Classic Railroad Songs from Smithsonian Folkways

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  • Release Date: 01/10/2006
  • Sales Rank: 51,316
  • Label: SMITHSONIAN FOLKWAYS
  • UPC: 093074019221

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Classic Railroad Songs from Smithsonian Folkways

1LISTENRail Dynamics (Excerpt) / Emory Cook 0:24
2LISTENTrain 45 / The New Lost City Ramblers 2:20
3LISTENKassie Jones / Furry Lewis 2:59
4LISTENJay Gould's Daughter / Pete Seeger 2:41
5LISTENRailroad Bill / Walt Robertson 2:11
6LISTENLinin' Track / Leadbelly 1:18
7LISTENFreight Train / Elizabeth Cotten 2:46
8LISTENDrill, Ye Tarriers, Drill / Cisco Houston 2:34
9LISTENZack, The Mormon Engineer / L.M. Hilton 2:06
10LISTENLost Train Blues / Virginia Mountain Boys 3:00
11LISTENThe F.F.V. / Annie Watson previously unreleased 3:55
12LISTENHe's Coming to Us Dead / The New Lost City Ramblers 3:17
13LISTENThe Train That Carried My Girl from Town / Doc Watson 2:21
14LISTENRock Island Line / Leadbelly 2:06
15LISTENLonesome Train / Sonny Terry 3:34
16LISTENJohn Henry / Cisco Houston 2:45
17LISTENThe Wreck of the Number Nine / Rosalie Sorrels 1:40
18LISTENFreight Train Blues / Brownie McGhee 3:39
19LISTENThe New Market Wreck / Mike Seeger 3:43
20LISTENJerry, Go and Oil That Car / Harry McClintock 2:40
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Smithsonian Folkways ninth installment of its popular Classic Series chronicles the golden age of the American railroad. Classic Railroad Songs from Smithsonian Folkways picks up where 2004's Classic Maritime Music collection left off, unearthing previously unheard of gems from their archives along with classics from some of the genre's finest practitioners. Twenty-one of these remarkable folk songs, field recordings, tall tales, and work songs appear on CD for the first time, from the crisp a cappella "F.F.V.," performed by Annie Watson (mother of Doc Watson), to Cisco Houston's rousing "Drill, Ye Tarriers, Drill" from his 1968 Sings American Folk Songs anthology. Compiled by Grammy Winner Jeff Place, Classic Railroad Songs is enriched by rare photos from the Library of Congress and there are detailed liner notes for each and every one of the 29 cuts which provide a glimpse into the hobo lifestyle of legendary characters like Harry McClintock, Leadbelly, and Furry Lewis -- the latter lost a leg in 1917 in a railway accident. Reverend Lee Power, All Music Guide

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