Tom Petty: Runaway Trains
This is a live version of the song from the album Let Me Up I’ve Had Enough. (That’s enough runaway trains – Ed).
A compendium of musical delights by Alan and Margaret Ashworth
This is a live version of the song from the album Let Me Up I’ve Had Enough. (That’s enough runaway trains – Ed).
Yet another fugitive locomotive, this time from Dame Elton’s 1992 album The One.
Again, no relation to the previous songs. This is a live version of the hit track from the 1992 album Grave Dancers Union.
No relation whatsoever to yesterday’s song of the same name from the Drive-By Truckers. This one was written by John Stewart and featured on Rosanne’s 1988 album King’s Record Shop. … Continue readingRosanne Cash: Runaway Train
Adam’s House Cat was formed in the late 1980s in Muscle Shoals, Alabama. They went on to find fame as the Drive-By Truckers. Here’s the original Runaway Train. And here’s … Continue readingAdam’s House Cat: Runaway Train
‘And the train conductor says: Take a break, driver 8.’ From the 1984 album Reckoning.
This was written by Graham Nash and appeared on the 1972 Graham Nash/David Crosby album. I’ve always thought it sounded more like a Neil Young song. Here’s a live version … Continue readingGraham Nash and David Crosby: Southbound Train
Great version on the Letterman Show of the wonderful song from Land of Dreams about a train journey from Los Angeles to New Orleans.
An A&M debut for the Doobsters with this old favourite from 1973, viewed more than 17million times on YouTube.
From the 1974 LP Blame it on the Night. RIP Kevin, one of the best.