18 - TRAIN SONGS

Playlist

  1. Rock Island Line by Leadbelly on Leadbelly: the Smithsonian Folkways Collection (Smithsonian Folkways)
  2. Lost Train Blues by The Virginia Mountain Boys on Classic Railroad Songs from Smithsonian Folkways (Smithsonian Folkways)
  3. Freight Train by Elizabeth Cotten on Freight Train and Other North Carolina Folk Songs and Tunes (Smithsonian Folkways)
  4. Hobo's Lullaby by Woody Guthrie on Woody at 100 (Smithsonian Folkways)
  5. Frisco Line by Mississippi Fred McDowell on Classic Delta and Deep South Blues (Smithsonian Folkways)
  6. Move Along Train by Mavis Staples, Levon Helm on Carry Me Home (Anti)
  7. It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry by Bob Dylan on Highway 61 Revisited (Sony)
  8. Last Train by Allen Toussaint on Southern Nights (Warner Records)
  9. How Long Has That Train Been Gone by Professor Longhair on The Legend Collection: Professor Longhair (Acewonder Limited)
  10. Crescent City Blues by Gordon Jenkins and Beverly Mahr on Johnny Cash: Roots and Branches (UMG)
  11. The Train that Carried My Girl from Town by Doc Watson on Classic Railroad Songs from Smithsonian Folkways (Smithsonian Folkways)
  12. Lonesome Whistle by Hank Williams on Johnny Cash: Roots and Branches (UMG)
  13. Spike Driver by Mississippi John Hurt on Library of Congress Recordings Volume 2 Disc 1 (Fuel)
  14. Ruben's Train by Dock Boggs on His Folkways Years, 1963-1968 (Smithsonian Folkways)
  15. Empire State Express by Son House on Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues: Son House (Sony)
  16. Alabama Train by Louisiana Red, Bob Corritore on Tell Me Bout It (Southwest Musical Arts Foundation)
  17. John Henry by Taj Mahal on Labor of Love (Pinnacle Productions)
  18. Midnight Special by Odetta on The Most Essential Roots Singers (x5 Music Group)
  19. This Train by Sister Rosetta Tharpe on The Gospel Truth: All New! Her Greatest Gospel Hits (UMG)
  20. Train 45 by The New Lost City Ramblers on Classic Railroad Songs from Smithsonian Folkways (Smithsonian Folkways)
  21. Blue Smoke by Dolly Parton on Blue Smoke (Dolly Records)
  22. Railroad Blues by Sam McGee on Classic Mountain Songs from Smithsonian Folkways (Smithsonian Folkways)
  23. Smokestack Lightning by Howlin Wolf on The Wolf of Wall Street (UMG)
  24. King's Special by B.B. King on Indianola Mississippi Seeds (UMG)
  25. Can't Let Go by Lucinda Williams on Car Wheels on a Gravel Road (Mercury)
  26. Wabash Cannonball by Townes van Zandt on Roadsongs (TVZ Records)
  27. Freight Train Blues by Brownie McGhee on Classic Railroad Songs from Smithsonian Folkways (Smithsonian Folkways)
  28. Morning Train by John Prine on Fair and Square (Oh Boy Records)
  29. City of New Orleans by Willie Nelson on City of New Orleans (Sony)
  30. Swannanoa River by Crooked Pine Band on Branching Out (Crooked Pine Band)
  31. Railroad Bill by Etta Baker on We are the Music Makers! (Pinnacle Productions)
  32. Love in Vain by Robert Johnson on The Complete Recordings (Sony)
  33. Downtown Train by Tom Waits on Beautiful Maladies: the Island Years (Island Def Jam Music Group)
  34. New River Train by Iron Mountain String Band (Smithsonian Folkways)
  35. Trouble in Mind by Nina Simone on Nina at Newport (Rhino)