This is the last installment of the Ride The Train Series for 2005. This CD has everything from comical songs to ballads and from sacred songs to the sublime. This installment of Ride The Train is kicked off by a comical song by Texas veteran song writer, Sonny May with Run Elsie Run, a comical song about Elsie the cow, which is sure to bring a smile to your face. May has been a faithful contributor to the Ride The Train Series. From the humor of "Elsie" we are reminded of reality with The Orphan Train, who according to its song writers is based in fact and not fiction. The writers share the following information in regards to their song: "inspired by the many stories of the train, which between 1854 and 1930 carried as many as 350 thousand homeless or rejected children from New York to the farming regions of the mid-west".
The trains of the world have served in many different capacities over the years. Don Crouse's song "Shack" also takes a serious approach to the railroad topic.
The Piggy Back Riders present an instrumental that I am sure you will give multiple plays. Listen to this track loud or soft and you will agree that this song is destined to be a listener's favorite. Speaking of instrumentals, be sure to catch "Fairground Train" by Wraith. It sure sounds like a tuba that we are hearing in this arrangement.
Whether by design or just by happenstance, the track laid by Mark Pountney is a great example of the l960s garage music sound that is having a resurgence in musical circle within the USA and abroad.
We end this installment with a Southern gospel number provided by The Family Circle from Indiana. The series now stands at a dozen releases with 248 train songs pressed and we have more songs for future releases, so STAY TUNED! Thanks for the contined support of Jack Kavanaugh with The Song Domain in Mesa, Arizona and The Wirral Musicians Group from England. Also thanks to all the writers and artists who contributed to Volume XII. Enjoy Enjoy John Newbraugh, NBT Records
Track List:
1. Run Elsie Run
2. Shack
3. Ridin' The MKT
4. Rider In The Rain
5. Walk On The Tracks
6. The Orphan Train
7. Lonely Train
8. The Girl On The Train
9. Might Be And Is
10. All These Places
11. Gravy Train
12. Train Of Pain
13. Milk Train Blues
14. Full Moon In Cactus County
15. Down To Mexico
16. A Train Named Time
17. Train To Memphis
18. Sunset Evening Star
19. The Boston Line
20. Fairground Train
21. What A Ride
22. Glory Train
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The trains of the world have served in many different capacities over the years. Don Crouse's song "Shack" also takes a serious approach to the railroad topic.
The Piggy Back Riders present an instrumental that I am sure you will give multiple plays. Listen to this track loud or soft and you will agree that this song is destined to be a listener's favorite. Speaking of instrumentals, be sure to catch "Fairground Train" by Wraith. It sure sounds like a tuba that we are hearing in this arrangement.
Whether by design or just by happenstance, the track laid by Mark Pountney is a great example of the l960s garage music sound that is having a resurgence in musical circle within the USA and abroad.
We end this installment with a Southern gospel number provided by The Family Circle from Indiana. The series now stands at a dozen releases with 248 train songs pressed and we have more songs for future releases, so STAY TUNED! Thanks for the contined support of Jack Kavanaugh with The Song Domain in Mesa, Arizona and The Wirral Musicians Group from England. Also thanks to all the writers and artists who contributed to Volume XII. Enjoy Enjoy John Newbraugh, NBT Records
Track List:
1. Run Elsie Run
2. Shack
3. Ridin' The MKT
4. Rider In The Rain
5. Walk On The Tracks
6. The Orphan Train
7. Lonely Train
8. The Girl On The Train
9. Might Be And Is
10. All These Places
11. Gravy Train
12. Train Of Pain
13. Milk Train Blues
14. Full Moon In Cactus County
15. Down To Mexico
16. A Train Named Time
17. Train To Memphis
18. Sunset Evening Star
19. The Boston Line
20. Fairground Train
21. What A Ride
22. Glory Train
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- FOLK: Traditional Folk
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