So if I made my playlist on ROON, I’m SOL. I was reading the ROON knowledge base, at it looks like this used to be a function that they took away.
shit, outta luck
So if I made my playlist on ROON, I’m SOL. I was reading the ROON knowledge base, at it looks like this used to be a function that they took away.
shit, outta luck
Ok, trains. I know a LOT about trains. Been a fan since the late 1960’s.
Illinois Central - A Paper Railroad - is all Canadian National now. Yes, a Canadian Railroad now runs to New Orleans.
I have a MoFi Album of the restored Nickle Plate Road ( New York, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad’s nickname. ) 2-8-4 Steamer # 765. It will punish any stereo system to try and reproduce the sounds of a hard working steam engine.
Mark Gosdin
Nice! That video is of the London Victoria to Brighton route in the UK. I used to live along it and grew up in the same town as The Cure.
Elvis Presley, Mystery Train!
(Movie reference for extra credit?)
A song about trains as sung by Earl Jordan – the man who could sing 3 notes at once and sounded like a train himself:
This song led to the musical Starlight Express.
I love Muddy Waters. I like going back to early blues. Here’s a selection from my list that won’t export. Very traditional.
Love’s Train - Con Funk Shun (or the Dru Hill cover)… I mean, sometimes, it’s okay to beg…
Now this is probably my favorite music thread so far! Bluegrass ABOUNDS with train songs…probably oversaturated lol… Anyway, here’s a few of my favorites.
Kentucky Borderline (Rhonda Vincent & the Rage)
Steel Rails (Alison Krauss & Union Station)
Blue Train (Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver)
And of course…the granddaddy of all train songs, the Orange Blossom Special! This particular version is actually my family’s band, The Family Sowell. I’m the banjo player.
Thank you for those. Orange Blossom Special I know well, but I need to hear Steel Rails. You got one hotshot fiddle player in your family. I kept waiting for mandolin and your banjo to take some solos.
My preferred version:
Steel Rails is probably Alison’s most covered song. It’s a classic bluegrass train song. As far as other instruments taking solos on Orange Blossom Special, that doesn’t happen in our band at least, and I don’t know too many bands that do that anyway. He is quite the fiddler, but we try to keep his head normal-sized lol! Thanks for listening!