This week we are inspired to present some train songs – older classics and some newer ones, too. We’ll hear Merle Travis, Robin and Linda Williams, Tom Rush, the Delmore Brothers, Riley Baugus, and a bonus Bob Dylan track. Let the whistle blow … this week on The Sing Out! Radio Magazine.

LISTEN:

Artist/”Song”/CD/Label

Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer” (excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian
              Folkways
Merle Travis / “Blue Smoke” / The Merle Travis Guitar / Raven
Riley Baugus / “Reuben’s Train” / Little Black Train’s A Comin’ / Old Garden
Tom Rush / “Panama Limited” / Tom Rush / Elektra

Jean Ritchie / “The L&N Don’t Stop Here Anymore” / High Hills and Mountains / Greenhays
Sara & Maybelle Carter / “Lonesome Pine Special” / Sara & Maybelle Carter / Bear Family
Grayson & Whitter / “Train 45” / The Recordings of Grayson & Whitter / County
Merle Travis / “Cannonball Stomp” / Walkin’ the Strings / Raven

The Delmore Brothers / “Freight Train Boogie” / Freight Train Boogie / Ace
Robin & Linda Williams / “Pan American Boogie” / Live in Holland / Strictly Country
Marty Stuart / “Long Train Gone” / Busy Bee Cafe / Sugar Hill
Mollie O’Brien & Rich Moore / “Train Home” / Love Runner / Remington Road

Jerry Jeff Walker / “Tracks Run Through the City” / Five Years Gone / Elektra
Art Theime / “The Hobo’s Last Ride” / Singing Through the Hard Times / Righteous Babe
Riley Baugus / “Train on the Island” / Little Black Train’s A Comin’ / Old Garden
Bob Dylan / “Mystery Train-This Train is Bound for Glory / Travelin’ Thru / Columbia Legacy
Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer” (excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian
              Folkways