Music Mondays and Train Tuesdays [combined this week] This week’s featured song is Train 45. My favorite version of this hard-driving banjo tune is off one of my favorite albums, Bill Monroe’s Bean Blossom album. Other fine versions of Train 45 are available from Ralph Stanley and also from the Live In Japan – The [...]
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 (a day late this week) Last Friday, I watched a special entitled Give Me the Banjo on PBS. Give Me the Banjo is the name of The Banjo Project film narrated by Steve Martin. The film was light on full length songs, but it had a lot of history. I certainly learned a [...]
Music Mondays My friend M. Riley recently demonstrated Pandora.com for me. It’s a free internet radio site that’s pretty good. While it’s mildly annoying that they play some partial songs, the site seems pretty good at playing what you like. There are thumbs up and thumbs down buttons you can use to rate songs so [...]
Music Mondays This week I’m featuring a great Bill Monroe bluegrass song entitled I’m On My Way Back to the Old Home: I’m on my way back to the old home The road winds on up the hill But there’s no light in the window That shined long ago where I live Click the iTunes [...]