Where Can a Bum Find Bed and Board?

[WoundedBear]

One little habit I have, and I find it hard to break, is sharing favorite tunes.

This one is railroad themed, and a nice little tune, even if it is somewhat rough and unfinished. Click the link and either stream it or dload and play.

Anyone able to recognize the artist?

Enjoy....http://members.shaw.ca/wbearart/stop_rainin_lord.mp3

Sid

[SteamGene]

I don't know the artist, but I think Boone's Farm Apple Wine came after the heyday of bums, tramps, and bindlestiffs.
Gene

[WoundedBear]

Boone's Farm, originally based in California, was founded in 1873 Gene. I did a bit of digging on it.

Sid

[SteamGene]

Ah, but was it known outside of Modesto?  It's now made by Gallo, BTW.
Gene

[BIG BEAR]

       Warren Zevon - artist

        Pianist & band leader for the Everly Bros.

        Died of lung Cancer in Sept. 2003

[WoundedBear]

       Warren Zevon - artist

        Pianist & band leader for the Everly Bros.

        Died of lung Cancer in Sept. 2003

That's it, my ursine brother.

Another great talent silenced.

Sid

[Summertrainz]

good ol' rail road tunes 
make me smile

[Woody Elmore]

On an album called "Trio", Dolly Parton, Amy Lou Harris and Linda Ronstadt sing a song called; "Are There Any Boxcars in Heaven." It is one of my favorite railroad tunes.

If I had one of those new-fangled mp-3 things, I'd copy it. I'm still working on fitting my eight track player into the dash of my AMC Pacer next to my CB radio.

[SteamGene]

Woody, you mean you've finally traded in your buckboard?
Gene

[ebtnut]

Some of you are probably familiar with the "Orange Blossom Special", which usually includes a fiddle solo.  One of the best versions I ever heard was done by a group called "Sea Train" way back in the early '70's.  Scattered through CW/Blue Grass music are some good train tunes--among them: "The Pan American"; "Old Train"; "The Wreck of Old 97"; "Casey Jones"; and of course the big hit, "City of New Orleans". 

[the Bach-man]

Dear All,
Speaking of song and songwriters, John Stewart of the Kingston Trio passed away last week. He wrote several train songs, as well as "Daydream Believer" for the  Monkees.
I understand he was a model railroader as well.
the Bach-mn

[Woody Elmore]

The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band released an album in the 70s entitled "Will the Circle be Unbroken?" I have the album on vinyl, cassette and CD. It features Roy Acuff singing, "the Wabash Cannoball" (it doesn't get any better than that) and a great instrumental version of "Orange Blossom Special." I also have the latter song on CD being done by a fellow named Johnny Cash.

What amazes me is that recording industry gurus have proclaimed that in ten years there will be no CDs. I guess I better get an Ipod. ( Hmmm, maybe if I sell the Pacer.....)

[hotrodguy23]

One little habit I have, and I find it hard to break, is sharing favorite tunes.

This one is railroad themed, and a nice little tune, even if it is somewhat rough and unfinished. Click the link and either stream it or dload and play.

Anyone able to recognize the artist?

Enjoy....http://members.shaw.ca/wbearart/stop_rainin_lord.mp3

Sid

the artist is warren zevon

[BIG BEAR]

   One of my all time favorite, singer of train songs was Boxcar Willie. AKA America's favorite Hobo.
He also succumbed to cancer, in 1999.  My folks went to Branson to see him in 1997. That was just a year before the nasty "C" took my Mother at 54 Yrs. old. 
     Maybe I'll try to track down the tape of that show they went to. Dad
may still have it.


P.S.  ursine = the first time I've had to pick-up a dictionary in years - Thanks
I had to ask my wife where it was.

             Barry

[SteamGene]

One of my favorites is "He's Coming to us Dead" which apparently dates back to the War Between the States and concerns a father going down to the freight office to meet the train carrying his son's casket.  The only part I don't like is the fact that the snarly clerk doesn't apologize to the father at the end as they load the casket into the hearse while all the bystanders cry.
Let's not forget "John Henry," one of the few American folk heroes that we know actually lived and actually beat a steam drill boring out the Big Bend Tunnel in West Virginia. 
Then there's "Waiting for a Train," another hobo classic and, though it doesn't mention trains, "big Rock Candy Mountain."  "Lord of the Trains" does, though.
There are two whose titles I'm going to have to find that are real tear jerkers.  Both concern a child or teen who got on a train without a ticket.  One is a little girl going to get her father out of prison and the other is a boy going to see his best friend who is dying. 
Gene