Classic Railroad Songs From Smithsonian Folkways- Classic Railroad Songs from Smithsonian Folkways
Since the railroad's rise in the 1800s it has een a thing of musical fascination and fodder for American musicians and songwriter. Railroad work songs, ballads recounting riveting exploits and instrumental echoes of the once familiar sounds of the steam locomotive have enshrined the railroad in America's musical memory. CALSSIC RAILROAD SONGS mines the Smithsonian Folkways archives to create this tribute to a favorite American source of inspiration.
Tracklist:
- Rail Dynamics (Excerpt) - Emory Cook (Excerpt)
- Train 45 - The New Lost City Ramblers
- Kassie Jones - Furry Lewis
- Jay Gould's Daughter - Pete Seeger
- Railroad Bill - Walt Robertson
- Linin' Track - Leadbelly
- Freight Train - Elizabeth Cotten
- Drill, Ye Tarriers, Drill - Cisco Houston
- Zack, The Mormon Engineer - L.M. Hilton
- Lost Train Blues - Virginia Mountain Boys
- F.F.V., The - Annie Watson (previously unreleased)
- He's Coming to Us Dead - The New Lost City Ramblers
- Train That Carried My Girl from Town, The - Doc Watson
- Rock Island Line - Leadbelly
- Lonesome Train - Cisco Houston/Sonny Terry/Woody Guthrie
- John Henry - Cisco Houston/Woody Guthrie
- Wreck of the Number Nine, The - Rosalie Sorrels
- Freight Train Blues - Brownie McGhee
- New Market Wreck, The - Mike Seeger
- Jerry, Go and Oil That Car - Harry McClintock
- Way Out in Idaho - Rosalie Sorrels
- Old John Henry Died on the Mountain - Henry Grady Terrell
- Casey Jones - John D. Mounce
- Wreck of the Old 97 - Pop Stoneman
- Midnight Special - Leadbelly
- Wabash Cannonball - Doc Watson
- Lost Train Blues - Vernon L. Sutphin
- New River Train - Iron Mountain String Band
- Three Little Engines and 33 Cars (Excerpt) - Vinton Wight (Excer
Since the railroad's rise in the 1800s it has een a thing of musical fascination and fodder for American musicians and songwriter. Railroad work songs, ballads recounting riveting exploits and instrumental echoes of the once familiar sounds of the steam locomotive have enshrined the railroad in America's musical memory. CALSSIC RAILROAD SONGS mines the Smithsonian Folkways archives to create this tribute to a favorite American source of inspiration.
Tracklist:
- Rail Dynamics (Excerpt) - Emory Cook (Excerpt)
- Train 45 - The New Lost City Ramblers
- Kassie Jones - Furry Lewis
- Jay Gould's Daughter - Pete Seeger
- Railroad Bill - Walt Robertson
- Linin' Track - Leadbelly
- Freight Train - Elizabeth Cotten
- Drill, Ye Tarriers, Drill - Cisco Houston
- Zack, The Mormon Engineer - L.M. Hilton
- Lost Train Blues - Virginia Mountain Boys
- F.F.V., The - Annie Watson (previously unreleased)
- He's Coming to Us Dead - The New Lost City Ramblers
- Train That Carried My Girl from Town, The - Doc Watson
- Rock Island Line - Leadbelly
- Lonesome Train - Cisco Houston/Sonny Terry/Woody Guthrie
- John Henry - Cisco Houston/Woody Guthrie
- Wreck of the Number Nine, The - Rosalie Sorrels
- Freight Train Blues - Brownie McGhee
- New Market Wreck, The - Mike Seeger
- Jerry, Go and Oil That Car - Harry McClintock
- Way Out in Idaho - Rosalie Sorrels
- Old John Henry Died on the Mountain - Henry Grady Terrell
- Casey Jones - John D. Mounce
- Wreck of the Old 97 - Pop Stoneman
- Midnight Special - Leadbelly
- Wabash Cannonball - Doc Watson
- Lost Train Blues - Vernon L. Sutphin
- New River Train - Iron Mountain String Band
- Three Little Engines and 33 Cars (Excerpt) - Vinton Wight (Excer