Blow Your Whistle, Freight Train (Reshare)
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- čas přidán 23. 11. 2023
- We hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving! I guess I'm kind of cheating or being lazy by reposting this song, but back when we uploaded, there was no train song series. Some of our subscribers go back and watch old videos, but many of them just watch what is posted after they subscribed. This video was posted 11 years ago, and it has fewer views that our videos get now within two days, so I thought it would be good to close out the series by sharing it with folks who may have missed it back then. The video quality isn't the best, but maybe it's good enough. This song was written by the great Delmore Brothers. The first time I ever heard it is when Wayne Erbsen played the recording on the "Country Roots" radio show on WCQS back in the early 90's. At that point in time, my knowledge of Delmore songs consisted mostly of the Delmore songs that the Louvins included on their tribute to the Delmore Brothers album. This song is not on that album, but I bet it was close to making the cut. It's one of the coolest train songs I know. Off had, I can't think of another song that goes from D major to F major (for the picking only) and comes back. Seems like a genius move to me. If you check out the original recording from the late 30's, you may notice that the picking is similar to the way I played the first break in this video. I was trying to imitate the tenor guitar that the Delmores used. The Delmores included a little half yodel line just before the last line of the chorus each time. Pap and I could never do it to our satisfaction, so we just left it out. Pap and I probably should have sung this song at least a couple of frets higher, but we kept it in D flat for the sake of the guitars. When we posted this video 11 years ago, one comment explained something I had always wondered about. In the Delmore recording, it sounded to me like they sang "good old bluer days gone by." I could never understand how days could have been good and blue at the same time, so when Pap and I sang it, we sang it as "good old ramblin' days gone by." Someone explained in the comment that the Delmores sang, "good old boomer days gone by," referring to railroad workers that traveled from town to town. I would have never figured that out. :-) In the description of last week's train song, I said that I was going to upload a studio version that Pap and I did of this song. When I pulled it out, I knew immediately that it needed to be remixed and that I should also redo my lead vocal, so I'll hang onto that and not share at this time. Maybe one day, Lord willing, I can release it on a CD with some other unrelased stuff that we did years ago. Anyway, as always, thanks so much for watching! I hope to upload some videos of a recent performance of the Millsaps Family soon and the complete audio of the Words and Life Album.
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Listen to Shepherd of My Soul (Album released in 2016):
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I enjoyed that song very much Pop and Paul and Tipper.Thank you for sharing.God bless y'all.
Thanks, Jimmy!
Wonderful harmonies! Reminds me of my Dad and him singing along with his guitar.
I always enjoyed hearing your Pap sing with you Paul. I don't recall hearing it the first time you posted it, so I am glad you shared it again. Your Pap's guitar looks like a jumbo one, unless it's the angle the video was taken at, that makes it look so huge. Great song, great harmony and a wonderful and memorable way to celebrate Thanksgiving, while thinking of your good times. No doubt you really miss singing and playing with your Pap.
I'm glad your Family have kept the music going, music can be a great healer. Cheers! 🦃
awesome job by you and pap your so luckyto have so much beautiful music videos of your family singing together its great memories for you to look back on enjoy every precious moment have a great week as well
God bless you Paul, God bless Granny Wilson!❤️🙏
❤this I have a passion for trains No better sound than a far away train whistle For me brings back memories of places Some good some not so
Thank you, weekendttravler! Train whistles certainly stir the imagination, hence so many songs about them!
Paul, you can pick that guitar pretty good. Im glad you have it in your blood and your dad encouraged you to learn. Enjoyed. ❤
Wow what an evening of blessings. Just watched the twins and now another train song! Thank you so very much! Love these train songs. I’ll have to see if I can get piano arrangements of these songs since I don’t play guitar. Mom and my 5 brothers do but Dad and I are piano, organ, and flute. Thanks for another awesome train song!
Thanks, Iceland. The piano is a very versatile and beautiful instrument!
Their harmony is spot on!!! Love it!!! 👏🏻😊
Thanks, Justanonymous! :-)
Absolutely wonderful!❤
Thanks a bunch, jac1797!
Your harmonies together were so good. And your lead guitar is very tasteful. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for watching and commenting! Looking forward to seeing your next upload! Would love to hear a Christmas song done your style!
Just got done listening to Katie & Cories's "Tk u Lord". Luv the harmony in this song....so effortless!
Thanks, Johnny. I liked their version of that song too! Especially the harmony. :-)
What a treat!! I enjoyed this a lot! Thanks for reposting as you are correct....I'm a relatively new viewer and had not seen this. I should go back and search what you have already posted.
Thanks, Sharon. Hard to believe, but there are over 400 videos on the channel. Of course, the ones featuring Pap are my favorites. :-)
@@BlindPigAndTheAcorn You are part of a lovely family that has these wonderful videos of you singing and playing with your dad....it is a blessing and a treasure to be sure. Such a talented family.
It just doesn't get any better!! I love this!!
Wow! Thanks for those kind words, Norma!
❤@@BlindPigAndTheAcorn
Love their harmony. How precious to have these videos.
Thanks, Linda. Yes, they are a treasure to our family!
Love it....Peter
Thank you very much, Peter!
Very nice treatment of another good ole train song, Paul. In these vintage videos that feature you and Pap, it's so easy to see where your love of music comes from. 👍
Thanks so much, Noah. You're very right about the source for my love of music! :-)
Great stuff !
It looks like maybe Tipper or one of the girls is playing also!!
Thanks, Hawkrose. Good eye! That's Tipper in the edge of the screen playing the bass. :-)
Nice
Love this❤
Thanks!
Brent, thanks for watching and for commenting!
I love the train songs! Thank you Pap and Paul! Tipper, is that you playing bass on the side?😊🇨🇦🙏
Thanks, Gary. Yes, that certainly is Tipper playing bass just out of frame. :-)
Perfection, now that is 'MUSIC' Thanks for sharing Tipper. Can't wait for this afternoon's read. Also, are you guys offering next years Almanac?
Thank you very much, turnapage!
Yes we will be offering the almanac. Hope to get them listed next week. Thank you!! I'll be sure to share about them in a video!
Oh yeah, a train song! Wait a minute, is that the “Ace of Bass”. off screen on the right?
😀It is Tipper. Thank you!!
Loved it.
So glad you liked it, Angela! Thanks!