Sara and I were at the train show in Ontario, Ca., a few weeks ago and she found a music box.
It is a little cube about 1inch square that takes 8 gig memory cards.
What is your favorite train song?
Without a doubt - “Orange Blossom Special”.
And yes, the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain plays it!
Lou,
I’ve posted this before. But this is probably one of the best versions of “Orange Blossom Special” I’ve heard.
The late Hoyt Axton’s band. The fiddler played this song with the fiddle behind his head!
Hope you enjoy it.
Ralph
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fE00Gm1V5YY[/youtube]
Three of my favorites…
[youtube]http://youtu.be/vUaGlOJYC5o[/youtube]
[youtube]http://youtu.be/R9hs7UO91WA[/youtube]
I don’t think that anybody does it better than Boxcar Willie. I love the way he does the steam whistle. I tired to do it once. I couldn’t speak for a week, after that.
I sing this one for my grandkids every Christmas.
“I’m going off the rails on a crazy train”
Ozzy
This is my favorite train song : Dixie Flyer / Travis Tritt
City of New Orleans - Arlo Guthrie
Lot’s of great songs done about trains in the merry south-land. Her is another.
“ain’t no train to Memphis”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bW8-F2ekHco
Tom
Chicago Blues master Buddy Guy with Jonny Lang:
“No Midnight Train”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYf2m78508Q
Tom
I did forget “Wabash Cannonball”. That version by Boxcar Willie is great!
OK, so how many people on this forum are going to go hoarse trying to do that whistle?
All together for Bob’s birthday ------
My all-time favorite train song: Johnny Cash - Texas 1947
Im going to have go with Alision Krauss Steel Rails.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbYJNL7uYRI
There are a lot of great Bluegrass trains songs out their.
Ah, way too many favorites to list! But, besides the ones above, here’s a few of my favorites, in no particular order.
Seldom Scene - Old Train
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhA3vQ5m8Xo
Rhonda Vincent
Kentucky Borderline
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rRrz3Kct-A
Bluegrass Express
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htpkLOUTm1g
Hank Snow
Golden Rocket
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_jQFi6ve2k
Movin’ On
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLCHZyaBEHQ
Kathy Mattea - The L&N Don’t stop here anymore
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ephmK-pbZJA
Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs - The Wreck of Old '97
The Railroad by Grand Funk Railroad, who by the way is Homer Simsons favorite band.
Chester Louis SA #64 Hampshire County Narrow Gauge
Here is the “Wabash Cannonball” performed by Hank Snow. It also has words to sing along. But you gotta see the outstanding steam footage included!
It was always fun to do Underweigh Replenishments (UNREPS) from USS WABASH AOR 5, as they always played the “Wabash Cannonball” as their breakaway song at the end of the UNREP as the ships were “breaking away.” They had at least 5 versions that I recall, and you never knew which version they were going to play.
Wabash was one of 5 Wichita class AORs that were built around left over steam plants that had been built for Iowa class battleships that were never needed during World War II. AORs carried beans, bullets, bandages and fuel, of all types and descriptions. They were very capable ships.
When I was aboard the USS Forrestal when we did a break away the engineer would play a steam locomotive leaving the station. Never did find out what locomotive it was.
Chester Louis SA #64 Hampshire County Narrow Gauge
Wreck of the Old 97 as perfoirmed by Boxcar Willie is prolly my hands down favorite …