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The music was written by Jerry Garcia, and the lyrics are by Robert Hunter.Hunter stated in a 2015 interview with Rolling Stone that "'Casey Jones' didn't start out as a song, it just suddenly popped into my mind: 'Driving that train, high on cocaine, Casey Jones, you better watch your speed.'
John Luther "Casey" Jones (March 14, 1863 – April 30, 1900) was an American railroader who was killed when his passenger train collided with a stalled freight train in Vaughan, Mississippi. Jones was a locomotive engineer for the Illinois Central Railroad , based in Memphis, Tennessee , and Jackson, Mississippi.
"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 ...
A notable American ten-wheeler is the Illinois Central Railroad's No. 382, the locomotive driven by Casey Jones in a train wreck Vaughan, Mississippi, on April 30, 1900, that killed him instantly. But after an eventful career with 6 accidents, she was scrapped in July 1935 at the age of 37, the same age of her driver Casey Jones when he died.
On the night of April 30, 1900, engineer Casey Jones and fireman Simeon "Sim" Webb were traveling with the engine from Memphis, Tennessee to Canton, Mississippi. [1] [2] The train collided into the rear of a freight train stuck on the mainline, killing Jones, and injuries dozens more in Vaughan, Mississippi, the last station before Canton. [2]
Casey Jones (outfielder), American Negro league baseball player; Casey Jones (musician) (1939–2017), solo blues artist and former drummer for guitarist Albert Collins; Casey Veggies (born 1993), hip hop artist; Casey Jones, former member of Blessed by a Broken Heart; Casey Jones (1936–2022), stage name of British singer Brian Cassar
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Dave's Picks Volume 51 is a three-CD live album by the rock band Grateful Dead.It features the complete concert recorded on April 13, 1971, at the Scranton Catholic Youth Center in Scranton, Pennsylvania.