[FA Worldmusic] Horn of Africa/ Train songs
Mitchell Greenhill
mitchg at folkloreproductions.com
Fri Jan 12 04:22:05 EST 2007
Has no one mentioned Zion Train by Bob Marley? Also, Campbell Brothers have a
great version of Morning Train.
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From: Tom Frouge
To: fa-worldmusic at folk.org
Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2007 3:47 PM
Subject: Re: [FA Worldmusic] Horn of Africa/ Train songs
Train Kept a Rolling - Aerosmith
Locomotion - Little Eva (or Grand Funk)
Hey, someone had to say it....;->
More Seriously:
Lot's by Cash. Here's a few:
Let The Train Blow The Whistle - Johnny Cash
Down There By The Train - Johnny Cash
Like The 309 - Johnny Cash
The Evening Train - Johnny Cash
Hey Porter - Johnny Cash
I Got A Thing About Trains - Johnny Cash
Wreck of The Ol 97 - Johnny Cash or Hank Snow or ????
L&N Don't Stop Here Anymore - Johnny Cash or Michelle Shocked
Folsom Prison Blues - Johnny Cash
Doc Watson has done a bunch. Here's a few:
The Train That Carried My Girl From Town - Doc and Merle Watson
Blue Railroad Train - Doc and Merle Watson
Streamline Cannonball - Doc Watson
Spikedriver's Blues - Doc Watson
The Wreck Of The 1262 - Doc Watson
Rueben's Train - Doc Watson
New River Train - Doc Watson
Wabash Cannonball - Doc Watson
Then there's:
Georgia On a Fast Train - Billy Joe Shaver or Willie Nelson
Desporadoes Waiting For A Train - Merle Haggard and Willie Nelson or The
Highwaymen
Put Me On A Trian Back To Texas - Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson
The Train Carrying Jimmie Rodgers Home - Greg Brown
Choo Choo Ch'Boogie - Asleep at the Wheel or Bob Wills
Steel Rails - Alison Krauss
Railroad Boogie - Pee Wee King
Train, Train - Emmylou Harris (or tons of other folk)
Smoke Along THe Track - Dwight Yoakam or Emmy Lou
Life's Railway To Heaven - Patsy Cline
Life Is A Mountain Railroad - The Carter Family
Big Steel Rail - Gordon Lightfoot
Boxcar Willie - Roy Acuff
Casey Jones - Grateful Dead
Casey Jones (NOT the Dead song) - Garcia and Grisman or Pete Seege. I
think
Cash did it too
Midnight Special - Leadbelly or Credence or ????
Mystery Train - Elvis or Ronnie Hawkins or ????
Pan American - Hank Williams
It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry - Bob Dylan
City of New Orleans - Steve Goodman or Arlo Guthrie or Willie Nelson or
Johnny Cash or ????)
And don't forget:
Midnight Train To Georgia - Gladys Knight and The Pips
Love Train - O'Jays
Last Train To Clarksville - The Monkees (Someone had to say that too - plus
the Four Tops covered it!)
Ok I could go on but that's enough, si?
-----Original Message-----
From: fa-worldmusic-bounces+tom=avokado.net at folk.org
[mailto:fa-worldmusic-bounces+tom=avokado.net at folk.org]On Behalf Of
evangelinekim at att.net
Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2007 10:59 AM
To: fa-worldmusic at folk.org
Subject: Re: [FA Worldmusic] Horn of Africa/ Train songs
& Curtis Mayfield: "People Get Ready"
!
> Jimmie Rodgers: "Waiting for a Train" & "Train Whistle Blues"
> Merle Haggard:: "Same Train A Different Time - A Tribute to Jimmie
Rodgers"
>
> E
>
> -------------- Forwarded Message: --------------
> From: "Marco Werman"
> To: "Gerald Seligman" ,
> Subject: Re: [FA Worldmusic] Horn of Africa
> Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2007 14:25:07 +0000
>
>
> Hugh Masekela, "Stimela"
> Robert Johnson or the Stones, "Love in Vain"
>
> Marco
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: fa-worldmusic-bounces+marco.werman=bbc.co.uk at folk.org
> [mailto:fa-worldmusic-bounces+marco.werman=bbc.co.uk at folk.org] On Behalf
> Of Gerald Seligman
> Sent: 11 January 2007 04:58
> To: fa-worldmusic at folk.org
> Subject: Re: [FA Worldmusic] Horn of Africa
>
>
> Dore,
>
> Here are some other train songs...
>
> Joao Gilberto: Tremzinho (Trem de Forro)
> Simone: O trem ta feio.
> Milton Nascimento: O Tremzinho da Caipira (by Villa Lobos), also done by
> Edu
> Lobo)
> Delmore Borthers: Freight Train Boogie
> Jorma Koukonen: Blue Railroad Train
> Little Feat: Two Trains
> Little Junior's Blue Flames: Mystery Train
> Professor Longhair: How Long's That Train Been Gone
> Taj Mahal: Freight Train
> Tom Waits: Downtown Train
>
> Regards,
> Gerald
>
> On 1/10/07, John Leeson wrote:
> >
> > > Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2007 08:22:10 -0800
> > > From: "Dore Stein"
> > > Subject: [FA Worldmusic] Horn of Africa/Trains/Tangents change of
> > > address
> > >
> > > One covers the music of the Horn of Africa: Somalia, Ethiopia,
> > > Eritrea
> > and
> > > Djibouti.
> >
> > > Does anyone know Somali (only Maryam Mursal/Waaberi so far),
> > > Eritrean or Djibouti artists they'd recommend?
> >
> > Dore:
> >
> > A couple of "Canadian" suggestions for your show:
> >
> > For Somlian music, you definitely want to consider K'Naan
> > (http://www.thedustyfoot.com/ ), who's nominated for a 2007 BBC World
> > Music Award (Best Newcomer). He's now based in Toronto, but his music
> > is rooted in his native Somalia. Not sure if his CD is released in the
>
> > U.S., but it can be acquired on his website. A real talent.
> >
> > Last January, CBC Radio produced a wonderful concert here in Toronto
> > titled "Horn of Africa" with a large number of musicians based here,
> > but originating in Somalia, Sudan and Eritrea. A large part of that
> > concert has been re-broadcast several times on the CBC. It's possible
> > you may be able to acquire and play some songs from it. The log from
> > one of the re-broadcasts is here:
> > http://www.cbc.ca/radioshows/ON_STAGE/20060604.shtml
> >
> > I can email you offline the email address of the concert's producer,
> > Todd Fraracci.
> >
> > (I have some photos from the concert here
> > http://to-music.ca/gallery/060128_horn
> >
> > John Leeson
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