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Show 4: The Railroad Blues Tradition
Railroad songs run all through American roots music, and this show follows that line from work, travel, escape, and lonesome wandering. These tracks belong together because the train gave blues and country singers one of their best images for motion, labor, and loss.
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24Artists
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Railroad songs run all through American roots music, and this show follows that line from work, travel, escape, and lonesome wandering. These tracks belong together because the train gave blues and country singers one of their best images for motion, labor, and loss.
Tracklist
| Order | Track | Artist | Segment | Bridge | Story |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wake Up Romeo | Caro Emerald | 1 | - | |
| 2 | Choo Choo Ch' Boogie | Louis Jordan | 1 | Story | |
| 3 | Broke Down Engine | Blind Willie McTell | 1 | - | |
| 4 | Nine Pound Hammer | Merle Travis | 1 | - | |
| 5 | Love In Vain Blues - DAL.402-2 | Robert Johnson | 1 | - | |
| 6 | John Henry | Big Bill Broonzy | 1 | - | |
| 7 | Freight Train Blues | Bob Dylan | 1 | - | |
| 8 | Waiting for a Train | Jimmie Rodgers | 1 | Yes | Story |
| 9 | Hobo's Lullaby | Woody Guthrie | 2 | Yes | Story |
| 10 | I Was Young When I Left Home | Bob Dylan | 2 | - | |
| 11 | Lonesome Train | Sonny Terry, Woody Guthrie, and Cisco Houston | 2 | - | |
| 12 | Freight train | Elizabeth Cotten | 2 | - | |
| 13 | Casey Jones | Mance Lipscomb | 2 | - | |
| 14 | Midnight Special | Lead Belly | 2 | Story | |
| 15 | Cannonball Blues | Furry Lewis | 2 | - | |
| 16 | Spike Driver Blues | Mississippi John Hurt | 2 | Yes | - |
| 17 | Early Mornin' Rain | Bob Dylan | 3 | Yes | Story |
| 18 | Amtrak Blues | Alberta Hunter | 3 | - | |
| 19 | People Get Ready | Sonny Terry,Brownie McGhee | 3 | - | |
| 20 | Still A Fool | Muddy Waters | 3 | - | |
| 21 | Smokestack Lightnin' | Howlin' Wolf | 3 | Story | |
| 22 | All Aboard | Chuck Berry | 3 | - | |
| 23 | (I Heard That) Lonesome Whistle | Hank Williams | 3 | - | |
| 24 | Down Home Special | Bo Diddley | 3 | - | |
| 25 | Bring It On Home | Sonny Boy Williamson II | 3 | - | |
| 26 | Southbound Train | Muddy Waters | 3 | Story | |
| How Long Blues | John Lee Hooker | - |