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).
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Elton John with Eric Clapton: Runaway Train
Yet another fugitive locomotive, this time from Dame Elton’s 1992 album The One.
Wedding night in Brighton
A COUPLE of months ago I described how, in October 1990, Margaret and I tried to be married in Venice but were foiled by red tape. Returning to Essex, we resolved not … Continue readingWedding night in Brighton
Soul Asylum: Runaway Train
Again, no relation to the previous songs. This is a live version of the hit track from the 1992 album Grave Dancers Union.
Rosanne Cash: Runaway Train
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: 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
REM: Driver 8
‘And the train conductor says: Take a break, driver 8.’ From the 1984 album Reckoning.
Graham Nash and David Crosby: Southbound Train
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
Shoplifters’ Paradise
OUR neighbours in the Ribble Valley include a couple who, since they are big Thunderbirds fans, I shall call Virgil and Lady Penelope. Now retired, they were both coppers at … Continue readingShoplifters’ Paradise
Randy Newman: Dixie Flyer
Great version on the Letterman Show of the wonderful song from Land of Dreams about a train journey from Los Angeles to New Orleans.