Railroad I

by John Fahey

Railroad I cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1983
  • Label: Takoma
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 37:26
  • Community rating: 3.65/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

The master of American primitive guitar focuses his immense technical prowess on a conceptual ode to the American railway system. 'Railroad I' is comprised of highly intricate, unaccompanied acoustic fingerpicking, frequently mimicking the rhythmic chug and whistle of passing locomotives. It stands as a beautiful, evocative tribute to a classic trope of Americana and blues mythology.

Genres

Descriptors: Folk, conceptual, acoustic, instrumental, trains, guitar-driven, folk, minimal

Tracklist

  1. Frisco Leaving Birmingham (3:23)
  2. Oneonta (2:28)
  3. Summer Cat By My Door (4:11)
  4. Steve Talbot On The Keddie Wye (4:31)
  5. Afternoon Espee Through Salem (4:27)
  6. Enigmas And Perplexities Of The Norfolk And Western (3:10)
  7. Charlies Becker's Meditation (3:20)
  8. Medley: Imitation Train Whistles / Po' Boy (4:53)
  9. Life Is Like A Mountain Railroad (2:13)
  10. Delta Dog Through The Book Of Revelation (4:50)

Credits

  • Gene Thompson - lacquer cut by
  • Bukka White - written-by

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