Various Artists - Classic Railroad Songs from Smithsonian Folkways (CD)

Product Description

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.

Track List:

Disc: 1

1. An Excerpt from "Rail Dynamics" Recorded By 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' Track - Lead Belly
7. Freight Train - Elizabeth Cotten
8. Drill Ye Tarriers, Drill - Cisco Houston
9. Zack, the Mormon Engineer - L. M. Hilton
10. Lost Train - 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 - Sonny Terry, Woody Guthrie, and Cisco Houston
16. John Henry - Woody Guthrie and Cisco Houston
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 the 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" Recorded By Vinton Wight

Product Highlights

• Artist: Various Artists
• Genre: Country, Folk
• Format: CD
• Record Label: Smithsonian Folkways