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01. Rock Island Line
02. The L&N Don't Stop Here Anymore
03. The Midnight Special
04. Railroad Bill
05. Lonesome Whistle
06. KC Moan
07. Waiting For A Train
08. In The Pines
09. Gentle On My Mind
10. Hobo's Lullaby
11. Railboarding On The great Divide
12. John Henry
13. Early Morning Rain

This is a great album. I had the priviledge of being at the album launch last week at the Nashville Union Station Hotel at the Americana Music Awards. The following day I heard them talk about the background to the songs and their trip.

In March 2016 Billy Bragg and Joe Henry, guitars in hand, boarded a Los Angeles-bound train at Chicago's Union Station looking to reconnect with the culture of American railroad travel and the music it inspired. Winding along 2,728 miles of track over four days, the pair recorded classic railroad songs in waiting rooms and at trackside while the train paused to pick up passengers.     

September 2016

Billy Bragg & Joe Henry - Shine A Light - Field Recordings From The Great American Railroad

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