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- Date Released: January 10, 2006
- Genre: Country/Folk
- Style: Americana
- Label: Folkways Records / Smithsonian Folkways
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Smithsonian Folkways ninth installment of its popular Classic Series chronicles the golden age of the American railroad. Classic Railroad Songs from Smithsonian Folkways picks up where 2004's Classic Maritime Music collection left off, unearthing previously unheard of gems from their archives along with classics from some of the genre's finest practitioners. Twenty-one of these remarkable folk songs, field recordings, tall tales, and work songs appear on CD for the first time, from the crisp a cappella "F.F.V.," performed by Annie Watson (mother of Doc Watson), to Cisco Houston's rousing "Drill, Ye Tarriers, Drill" from his 1968 Sings American Folk Songs anthology. Compiled by Grammy Winner Jeff Place, Classic Railroad Songs is enriched by rare photos from the Library of Congress and there are detailed liner notes for each and every one of the 29 cuts which provide a glimpse into the hobo lifestyle of legendary characters like Harry McClintock, Leadbelly, and Furry Lewis -- the latter lost a leg in 1917 in a railway accident.
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| 01. |
An excerpt from "Rail Dynamics"
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0:24 |  |
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| 02. |  |
Train 45
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2:20 | |
| 03. | |
Kassie Jones
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2:59 | |
| 04. | |
Jay Gould's Daughter
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2:41 | |
| 05. | |
Railroad Bill
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2:11 | |
| 06. | |
Linin' Track
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1:18 | |
| 07. | |
Freight Train
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2:46 | |
| 08. | |
Drill Ye Tarriers, Drill
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2:34 | |
| 09. | |
Zack, the Mormon Engineer
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2:06 | |
| 10. | |
Lost Train Blues
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3:00 | |
| 11. | |
The FFV
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3:55 | |
| 12. | |
He's Coming to Us Dead
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3:17 | |
| 13. | |
The Train That Carried My Girl from Town
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2:21 | |
| 14. | |
Rock Island Line
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2:06 | |
| 15. | |
Lonesome Train |
3:34 | |
| 16. | |
John Henry
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2:45 | |
| 17. | |
The Wreck of the Number Nine
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1:40 | |
| 18. | |
Freight Train Blues
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3:39 | |
| 19. | |
The New Market Wreck
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3:43 | |
| 20. | |
Jerry Go Oil That Car
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2:40 | |
| 21. | |
Way Out in Idaho
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3:38 | |
| 22. | |
Old John Henry Died on the Mountain
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1:58 | |
| 23. |
Casey Jones
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0:23 | |
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| 24. | |
Wreck of the Old 97
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2:54 | |
| 25. | |
Midnight Special
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2:06 | |
| 26. | |
Wabash Cannonball
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3:20 | |
| 27. | |
Lost Train Blues
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1:17 | |
| 28. | |
New River Train
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4:26 | |
| 29. |
Excerpt from "Three Little Engines and 33 Cars"
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0:24 | |
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Credits
- Leadbelly - Guitar // Leadbelly - Vocals // Furry Lewis - Guitar // Furry Lewis - Guitar // Furry Lewis - Vocals // Furry Lewis - Vocals // Doc Watson - Guitar // Doc Watson - Guitar // Doc Watson - Guitar // Doc Watson - Harmonica // Doc Watson - Harmonica // Doc Watson - Harmonica // Doc Watson - Arranger // Doc Watson - Arranger // Doc Watson - Arranger // Doc Watson - Vocals // Doc Watson - Vocals // Doc Watson - Vocals // Elizabeth Cotten - Guitar // Elizabeth Cotten - Vocals // Woody Guthrie - Guitar // Woody Guthrie - Vocals // Cisco Houston - Guitar // Cisco Houston - Vocals // Mike Seeger - Banjo // Mike Seeger - Guitar // Mike Seeger - Autoharp // Mike Seeger - Vocals // Pete Seeger - Banjo // Pete Seeger - Vocals // Rosalie Sorrels - Vocals // Walt Robertson - Guitar // Walt Robertson - Vocals // Glen Neaves - Fiddle // Brownie McGhee - Guitar // Brownie McGhee - Guitar // Brownie McGhee - Vocals // Brownie McGhee - Vocals // A.P. Carter - Arranger // John Cohen - Banjo // John Cohen - Guitar // Bobby Harrison - Guitar // Huddie Ledbetter - Arranger // Russ Lee - Photo Archivist // Jeff Place - Compilation // Jeff Place - Annotation // Tracy Schwarz - Fiddle // Tracy Schwarz - Fiddle // Tracy Schwarz - Guitar // Tracy Schwarz - Guitar // Tracy Schwarz - Vocals // Tracy Schwarz - Vocals // Ronnie Simpkins - Audio Supervisor // Sonny Terry - Harmonica // Sonny Terry - Harmonica // Sonny Terry - Yells // Sonny Terry - Yells // Annie Watson - Vocals // Eric Davidson - Banjo // Eric Davidson - Vocals // Pete Reiniger - Mastering // Mary Monseur - Production Coordination // Carla Borden - Editing // Stephanie Smith - Archivist // John Vachon - Photo Archivist // D.A. Sonneborn - Production Supervisor // Marvin Cockram - Bass // Ivor Melton - Mandolin // Jacob Love - Editorial Assistant // Jack Delano - Photo Archivist
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