Music Mondays and Train Tuesdays [combined this week] I’m continuing the “good music and trains go together” theme again this week. Some good train songs recorded by Ralph Stanley include: I Hear a Choo Choo Coming Ridin’ That Midnight Train (with Iris DeMent) I’ll Just Catch a Train and Ride (featuring Keith Whitley) He’s Coming [...]
Music Mondays and Train Tuesdays [combined this week] Good music and trains go together. First, here’s a good cover of Hurt by Johnny Cash. It’s not a train song, but the music video for Hurt shows Johnny Cash riding in the cab of Southern 4501. Railroad songs by Johnny Cash include: Folsom Prison Blues I [...]
Music Mondays and Train Tuesdays [combined this week] Chatham County Line is one of my favorite young bluegrass bands (see: Highly Recommended Bluegrass Music: Chatham County Line). This week I’m featuring two train songs by Chatham County Line: Engine No. 709 from the album Route 23 (my favorite of the Chatham County Line albums) The [...]
Music Mondays On Sunday morning, I caught some of an Americana Music Special on PBS. It featured some pretty good music. One of the highlights for me was a performance of Cup of Sorrow by Amos Lee. There’s also a live version of Cup of Sorrow (Live) – iTunes Live from SoHo available from iTunes. [...]
Music Mondays and Train Tuesdays [combined this week] Norfolk Southern’s older locomotives are setup to run in both directions, so you occasionally might see a locomotive with the long hood end facing forward, despite lower visibility for the crew. This photo of an NS freight train dates back to 1988-89. The freight train picture brings [...]