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A train song is a song referencing passenger or freight railroads, often using a syncopated beat resembling the sound of train wheels over train tracks.Trains have been a theme in both traditional and popular music since the first half of the 19th century and over the years have appeared in nearly all musical genres, including folk, blues, country, rock, jazz, world, classical and avant-garde.
The album consists of old fashioned swing, big band, folk, bluegrass and gospel styles of music woven into a theme of railroad songs. [3] Accolades
Seersucker, hickory stripe or railroad stripe is a thin, puckered, usually cotton fabric, commonly but not necessarily striped or chequered, used to make clothing for hot weather. The word originates from the Persian words شیر shîr and شکر shakar , literally meaning "milk and sugar", from the gritty texture ("sugar") on the otherwise ...
The Eyes of Texas" is the spirit song of the University of Texas at Austin and the University of Texas at El Paso. It is set to the tune of "I've Been Working on the Railroad" with alternate lyrics written in 1904. Students, faculty, staff, and alumni of the university sing the song at Longhorn sports games and other events. [13]
[citation needed] (A recording of an early performance of "Driving the Last Spike" was released as an Atlantic Records promo CD featuring the second half of the song in the album key.) [citation needed] "Driving the Last Spike" was featured on the live album The Way We Walk, Volume Two: The Longs, and the live DVD The Way We Walk - Live in Concert.
"Railroad Track" is a song by New Zealand-born musician, singer and producer Willy Moon released in 2012 by Jack White's label Third Man Records. [2] The B-side was written by Sonny Bono in 1966 and first performed by Cher. Moon changed the lyrics to adapt his interlocutor to be a female. The music is closer to the adaptation by Nancy Sinatra. [3]
[2] [3] Despite mentions in the poetically lyrics of the song written by Johnny Mercer, the A.T.& S.F. never directly reached north to Laramie, Wyoming (actually served by the transcontinental line of the Union Pacific Railroad) or to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (served in reality by the Reading Company, Pennsylvania Railroad or Baltimore & Ohio ...
The album recalls his 1969 tribute to Jimmie Rogers, Same Train, A Different Time but, with its between song narrations and freight train sound effects, more closely resembles Johnny Cash's 1960 concept album Ride This Train. Haggard, who was also a model train enthusiast, manages only one original composition, "No More Trains to Ride".