"Say, Can You Hear That Whistle Blow?":
Songs Of The Rails And The Hobos Who Rode Them

This theme show is a long-standing tradition at Profiles in Folk -- and, judging from listeners response and inquiries, one of our most popular annual shows. This year's show featured old favorites, several new twists and a set on one musician who's seen more than his share of travelin' -- Ramblin' Jack Elliott.

Artist, "Title", Album, Label

Train Sounds

• Northern Lights, "Northern Rail", Take You To The Sky, Flying Fish

• Peter Rowan w/ Red Hot Pickers, "Hobo Song", Peter Rowan w/ the RHP, Sugar Hill

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  The Trains

• Palmer McAbee, "McAbee's Railroad Piece", Train 45, Rounder

• Grayson & Whitter, "Train 45", The Recordings Of Grayson & Whitter, County

• Andrew & Jim Baxter, "K.C. Railroad Blues", "The Moore Girl", Violin, Sing The Blues For Me, Top Hat

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• Doc & Richard Watson, "Train Whistle Blues", Third Generation Blues, Sugar Hill

• Jubliant Bridge, "Slow Moving Freight Train", Under Shattered Skies, independent

• Mark Erelli, "Midnight Train", Mark Erelli, Signature Sounds

• Buddy Merriam & Backroads, "Mystery Train/Tiger Man", Mystery Train, Lily Pad

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• U. Utah Phillips, "Wabash Cannonball/Tolono", Good Though!, Philo

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  The Hobos

• Kate Wolf, "The Hobo", Give Yourself To Love, Kaleidoscope

• U. Utah Phillips, "Going Away", Good Though!, Philo

• U. Utah Phillips, "Hood River Blackie/Hood River Roll On", Loafer's Glory, Red House

• Bob Martin, "Silver Rails To Rio", The River Turns The Wheel, Riversong

• Kelly Jo Phelps, "Hobo's Song", Shine Eyed Mister Zen, Ryko Disc

• Don Lange, "Here's To You Rounders", Natural Born Heathen, Flying Fish

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• Ramblin' Jack Elliott, "Rock Island Line", Me And Bobby McGee, Rounder

• Ramblin' Jack Elliott, "Freight Train Blues", Kerouac's Last Dream, Appleseed

• Ramblin' Jack Elliott w/ Jerry Jeff Walker, "Hard Travelin'", Friends of Mine, Hightone

• Ramblin' Jack Elliott, "I Ain't Got No Home", "Pastures Of Plenty", South Coast, Red House

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• Pete Seeger, "Hobo's Lullaby", A Link In The Chain, Columbia/Legacy