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Gone, like a train...

flapjax at midnite — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 06:26:00 -0800

There's just something so pleasing about watching a mixed freight train go by. Here are several versions of the classic train number, "Wreck of the Old 97": Hank Snow Johnny Cash Roy Acuff Boxcar Willie The Seekers Flatt & Scruggs with... the Beverly Hillbillies! This clip features Johnny Cash once again, but the video is a crude CG reenactment of the crash. and finally, this old recording by ??? features yet another curious (and even more crude) CG reenactment of the crash... Train song lovers might also want to check out my FPP from earlier this month on The Wabash Cannonball.

Cotten pickin' good

not_on_display — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 13:08:25 -0800

Elizabeth Cotten [previously] sits down and talks with Pete Seeger. She plays the "Wilson Rag," "Mama, Your Papa Loves You," and Pete joins her for "Freight Train." (Lyrics are provided for "Freight Train," so you can all sing along, too.) More footage of Libba being interviewed can be found here. And, because it's such a good song, here's Libba by herself performing "Freight Train."