Keith Whitley: Daddy Loved Trains
‘Number two diesel fuel flowed through his veins, Mama loved Daddy but Daddy loved trains.’ From Whitley’s 1995 album Wherever You Are Tonight.
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The Contours: Do You Love Me?
This was written by Motown boss Berry Gordy Jr. It was released on June 29, 1962, and reached No 3 in America. Brian Poole and the Tremeloes recorded it in … Continue readingThe Contours: Do You Love Me?
The Art Nouveau palace in a back street
THIS is The Victoria pub in Great Harwood, a small Lancashire town not far from us. However if you asked a local for directions they would probably not realise where … Continue readingThe Art Nouveau palace in a back street
Grateful Dead: Casey Jones
‘Driving that train, high on cocaine’. The Dead’s idiosyncratic version of the Casey Jones story, from the 1970 LP Workingman’s Dead. Here’s a live version from 1978.
The Beatles: Memphis, Tennessee
The fourth in the season of Beatles tracks taken from my Pop Go The Beatles tapes used on the 1994 album Live at the BBC, which I wrote about here. https://am-records.com/2022/05/15/how-i-made-a-beatles-album-with-a-little-help-from-my-friends/ It was recorded on July 30, … Continue readingThe Beatles: Memphis, Tennessee
Travis Tritt: Southbound Train
Definitely not the same as the previous Graham Nash song. This is a live performance of the track from the album Down The Road I Go, played at Farm Aid … Continue readingTravis Tritt: Southbound Train
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).
The Beatles: The Honeymoon Song
This is the third in the season of Beatles tracks taken from my tapes used on the 1994 album Live at the BBC, which I wrote about here. It was written by Mikis … Continue readingThe Beatles: The Honeymoon Song
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