Night Train, Vol. 3: Classic Railroad Songs (1998)

About this title: Trains were a major industrial force for over a hundred years in America. Starting around 1830, they became key components in how the country moved goods, people, and information across previously unimaginable distances. They also provided themes and metaphors for popular songs and music, many of which also drew underlying structure and dynamics from the chug-chug and clickety-clack rhythms of a train in passing, while horn players and harmonica wizards worked to simulate the blast of the steam whistle on their instruments. As a metaphor for arrivals and departures, as proof for deliverance ... read more

Tracks:

1. Choo Choo Ch' Boogie [Darling/Gabler/Hort]
2. Take the "A" Train [Strayhorn]
3. All Aboard [Morganfield]
4. Leavin' Memphis, Frisco Bound [Fuller]
5. There's a Train [Holmes]
6. Rock Island Line [Leadbelly]
7. Mainliner [Leiber/Stoller/Otis]
8. Railroadin' Some [Thomas]
9. Mystery Train [Parker/Phillips]
10. Night Train [Washington/Simpkins]
11. Cannon Ball [Williams/Price/King]
12. B & O Blues [Johnson/Turner]
13. Trouble in Mind [Jones]
14. Boogie Woogie Choo Choo Train [Vance]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.