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Jones is described as being "high on cocaine" (the song even makes a double entendre of advising Jones to "watch his speed"). It was inspired by the story of an actual engineer named Casey Jones. The engineer's exploits were also sung of in an earlier folk song called "The Ballad of Casey Jones", which the Grateful Dead played live several times.
Casey Jones's fame is largely attributed to the traditional song, “The Ballad of Casey Jones”, [7] [16] also known as "Casey Jones, the Brave Engineer", recorded by, among others, Billy Murray, Mississippi John Hurt, Harry McClintock, [17] Furry Lewis, Johnny Cash, Ed McCurdy, and played live by the Grateful Dead, as well as Jones' friend ...
"The Ballad of Casey Jones", also known as "Casey Jones, the Brave Engineer" or simply "Casey Jones", is a traditional American folk song about railroad engineer Casey Jones and his death at the controls of the train he was driving. It tells of how Jones and his fireman Sim Webb raced their locomotive to make up for lost time, but discovered ...
The Ballad of Casey Jones", a c. 1909 folk song about the railroad engineer "Casey Jones" (Grateful Dead song), a 1970 song by the Grateful Dead, also about the railroad engineer; Casey Jones (band), a straight edge hardcore punk band from Florida
The disaster inspired several songs, the most famous being the ballad first recorded commercially by Virginia musicians G. B. Grayson and Henry Whitter. [6] Vernon Dalhart's version was released in 1924 (Victor Record no. 19427), sometimes cited as the first million-selling country music release in the American record industry, with Carson Robison playing guitar and Dalhart playing harmonica.
Casey Jones (Grateful Dead song) Casey Jones—the Union Scab This page was last edited on 23 February 2023, at 18:30 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative ...
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Skeletons from the Closet: The Best of Grateful Dead is the first compilation album from rock band the Grateful Dead.It was originally released in February 1974. As with other such packages, the album was a way for Warner Bros. Records to capitalize on the Dead's back catalog after the band had left the label.