093074019221

Classic Railroad Songs From Smithsonian Folkways

Various Artists

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Format: CD

Cat No: SFW40192

Release Date:  10 January 2006

Label:  Smithsonian Folkways

Packaging Type:  Jewel Case

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  093074019221

Genres:  Folk  

  • Description

    As 19th-century America expanded, so too did the "ribbons of iron" that crisscrossed the vast landscape and sparked the imagination of music-makers. Work songs, ballads recounting riveting exploits, and instrumental echoes of the once familiar sounds of the steam locomotive have enshrined the railroad in our musical memory. Classic Railroad Songs mines the Smithsonian Folkways archives to create this tribute to a favorite American source of inspiration. 36-page booklet. 71 minutes.

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. An Excerpt From Rail Dynamics - Emory Cook
      • 2. Train 45 - The New Lost City Ramblers
      • 3. Kassie Jones - Furry Lewis
      • 4. Jay Gould's Daughter - Pete Seeger
      • 5. Railroad Bill - Walt Robertson
      • 6. Linin' Truck - Lead Belly
      • 7. Freight Train - Elizabeth Cotton
      • 8. Drill, Ye Tarriers, Drill - Cisco Houston
      • 9. Zack, The Mormon Engineer - L.M. Hilton
      • 10. Lost Train Blues - The Virginia Mountain Boys
      • 11. The F.F.V. - Annie Watson
      • 12. He's Coming To Us Dead - The New Lost City Ramblers
      • 13. The Train That Carried My Girl From Town - Doc Watson
      • 14. Rock Island Line - Lead Belly
      • 15. Lonesome Train - Woody Guthrie
      • 16. John Henry - Woody Guthrie
      • 17. The Wreck Of The Number Nine - Rosalie Sorrels
      • 18. Freight Train Blues - Brownie McGhee
      • 19. The New Market Wreck - Mike Seeger
      • 20. Jerry, Go Oil That Car - Haywire Mac
      • 21. Way Out In Idaho - Rosalie Sorrels
      • 22. Old John Henry Died On The Mountain - Henry Grady Terrell
      • 23. Casey Jones - John D. Mounce
      • 24. Wreck Of Old '97 - Pop Stoneman
      • 25. Midnight Special - Lead Belly
      • 26. Wabash Cannonball - Doc Watson
      • 27. Lost Train Blues - Vernon Sutphin
      • 28. New River Train - Iron Mountain String Band
      • 29. Excerpt From Three Little Engines And 33 Cars - Vinton Wight