/uptempo classic w/Lead Belly on guitar/vox. Cool. *26. One of the great all-time train songs. Midtempo bounce. 27. Harmonica instrumental. Upbeat train sounds. Cool! 28. Solid old-time stringband. Great sound & so well played. 29. :24 seconds of a train | ||
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