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Arlo & Woody Guthrie

¤ Arlo Guthrie

City of New Orleans is a folk song written by →Steve Goodman, describing a train ride from Chicago to New Orleans via the Illinois Central Railroad in bittersweet and nostalgic terms. Goodman got the idea while traveling on the eponymous train for a visit to his wife’s […]

julio 19th, 2014 | Tags: , , , | Category: Songwriters | Leave a comment

Jimmie Rodgers + Patsy Cline

¤ Jimmie Rodgers [1897-1933] · · · The Singing Brakeman [1930] 1. Waiting for a Train ↓

All around the water tank, waiting for a train A thousand miles away from home, sleeping in the rain I walked up to a brakeman just to give him a line of talk He said «If […]

julio 18th, 2014 | Tags: , | Category: Songwriters | One comment

Waylon Jennings + Johnny Cash

By age 12, Waylon Jennings [1937-2002] was playing in a band and working as a radio DJ. His style evolved over time, taking on a grittier, more bass-driven sound. He befriended such artists as Willie Nelson, and formed the Highwaymen with Nelson, Johnny Cash, and Kris Kristofferson in 1985.

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julio 17th, 2014 | Tags: , , | Category: Songwriters | Leave a comment

Highwaymen + Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

The Highwaymen (active between 1985 and 1995) were a Country music supergroup comprising four of the genre’s biggest artists well known for their pioneering influence on the outlaw country subgenre:

Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson & Kris Kristofferson.

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«I met Waylon […]

julio 16th, 2014 | Tags: , | Category: Songwriters | Leave a comment
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