THE TRAIN NOW DEPARTING – Twenty Songs About Trains…….

October 7, 2017

LET'S LIST AGAIN

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Welcome aboard the rock n’ roll express – we shall be calling in ‘Georgia,’  ‘Kansas,’ ‘Clarksville,’ ‘Marrakesh’ and will be ‘the last train to London.’

  1. TRAIN IN VAIN – The Clash;
  2. TWO TRAINS – Little Feat;
  3. AT THE STATION – Joe Walsh;
  4. TRAIN LEAVES HERE THIS MORNING – Eagles;
  5. LONG TWIN SILVER LINE – Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band;
  6. MYSTERY TRAIN – The Band;
  7. MIDNIGHT TRAIN TO GEORGIA – Gladys Knight & the Pips;
  8. LAST OF THE STEAM POWERED TRAINS – The Kinks;
  9. DOWN IN THE TUBE STATION AT MIDNIGHT – The Jam;
  10. MARRAKESH EXPRESS – Crosby, Stills & Nash;
  11. TRAIN IN THE DISTANCE – Paul Simon;
  12. NIGHT TIME IN THE SWITCHING YARD – Warren Zevon;
  13. LOVE TRAIN – The O’Jays;
  14. THE TRAIN SONG – The Flying Burrito Brothers;
  15. LAST TRAIN TO LONDON – Electric Light Orchestra;
  16. KANSAS CITY SOUTHERN – The Fantastic Expedition of Dillard & Clark;
  17. LAST TRAIN TO CLARKSVILLE – The Monkees;
  18. LONG TRAIN RUNNIN‘ – The Doobie Brothers;
  19. IF I’M ON THE LATE SIDE – Faces;
  20. IT TAKES A LOT TO LAUGH, It TAKES A TRAIN TO CRY – Bob Dylan;

    On The Right Track – Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band;

    NEIL SAMBROOK is the author of ‘MONTY’S DOUBLE‘ – an acclaimed thriller now available as an Amazon Kindle book.

     

 

 

6 Comments

  1. Chris Riches

    Slow Train – Joe Bonamassa. Live acoustic.

    Riding on the L and N – Steamhammer from the album Reflections.

    Locamotive Breath. Jethro Tull.

    So Many Roads – John Mayall with Peter Green (the very first JM song I owned. It’s the b side of Looking Back, which was also recorded by Gary Moore.

    1. [email protected] (Post author)

      Hi Chris. I remember writing and publishing this list when I was over in England staying with my eldest son last October – he was at work, I was alone in his flat, feeling sorry for myself as my arm was in a sling after being knocked off my bike a couple of weeks before out here in Spain. Slow Train is one I’m surprised I missed – along with Blue Train (from one of the Linda Ronstadt, Emmylou Harris, Dolly Parton, Trio albums) which is a favourite song of my wife, its omission commented upon several times………..

  2. Dale

    Freight Train – Nancy Whiskey

    1. [email protected] (Post author)

      Hi Dale – Hope you well. Two good calls there – fair cop, I missed both of them!! Hope you liked the article and site. Best wishes Neil

  3. Dale

    Morning Train – Sheena Easton

    1. [email protected] (Post author)

      Can’t believe I missed Morning Train – that was a huge hit! Best wishes Neil

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