Classic Railroad Songs From Smithsonian Folkways: Classic Railroad Songs from Smithsonian Folkways
Classic Railroad Songs From Smithsonian Folkways: Classic Railroad Songs from Smithsonian Folkways
Format: CD
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Artist: Classic Railroad Songs From Smithsonian Folkways
Label: Smithsonian Folkways
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 093074019221
Genre: Country, Folk
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.
Tracks:
1.1 An Excerpt from "Rail Dynamics" Recorded By Emory Cook
1.2 Train 45 - the New Lost City Ramblers
1.3 Kassie Jones - Furry Lewis
1.4 Jay Gould's Daughter - Pete Seeger
1.5 Railroad Bill - Walt Robertson
1.6 Linin' Track - Lead Belly
1.7 Freight Train - Elizabeth Cotten
1.8 Drill Ye Tarriers, Drill - Cisco Houston
1.9 Zack, the Mormon Engineer - L. M. Hilton
1.10 Lost Train - the Virginia Mountain Boys
1.11 The F. F. V. - Annie Watson
1.12 He's Coming to Us Dead - the New Lost City Ramblers
1.13 The Train That Carried My Girl from Town - Doc Watson
1.14 Rock Island Line - Lead Belly
1.15 Lonesome Train - Sonny Terry, Woody Guthrie, and Cisco Houston
1.16 John Henry - Woody Guthrie and Cisco Houston
1.17 The Wreck of the Number Nine - Rosalie Sorrels
1.18 Freight Train Blues - Brownie McGhee
1.19 The New Market Wreck - Mike Seeger
1.20 Jerry, Go Oil That Car - Haywire Mac
1.21 Way Out in Idaho - Rosalie Sorrels
1.22 Old John Henry Died on the Mountain - Henry Grady Terrell
1.23 Casey Jones - John D. Mounce
1.24 Wreck of the Old 97 - Pop Stoneman
1.25 Midnight Special - Lead Belly
1.26 Wabash Cannonball - Doc Watson
1.27 Lost Train Blues - Vernon Sutphin
1.28 New River Train - Iron Mountain String Band
1.29 Excerpt from "Three Little Engines and 33 Cars" Recorded By Vinton Wight
