i HAVE BECOME FOND OF BOOGIE WOOGIE CHOO CHOO TRAIN, Here is the link to it on you tube. post some links to what you like
Steve
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My top 10 list:
10. A Passage to Bangkok, Rush, 1976
9. Crazy Train, Ozzy Osbourne, 1981
8. Driver 8, REM, 1985
7. Locomotive Breath, Jethro Tull, 1971
6. Long Train Runnin', Doobie Brothers, 1973
5. Midnight Train to Georgia, Gladys Knight and the Pips, 1973
4. Peace Train, Cat Stevens, 1971
3. Railroad Song, Lynryd Skynryd, 1975
2. Train Kept a Rollin', Aerosmith, 1974; Tiny Bradshaw, 1951
1. Train Whistle Blues by Jimmie Rodgers, 1929
--Greg
Doug Stone- I'd be Better Off (In a Pine Box)
Anything by James Coffey fits the bill, but I always have a soft spot for City of New Orleans by Arlo Guthrie.
Originally Posted by Greg Houser:
My top 10 list:
2. Train Kept a Rollin', Aerosmith, 1974; Tiny Bradshaw, 1951
--Greg
What? No Johnny Burnette? 
(The Aerosmith track IS a great song!)
5:15 by The Who
Can't Ignore the Train by 10,000 Maniacs, and Peace Train by 10,000 Maniacs, a remake of the Cat Stevens song.
Downbound Train by Bruce Sprinsteen
Morning Train by Sheena Easton
John Denver's train album for kids, the last one he recorded before his death in 1997, and the only grammy he ever won (It is unbelievable with all the great music JD recorded, he never won another grammy).
I also agree with my good friend Greg Houser on REMs Driver 8
Erol Gurcan
Roger Miller Old Toy Trains
Originally Posted by mike.caruso:
Originally Posted by Greg Houser:
My top 10 list:
2. Train Kept a Rollin', Aerosmith, 1974; Tiny Bradshaw, 1951
--Greg
What? No Johnny Burnette? (The Aerosmith track IS a great song!)
I couldn't remember who else did it! I know the Yardbirds released it too and Led Zep opened with it for awhile on their first tours.....Greg
City of New Orleans by Arlo Guthrie is one of my favorite songs of any kind.
Art
Any train related song by Johnny Cash. On the other hand I can't stand the songs on the TM train videos, absolutely horrible.
John.
Train Train by Black Foot Choo Choo Kenny
I like that '50s song "GeeGee you're the One" by the Pantographs.
The "Riding the Rails" album by the Smithsonian back in 1981.
"Rock Island Line" and "Blue Water Line" by The Brothers Four (60's)
"I've been working on the railroad" by Mitch Miller. My mother told me I used to dance to it while still a baby. She was so excited when she found the album and brought it home to show my Dad!
Unfortunately he had to remind her that we didn't own a record player.
ps: I did have a LIONEL stereo as a kid that I found in the trash.
Chattanooga Choo Choo - The Andrews Sisters w/onscreen lyrics
Any trains songs by Johnny Cash. My parents had this exact album when I was a kid and I almost wore the thing out on the record player. Recently, I found that the Sun Records label re-released it on CD a while back, and immediately bought a copy. I still love it!
I listened to a few Sun records as a kid, and when my wife and I were in Memphis last year, I had to make the trek to the very studio this album was recorded in:
My favorite trains song:
The Southern Railroad Blues
by Norman Blake
Followed closely by:
The Last Train From Poor Valley
by Norman Blake
https://archive.org/details/ti...-07-20_3-set-AUD.fob
Also:
Flat Picker/Randall Collins
http://youtu.be/UEkVkJax2Co?list=PL2C2EF8D03312A604
Railroad Blues
New River Train - w/Tony Rice
Green Light on The Southern - w/Tony Rice
Slow Train Through Georgia
Wabash Cannonball
Norman has written & recorded many train songs & covers of other train songs.
You can find some on You Tube & the Internet Archive. He's probably my favorite
musician/songwriter.
Dave
Off the top of my head...
"Wabash Cannonball"
"Wreck of ol' 97"
"Life is Like a Mountain Railroad"
"The Orange Blossom Special" - especially Johnny Cash's version!
"Chattanooga Choo Choo" - even the '70's disco version ain't all that bad! lol
"The Ballad of Casey Jones"
Oh yeah, and this one too!
"I Want an Electric Train for Christmas"
My absolute favorite is:
There's Another Train by the Poozies. It has a real message for anyone who is ready to give up on him or herself.
Originally Posted by RichO:
"I've been working on the railroad" by Mitch Miller. My mother told me I used to dance to it while still a baby. She was so excited when she found the album and brought it home to show my Dad!
Unfortunately he had to remind her that we didn't own a record player.
ps: I did have a LIONEL stereo as a kid that I found in the trash.
My dad was stationed at Camp Fannin Texas and he went to The Cotton Bowl and asked someone why they wer playing "I've been working on the railroad". A rather large Texan leaned towards my dad and said, "Son, that's The Eyes of Texas!"
Larry
Anything Johnny Cash sings... when driving it just makes the trip go faster.
Originally Posted by handyandy:
Off the top of my head...
"Wabash Cannonball"
"Wreck of ol' 97"
"Life is Like a Mountain Railroad"
"The Orange Blossom Special" - especially Johnny Cash's version!
"Chattanooga Choo Choo" - even the '70's disco version ain't all that bad! lol
"The Ballad of Casey Jones"
Oh yeah, and this one too!
"I Want an Electric Train for Christmas"
+1 handyandy, you have good taste in music!
Asleep at the Wheel - Chattanooga Choo Choo
Johnny Cash - Orange Blossom Special
Grateful Dead - Railroad Blues
Grateful Dead - Monkey and the Engineer
Grateful Dead - I Know You Rider
Jethro Tull - Locomotive Breath
Arlo Guthrie - City of New Orleans
Jorma Kaukonen - Blue Railroad Train
Dan Hicks - Santas Got a New Choo Choo
to name a couple off the top of my head...
Paul
With this thread and the other one mentioned, no one said Willie Nelson's Railroad Lady. One of my favorites and anything JC did. Looks like I gotta start looking for that JC railroad CD👍
Oh yeah one more yenz are leaving out. The Rolling Stones Love in Vain
Originally Posted by mike.caruso:
Originally Posted by Greg Houser:
My top 10 list:
2. Train Kept a Rollin', Aerosmith, 1974; Tiny Bradshaw, 1951
--Greg
What? No Johnny Burnette? (The Aerosmith track IS a great song!)
Aerosmith train kept a Rollin.. Agreed.
Whatever happened to Boxcar Willie?
Originally Posted by handyandy:
Whatever happened to Boxcar Willie?
He passed away some time ago. I loved his whistle.
Freight Train by Elizabeth Cotten
Grateful Dead "Monkey and the Engineer"
( If you have kids or grandkids - they will like this )
Todd snider Train song
Aerosmith Back Back Train
Originally Posted by MartyLJ:
Originally Posted by handyandy:
Whatever happened to Boxcar Willie?
He passed away some time ago. I loved his whistle.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wJPXJjenFk
My Dad could do that whistle also. However, it is probably not a good thing. It is called a "glottal shock", and it not so good on one's vocal cords. Still wish I could do it!
I'm Movin' On (Hank Snow)
Golden Rocket (Hank Snow)
Midnight Special (Lead Belly, CCR, Johnny Rivers)
Kansas City Southern (Pure Prairie League)
Engine Engine #9 (Roger Miller)
King of the Road (Roger Miller)
Choo Choo Train (YouTube favorite of my 2 year old grandson)
Also as mentioned above...Railroad Lady, Rock Island Line, Orange Blossom Special, Wabash Cannonball, etc.
My two favorites are:
City of New Orleans by Willie Nelson
Old Toy Trains by Roger Miller
Folsom prison blues -- although I never could figure why he was in prison in California if he shot a man in Reno Nevada
Smokestack Lightning - Yardbirds version.
Roger Miller King of the Road
City of New Orleans - I like the Willie Nelson cover best.
Prodigal Town - not specifically about trains but mentioned them in an important way. I like the version by Wake the Dead best.
I'm partial to this one:
Also this one:
;-)
Mitch
"All aboard" and "Let it rock"...by Chuck Berry, off the top of my head.
Old Toy Trains By Roger Miller.
Not in any order:
Chattanooga Choo Choo
Orange Blossom Special
City of New Orleans
Wabash Cannonball
King of the Road
Engine, Engine No. 9
"The Wabash Cannonball" by The Duttons in Branson MO. It was a great tribute to Boxcar Willy! Many fans of country western music request this version at the Swallows Bar in San Juan Capistrano CA. There is also a busy vintage ATSF now Amtrak/Metrolink station within walking distance. I will post pictures soon. Just learning the upload procedures. Thank you and enjoy!
Originally Posted by J Daddy:
Anything Johnny Cash sings... when driving it just makes the trip go faster.
I've never heard anyone who's sound is more like the motions of the valve gear of a steam locomotive. In his, "Rock Island Line," version, it's amazing how much like a locomotive it sounds.
Also The Golden Rocket, especially by Hank Snow, and The Pan American, written but never recorded by Hank Williams.
City of New Orleans.
Sung by Willie Nelson.
Sung by Willie Nelson.
My Baby Thinks He's a Train by Rosanne Cash(?). And a third or fifth or whatever to The City of New Orleans and The Orange Blossom Special.
'Course, there ain't no bad ones!!
My tag line
Always a favorite of mine.
Others to add to the list so far:
Love Train-The O'Jays (The Coors Light Express song!!)
Midnight Special-CCR
Breakdown by Jack Johnson
Long Black Train by Josh Turner
I've been Workin' on the Railroad---classic
I have a few not yet mentioned here. First some bluegrass.
tuesday's gone lynyrd skynyrd,
Originally Posted by Greg Houser:
Originally Posted by mike.caruso:
Originally Posted by Greg Houser:
My top 10 list:
2. Train Kept a Rollin', Aerosmith, 1974; Tiny Bradshaw, 1951
--Greg
What? No Johnny Burnette? (The Aerosmith track IS a great song!)
I couldn't remember who else did it! I know the Yardbirds released it too and Led Zep opened with it for awhile on their first tours.....Greg
Motorhead did a pretty good version of that song too! They also have another train related song called "Riding with the Driver."
A few others are Locomotive Breath by Jethro Tull, The Railroad Song by Lynyrd Skynyrd, 5:15 by The Who, Train Train by Blackfoot, Old Train by Monster Truck, Rock N' Roll Train by AC/DC, Crazy Train by Ozzy, and of course the classics such as Chattanooga Choo Choo, and Take the A Train.
~Jeffrey
And from across the pond, Fairport Convention's Traveling by Steam.
Johnny Cash..... and
If it's a train song I probably like it.
And a song about commuting by rail by Jethro Tull. Also from across the pond, but maybe not your cup of tea. (Get it? Across the pond, not your cup of tea? I crack myself up sometimes.)
And if you're reading this in the U.S.A., a song from north of the border. Gordon Lightfoot's epic Canadian Railroad Trilogy.
The soundtrack of the film: Mystery Train.
Green, Green Grass of Home. Sad, with a surprise ending song.
There's even an Australian railroad song. Crikey. I like it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdKEbnS1eBE
Curtis Mayfield People Get Ready. Rod Stewart did a more recent cover, but Curtis' version is better.
Don
Originally Posted by Quick Casey:
And a song about commuting by rail by Jethro Tull. Also from across the pond, but maybe not your cup of tea. (Get it? Across the pond, not your cup of tea? I crack myself up sometimes.)
I'm a big JT fan, but never heard this one, at least I don't remember hearing it? Locomotive Breath is a fun song to play.
Don
With all due respect to Johnny Cash, Arlo Guthrie and Glen Miller (all recorded some great railroad songs)…Anything from this Hank Snow album always does it for me…..especially The Last Ride and Ghost Trains.
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The Grateful Dead played a load of train songs. Casey Jones, Big Railroad Blues, Monkey and the Engineer, Bertha, to name a few...
I think "Classic Railroad Songs" from Smithsonian Folkways is a great compilation of railroad songs. Check it out on Amazon.
http://www.amazon.com/Classic-...assic+railroad+songs
George
How about a song about the absence of trains?
Originally Posted by mike.caruso:
Originally Posted by Greg Houser:
My top 10 list:
2. Train Kept a Rollin', Aerosmith, 1974; Tiny Bradshaw, 1951
--Greg
What? No Johnny Burnette? (The Aerosmith track IS a great song!)
It was also done by the Yardbirds in the 60's
Don
Casey Jones by the Dead and anything by Grand Funk.
City Of New Orleans-Arlo Guthrie and Wabash Cannonball-Roy Acuff.
Okay not one of my all time favorites but I remember when I was a youngen my father like this old song " someone is in the kitchen with Dinah
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGQo1TsEJqQ
One of my favorites thou is by the Boxtop's ticket to ride
My three favorites are Arlo Guthrie's City of New Orleans, Lightfoot's Canadian Railroad Trilogy, and Utah Phillips song Tolono.
Another great collection CD is "The Iron Horse" Vintage Railroad Songs, 1926-1952.
http://www.amazon.com/Vintage-...ntage+Railroad+Songs
George
Originally Posted by p51:
Originally Posted by J Daddy:
Anything Johnny Cash sings... when driving it just makes the trip go faster.
I've never heard anyone who's sound is more like the motions of the valve gear of a steam locomotive. In his, "Rock Island Line," version, it's amazing how much like a locomotive it sounds.
Well, if you're talking "Rock Island Line", here's a tribute to the late Stan Freberg, who passed away this week...
Mitch
Chatnooga Choo Choo
Folsom Prison Blues
MTA
Wreck of old 97
Casey Jones
and others I can't think of
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCvaOp1Zm7U Here's one that hasn't been mentioned.I'm sure our musicians here will appreciate.Amazing bass and piano together.Plug it into your PA or amp and crank this.Nick
My fave: Where da ya work'a John?
On the Delaware Lackawan.
What'a you do a John?
I push-a-push-a-push.
What'a push a John?
I push. I push'a da truck.
Where do ya push'a John?
On the Delaware Lack-a-wan-awan-awan-awan; the Delaware Lackawan.
Somewhere I have some original sheet music. I remember that one verse contains a old unfavorable term for Italians. "Where do you work a-_____. In da big-a-da barber shop. What do you do a-____. I strop. I strop. I strop.
But those were different times.
Dredging up this old thread after reading a biography of Warren Zevon. His "Nighttime in the Switching Yard." I'd thought that the song was perhaps a simile for something else - but no, the inspiration of it was one of the song's writers having watched a switching yard at night.
David
Don't think I saw this one mentioned which I hadn't heard in a long time before hearing it on the radio the other day: Downtown Train by Rod Stewart (though wikipedia tells me it was originally done by Tom Waits)
I forgot about MTA until you posted it. That was a written as a protest song against the raising of the fare. Smothers Brothers, wasn't it?
For me it's "City of New Orleans" by almost any performer. When my grandkids were little I put them to bed with my singing of "I've Been Working on the Railroad."
MELGAR
GVDobler posted:I forgot about MTA until you posted it. That was a written as a protest song against the raising of the fare. Smothers Brothers, wasn't it?
Being from the Boston area that song is ingrained in us, even the last verse:
Now, you citizens of Boston, don't you think it's a scandal
How the people have to pay and pay?
Fight the fare increase, vote for George O'Brian
Get poor Charlie off the MTA!
There are quite a few that I like:
Atlantic Coastline Railroad Man...........................Upsala
Railroad Bill......................................................Tom Dylan
This Train Don't Stop There Anymore........Elton John
Canadian Pacific.......................................George Hamilton
A Railroad Bum..........................................Hank Thompson
Railroad Lady......................................Jimmy Buffet
Freight Train.......................................Casey Chambers
Never Marry a Railroad Man.............Shocking Blue
On the Atchison, Topeka, and the Santa Fe, written by Harry Warren, lyrics by Johnny Mercer, and sung by Judy Garland. Sometimes sung in the shower by Number 90.
This is my favorite one right now.
Turn it up...
City of New Orleans
Arnold
Arnold D. Cribari posted:City of New Orleans
Arnold
I agree with you and MELGAR because, for me, the dignity and poignancy of the song, especially when sung by Arlo Guthrie, count. Big time. Yes, sirs.
Plus, have you ever heard Joan Baez sing, "500 Miles." Angelic and penetrating.
We all know when somebody is singing us the truth.
FrankM
P.S. Hi L.I.TRAINS, You started a really nice thread, here, one we well-worth our time - just look at the marvelous variety of replies and the candor. Refreshing. Good man!
MOST ALL of them by various artists, especially the Rounder Records Collection of CD's. Most of the major Country and Blue Grass artists recorded the classic train related songs over the decades.
"Gonna Catch a Train" by The Spinney Brothers
As I have mentioned before, music and model trains is a great combination. Love to play train songs and other music while running trains.
The NJ HiRailers even have a full-sized organ at their magnificent layout, and one of their members is a professional organist who plays it! That, more than anything, blew me away at the OGR 50th Anniversary Party there.
Arnold
GVDobler posted:I forgot about MTA until you posted it. That was a written as a protest song against the raising of the fare. Smothers Brothers, wasn't it?
Kingston Trio
What, me worry?
"Last Train Home" by Pat Metheny.
Had to go back and make sure I hadn't already posted. Good to see this come back to the top!
One toke over the Line Brewer and Shipley (or Lawrence Welk for laughs)
Last Train to London ELO
Orange Blossom Special Seatrain
Almost forgot
Midnight train to Georgia Gladys Knight
