Waiting for a Train
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- čas přidán 10. 11. 2022
- Along with the description for the first video in this year's series, I intended to drop a hint for what the second song would be, but I forgot. My hint was going to be that the song was widely recorded and was among the most popular songs for a country singer who was the primary musical influence for Hank Snow. Rodgers was also the primary influence for Ernest Tubb. If you are able to hear the first recordings of Snow and Tubb, they sound very much like Rodgers. The same is true for Gene Autry. They even tried to yodel like him. This song brings up two memories from my childhood, both involving Pap. The first one is when I tried to sing the opening lines of this song in his vicinity. This was well before I started playing guitar or singing with any serious effort. I had simply heard the beginning of the song somewhere and took a stab and singing it to myself. I sang, "All around the water tank, waiting for a drink." Pap turned and looked at me and asked, "What did you say?" Without answering him, I just sang the line again as: "All around the water tank, waiting for a train." He kind of nodded and went back to what he was doing. The truth was, I wasn't sure which word was supposed to go there. I reasoned that if people were waiting around a water tank, they could be waiting for a drink..." In re-singing the line with "train," I thought the two words were close enough that he would give me the benefit of the doubt and conclude that I sang it right the first time. :-) I didn't know any other part of the song, so I guess it didn't matter anyway. I stopped right after that line and just went to humming. The second memory stirred by the song has to do with the second verse, where Rodgers wrote, "my pocketbook is empty." Pap and I were wading out into the Hiwassee River, just below Clay's Corner. We were fishing. He slipped on a rock and nearly went under. After regaining his balance, he said, "Nearly lost my pocketbook," referring to his wallet. I laughed and said, "Daddy, that's your billfold, not a pocketbook. Women carry pocketbooks." He said, "really?" It folds up like a book and goes in my pocket..." I stood there pondering this, stumped. I don't know about where you live, but here, the bag that women carry around the shoulder is often called a pocketbook, though "purse" has pretty well replaced the term, and I don't hear "pocketbook" for a lady's bag nearly as often as I did when I was a kid. It's funny how words in English have changed and been used differently over time, not always increasing in accuracy (as Pap pointed out with regard to "pocketbook"). Rodgers' second verse seems to point to some degree of corruption and unkindness in the brakeman. This is ironic, given that he worked as a brakeman himself. Maybe he felt a little guilty about having chased off a hobo at some time or other. Like the last train song, Tipper and Corie were really just learning this song when this video was shot, so there are a few little missed chord changes, etc., but overall, this first take has the best feel of any of the takes that we attempted. For some reason, the audio turned out garbled. You can especially hear it in the guitar break, and the audio is slightly behind the video, but hopefully, it does justice to this great train song overall. The next song in the series might very well be an original, so I can't really drop any hints to foreshadow it. For the last one, I'm thinking of turning the song over to some professionals and not playing myself. This may be an unpopular approach among the acorns out there, but it will give me the opportunity to introduce you to what I think is one of the greatest train songs of all time, and it's a fairly new song. It will also, hopefully, give me the opportunity to analyze the song and explain why I think it's a masterpiece. Anyway, we'll see how or if all that works out, Lord willing. Thanks for watching and for reading all this!
Listen to original singles released on Spotify:
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Listen to original singles on CZcams:
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Listen to Shepherd of My Soul (Album released in 2016):
open.spotify.com/album/4VnoOy... - Hudba
My father was a railroad man. A maintenance section-gang foreman. When i got my first guitar, this is the first song i learned from him. I miss him, he passed july 4, 1965. I will meet up with him on Gods golden shore.
Such a blessing tonight! My old foot has hurt so much for two days. Need prayer.
Beautiful and blessed!
miss hearing my daddy sing that, grew up listening to my moma sing lullaby Yodel by Jimmy Rodgers ,love your music
One of my favorites…oh how I loved this!
Im glad this came up again tonight. You all sound fantastic! ❤
Thank you for the song , reminds me of when I worked on the Amtrak for 30 years started in1974 it was Santa fe back then . I always let people ride my train even if they were short of cash . I lived all over the US and I love all the people I met .so thank you for the train song
Hugs patsy
Thanks, Patsy! Cool that you gave folks a break when you could. When I first thought of doing a train series, I searched to see if there was a national train month. If I remember correctly, Amtrak used to recognize a national train day, but I believe it may have been in May.
Yes , Tipper the month is May 10, depending what day that falls on .
Tipper I made some Christmas decorations for you n your family , what address is good to sent to ? Please let me know . Thank you and keep warm hugs patsy
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@@Ohpnuts Thank you Patsy! How kind of you and generous too! You can send them to us at Tipper Pressley PO Box 83 Brasstown NC 28902. Thank you!!
What would it be like to hear an angel sing? Just play this song again. Now we both know, don’t we? You are loved Granny. Don’t try to understand but trust that you deserve it.
The water tank is were the trains come to get a drink! I lived for a long time up on the hill above one of those old water tanks. Of course by then all that was left was four concrete pads where the legs sat. My home was at the top of the coal chute where coal was stored. The only remains of it was small chunks of coal mixed into the soil. A little ways up the track was the depot. It too has left few signs of its existence.
At one time the train stopped at Connelly Springs. In stopped I mean that was the end of the line. There was an arrangement of tracks called a wye where locomotives could be turned around without a turntable. The wye is gone too but there is a street named after it to sorta mark its location. Connelly Springs had a spa at one time where people came and bathed in its healing waters. The water was extolled for its invigorating properties and was bottled, shipped around the country and sold as a restorative cordial.
A hotel sat on the hill above the spring. The spring now is more or less a mudhole and where the hotel sat is a warehouse where Lindy Hudson stores furniture for his showrooms.
Looks like I'm starting to write a book but I don't have time for that. If you've read this far, thanks for your interest!
@@donnasue9749 When I lived above the tracks, there in Connelly Springs, the steam trains were long gone but trains still ran. There was the beginning of a siding where an entire train could pull off and wait for another to pass by. Those big diesel-electric locomotives with their rumbling engines would sit for seemed like hours just a few feet from my bedroom window. One would think I would be unable to sleep. To the contrary the sound was a lullaby second only to rain on a tin roof. I would listen as long I could but inevitably the deep bass voice and the accompanying vibration would draw me into oblivion.
Ed, your comment is so well-written and interesting that it actually does sound like the opening of a good book. Thanks for sharing it. I bet a lot of folks have no idea where that street got its name. Your comment also makes me realize why the narrator in the song is waiting at the water tank: he knows the train will have to stop there for a while to take on water, creating an opportunity to hop the train. :-)
My brother did this song when our family had our gatherings. He's gone now, but this song will always be one of my best memories of him. I am so happy for this channel. The music sometimes saves me, if y'all know what I mean by that. It lifts me up when I'm down. Yall's sound reminds of my family so much. How I miss them.
Man! I loved that song. This is my first visit to this channel and don't know who was singing BUT you could sing professionally. God bless
So much beautiful talent.
Wow, thanks, SandyzSerious!
Great little song yall did a wonderful Job. Thanks so much for sharing.
❤❤
Beautiful, thanks for making me smile
Thanks, Todd. Always glad to make folks smile with music!
What can I say except keep em coming
Want to hear Waiting on a train!
I love watching these music videos! Thank you!😊🇨🇦
Thanks, Gary. We're glad you enjoy them!
Awesome job you guy and girls' I enjoyed your song very much.Thank you for sharing with us.God Bless you all.I like the story.
Thanks so much, Jimmy. God bless you too!
Another great train song, and well-done by all!
All you Guys are sooo Talented! Love it!
Thank you very much, Debbie!
Very good Folks, nice to hear these classics done so well. I am sure Jimmie R would agree.
"Moonlight and Skies" was the first Jimmie R song I learnt (a 78 needle, taped to a corn flakes packet, as I spun the 78 disk by hand). Appreciate the work.
Stellar. I’ve heard this song all my life, as my Daddy was a fan of Jimmie Rogers and had an LP of his recordings. Tears welled up as I listened, because I thought of Daddy and how he would enjoy hearing y’all do one of his favorite songs.
So glad you enjoyed it!
BEAUTIFUL!!!
One of my dads favorite Jimmie Rodgers songs, he used to sing it all the time. You guys did great. Your guitar work and vocals are amazing. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks, FlatpickingNM (aka String Surfin)! :-)
I LOVE THESE VIDS
Really enjoy listening to Paul sing and also him playing/picking his guitar, very talented.
luv all those old Jimmie Rodgers songs. great job
Here we go. Now this song is gonna be stuck in my head the rest of the night! Dad was a Gene Autry fan. I heard this a lot as a kid. Catchy tune. You three did a great job with it. I wish dad was still around to listen with me.
Thanks Paul, Tipper, and Corie!
Thanks, Roland. It is the kind of song that sticks with you, probably part of why it was so popular back then.
Great job!
🥰 My home is Bulls Gap, TN and we have a railroad museum! Loved this!
Thanks, Kimberly. That's really cool! I'll have to MapQuest that. If it isn't too far away, maybe we could shoot a train video in that museum one day. :-)
@@BlindPigAndTheAcorn That'd be GREAT! We have festivals in the Fall, maybe I can book y'all next year! 🤗 🎻 🎶 🎼
That's some good yodeling there Paul. Sounded real good Core and Tipper!
Thank you, Leigh. We appreciate it very much!
great job, love yo hear yall sing and play. God Bless.
Thanks so much, Judy! Glad you liked it.
Great job guys! My favorite Jimmie Rodgers song.
Thanks, Bryan. Glad we did your favorite!
I thought you all did a wonderful job. Pap just always had the best answers for everything, didn't he? I liked the yodeling--but don't know how you do it. I used to try when I was doing my grand performances on the front porch as a child...it just made the dog howl!!
Thanks, Maw Maw Karen! Yes, Pap was hard to stump. :-) If you want to hear some real yodeling, check out Riders in the Sky. They yodel in three-part harmony!
Love this song! Good job! There is a CZcams video of Jimmy Rodgers doing this song and also blue Yodel number 2. It's fantastic to watch!
Thanks, Frank. I've seen that amazing video that you're talking about. It was so cool to see how easily Jimmie could do exactly what he did on all those records!
Yodelin' Paul Wilson strikes again. Kidding aside, that's a great rendition of Waiting for a Train! First rate pickin' once again, Paul, and I believe Corie really wanted to pick the lick you offered her at the outset, even though she acted a little bit reluctant. Maybe next time.
Thanks, Noah. That's not real yodeling, but it's the closest I can come to it. :-) Corie can definitely learn that picking. Next time I need to encourage her more.
Everyone did a really good job. Enjoyed the song. Dennis Morgan
Thanks a bunch, Dave!
Hallelujah
You guys get better and better.
Thanks, Richard! It's fun to try new material and try to improve a little.
Top cover of Jimmie's song.
A lot of older gents used "Pocketbook" when referring to their wallets. My grandfather did. Lester Flatt used it a lot as well. Jimmy was a big influence on Jim Reeves as well, especially Jim's earlier music. They eventually turned him into a more romantic singer (I guess because of his voice?) but watching old Jim Reeves vids is like watching Jimmy Rodgers all over again, right down to the bluesy style of the guitar. He was like an electrified version of Jimmy.
Just lovely! Thanks!
Way to go Paul & the gang.
Love it! ❤
Love this!
Sounded great. Y’all all are so talented.❤️
Great Job, love it !
Awesome!
All I can say is WOW! Great job!
Great job! Enjoyed it very much!😁👍
Thanks, Mollie. So glad you liked it!
Fantastic!!!!! Love the picking and singing!!!! Thanks!!!!
Very nicely done Folks. Love the music in this and Paul picks a nice tune on the guitar. Thanks for sharing and I think that last note there was a fight on the train and the Conductor Punched a ticket.
Very nice.
Thank you, GoodGriefLouise!
delicious jam
Thanks... enjoyed as always!
Thanks, Sue!
Good job it sounded good
Better and better.
Very sweet tune! Thank you for all your work! 🙌🏼
You bet, Keep Trying. Thanks!
Sounded good
Pure poetry xx peace ✌️
Thank you so much, Swimasfastasyoucan!
Awesome🥰
Thanks a bunch, S Bishop!
Thank you so much for sharing! I so enjoy hearing your family sing and play. Many, many thanks again. ❤
Many thanks to you as well, Vickie!
Excellent harmony. Team work superb. Waiting for the ladies to lend their voices. Keep up the good work. Life is a groovy train.... 👍
Thanks, Nomad. After we shot this, I wondered what it would have sounded like if Corie had tried harmony on the yodel... Wish I had thought of it sooner!
It would be awesome to hear y’all play On a hill far away stood an old rugged cross.
Nice.🤠
LS719, thanks for always watching and commenting!
good job on this people love it have an awesome week all of you
Thanks, Betty. Hope you have a great week too!
Great job singing and playing!!! God Bless. Jean
Thank you, Jean, and God bless you too!
I grew up calling it a pocketbook! Still do sometimes! The origins of the word pocketbook go back to when men carried a journal. It was small enough to carry in a pocket. Back then pockets were much bigger and made to actually carry things bigger than your car keys and iphone.
Thanks, Ed. That makes sense. So interesting how practices change over time. For instance, almost no one wears a watch these days.
Oh wow. Another one my dad used to play. So well done. I really loved this performance.
I believe this was a Jimmie Roger's song.
N
Thanks, William; yes, it was!
NICE..........Peter
Peter, thanks for always watching and commenting!
Jimmie Rodgers classic done well
Thanks for this great singing & playing! Jimmie Rodgers was the best back then! I like your yodels, Paul! 🎶 🛤️🚂
Yes, he was, Robin. Thanks so much!
Very nice yodeling. Thats not that easy...
Thank you 😀
Where is the other girl?
Great performance, and great picking, hope you do some more Jimmie! Australia during the depression had people jumping the trains going from town to town looking for work. There were a few songs written about it, one in particular by Tex Morton released in 1938 called "Sergeant Small" was banned soon after release after the real Sergeant Small the song was written about, took offence and took legal action and had the song pulled from sale. No sense of humour! czcams.com/video/F3EuevP0ado/video.html
What can I say except keep em coming
Great job!
Thanks so much, L C!