Categorie: Trains

zzxo | Trains (3)

In this column: Cannonball Express, The Flying Crow and The Frisco, Memphis Jug Band, Peggy Lee, Dallas Jamboree Jug Band, Gus 'Banjo Joe' Cannon   “I’m goin' down to the station, catch that west cannonball”. Sunshine Blues -- Memphis Jug Band The Cannonball is a fast passenger train, that refers to a crack train (fastest …

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zzzf | Trains (2)

In this column: Colorado Central, Narrow Gauge Railways, The Chief, Santa Fe's Fleet Of Famous Trains, Freight Train Blues, Yellow Dog Blues, Yazoo Delta Railroad, Smokestack Lightning, Trixie Smith, Louis Armstrong, W.C.Handy, Howling Wolf, Nat King Cole In the episode about C.C.Rider you can read that C.C. the acronym could be for Colorado Central. The …

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zzzi | Boll Weevil, The Katy, Bessie Tucker

In this column: Weevil, Boll Weevil, The Katy, The Santa Fe, The Mule, Brook Benton, Bessie Tucker, Taj Mahal, Big Joe Williams Weevil in Can't get no grinding (Muddy Waters) and Boll Weevil (Lead Belly). See an earlier episode.The wheat weevil / grain weevil  in "Can't get no grinding" (Muddy Water) is a beetle that …

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