{"id":32926,"date":"2014-05-18T18:00:43","date_gmt":"2014-05-18T23:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/whisnews21.com\/?p=32926"},"modified":"2014-05-18T18:00:43","modified_gmt":"2014-05-18T23:00:43","slug":"celebrate-some-of-the-greatest-train-songs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/2014\/05\/18\/celebrate-some-of-the-greatest-train-songs\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrate Some Of The Greatest Train Songs"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"TrainWreck1\"<\/a><\/strong>Celebrate Some Of The Greatest Train Songs<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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No other technology has held a thematic sway over roots and county music like the railway system (okay, maybe distilling) The train has been a symbol of freedom that has captured the imagination of songwriters or generations.<\/p>\n

In celebration of Train’s here are some my personal and fan picked favorites.<\/p>\n

As a teenager Eaglesmith hopped a freight train out to Western Canada, and began writing songs and performing. It;s natural he\u2019d write a great son about them.<\/p>\n

Steve Earle\u2019s post-addiction and post-prison is arguably his best. The GRAMMY-nominated \u201cTrain a Comin\u2019 featured older material written when Earle was in his late teens but it;s maturity is evident in songs like \u201cSometimes She Forgets,\u201d Mercenary Song,\u201d and \u201cMystery Train part II\u201d whose lyrics finished the day it was recorded.<\/p>\n

“Blue Train” a John D.Loudemilk song which was not so popular in the United States but was a #1 for months in South Africa during the early 1960’s<\/p>\n

\u201cOrphan Train\u201d tells the story of the orphan trains operated between 1853 and 1929, relocating about 250,000 orphaned, abandoned, or homeless children to foster homes located largely in rural areas of the Midwest. Julie Miller adds just the right atmosphere to this contemporary dirge,<\/p>\n

500 Miles is a folk classic credited to Hedy West and made popular by acts like Peter, Paul and Mary (it was the second track on their US #1, May 1962 debut album).A slightly altered version was a hit by Bobby Bare in 1963. Roseanne Cash does a helluva version from her release \u201cThe List.\u201d<\/p>\n

Billy Joe Shaver, with his late son Eddie picking in the strat, made an instant classic with this one.<\/p>\n

Guy Clark wrote \u201cTexas \u2013 1947\u201d bout the first time a diesel sped through his hometown of Monahans in West Texas.<\/p>\n

\u201cBen Dewberry\u2019s Final Run\u201d by Andrew Jenkins was covered by Johnny Cash, Jerry Douglas, Steve Forbert, Bill Monroe, Jimmie Rodgers and Hank Snow. Gillian Welch and Dave Rawlings give it fine turn.<\/p>\n

Orange Blossom Special\u201d is a classic by Johnny Cash. Johnny burns up the mouth harp on this one at San Quentin.<\/p>\n

City of New Orleans\u201d is a folk song written by Steve Goodman describing a train ride from Chicago to New Orleans. Arlo Guthrie had a hit with i on his 1972 album Hobo\u2019s Lullaby. The way I see it, when Willie Nelson does a song it stays done.<\/p>\n

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– Twang Nation<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Celebrate Some Of The Greatest Train Songs No other technology has held a thematic sway over roots and county music like the railway system (okay, maybe distilling) The train has been a symbol of freedom that has captured the imagination of songwriters or generations. In celebration of Train’s here are some my personal and fan picked favorites. As a teenager Eaglesmith hopped a freight train out to Western Canada, and began writing songs and performing. It;s natural he\u2019d write a great son about them. Steve Earle\u2019s post-addiction and post-prison is<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":32929,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32926"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32926"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32926\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32929"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32926"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32926"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32926"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}