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Traditionally, there has always been a profound love affair between trains and roots music. As blues developed as a serious musical genre, during the 1920s and 30s, many of it's pioneers travelled from city to city, gig to gig, by hopping aboard moving freight trains. Their hoboing/rambling 'adventures' gradually became absorbed into their songs, along with metaphors and descriptive phrases like Inchriding the railsInch, Inchside-trackedInch, InchderailedInch, Inchliving on the right tracksInch, Inchblowing your stackInch, etc. This compilation presents twenty-six blues/R&B legends, ranging in fame, importance and influence from Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker, Elmore James, Tiny Bradshaw (who appears twice), Big Bill Broonzy, Lightnin' Hopkins, etc. , to lesser-known, mere mortals like Gabriel Brown, Silver Crooks, Willie Love, Soldier Boy Houston, Cousin Leroy, Willie Love and many more. The songs themselves include classic numbers like 'Mystery Train', 'The Train Kept A-Rollin', 'Mean Old Train', 'South Bound Train' and 'Train Fare Home' Album Tracks 1. Train Fare Home - Muddy Waters 2. Hold That Train - Gabriel Brown 3. Memphis Train - Dick Davis & His Orchestra Featuring Sonny Thompson 4. Mr. Ticket Agent - Silver Cooks & the Gondoliers 5. Train Whistle Blowing - Little Willie Littlefield 6. Stop That Train in Harlem - Walter Davis 7. Don't Miss That Train - Joe Liggins 8. Built Like a Railroad Track - Tiny Bradshaw 9. Standin' at the Station - Guitar Slim 10. The Train Kept A-Rollin' - Tiny Bradshaw 11. Train Time - Memphis Slim 12. Train Blues - Jimmy Liggins 13. South Bound Train - Big Bill Broonzy 14. Seventy Four Blues - Willie Love & His Three Aces 15. Mean Old Train - John Lee Hooker 16. Freight Train Blues (When I Started Hoboing) - Lightnin' Hopkins 17. City of New Orleans - Sunnyland Slim 18. Lonesome Ol
