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    Great "Train" Songs

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    My niece sent me a text yesterday, saying she was planning a party for her son who turns two in a couple of weeks.  He is obsessed with trains and she is making trains the theme of the party.  She asked me if I could help her come up with a playlist of train songs for the party.  I came here and reeled off about 40!  She thinks I am the all-time god of music knowledge.  Thanks everyone!

    Live! Tonight!

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    Jason Isbell last night.  It was as outstanding as you would expect. I was told it was a solo show when I bought the tickets so I was thrilled when the 400 unit and Amanda Shires were there. 

     

    My wife knew none of his songs but loved the show. She cried during Elephant and Cover Me Up. Seriously.

    Captain Beefheart

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    Shiny Beast is really good (and appropriately weird).  Same for Doc at the Radar Station.

     

    I pretty much like what the OP likes plus Safe as Milk.  Not a fan of Blue Jeans or Strictly Personal, in which the record companies tried to mainstream him.

    Neil Young

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    I still love Neil, but yeah he is reaching parody status in many ways.  Pono was a great idea, but the idea of people buying mp3s and storing them on a device is now ancient technology. It's so 2009!  It doesn't matter if it sounds great, streaming has made Pono as irrelevant as the cd.

     

    Soon, streaming will offer much better sound quality and the issue is mostly resolved.

    Prog Rock (Old and New)

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    https://youtu.be/-trSFkXTleY

     

    Digging up an old thread to post a shameless plug for my niece's band Ghost Medicine.  They are releasing their debut album independently, called Discontinuance. My niece sings on most of the tracks and her (now ex) boyfriend is the creative genius/songwriter and guitarist.  They are prog rockers heavily influenced by Opeth and Porcupine Tree as well as the classic prog bands of the 70s..  

     

    They have been working on the album for about three years through college.  Jared (the now ex) boyfriend had the chutzpah to contact Colin Edwin of Porcupine Tree to see if he would play bass and to everyone's astonishment he said yes.  

     

    This song is the first release from the album which should be available online in a few weeks.  I would love to hear critiques, especially from the prog fans.  Sorry about pimping their music here, I hope that's not a major faux pas.

    The impossible list! Top 30 bands/artist for you

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    Hmmm, the top 10 or 15 are pretty easy and it gets really tough afterward.

     

    1. Warren Zevon

    2. The Clash

    3. The Who

    4. Elvis Costello

    5. Pink Floyd

    6. Ian Dury (& The Blockheads)

    7. Bob Dylan

    8. REM

    9. Wilco

    10. The Ramones

    11. John Hiatt

    12. Rolling Stones

    13. Drive-By-Truckers

    14. CCR

    15. Graham Parker

    16. Grateful Dead

    17. Little Feat

    18. The Beatles

    19. The Kinks

    20. Jackson Browne

    21. Led Zeppelin

    22. The Replacements

    23. Los Lobos

    24. Neil Young

    25. Randy Newman

    26. Steely Dan

    27. Radiohead

    28. The Pretenders

    29. My Morning Jacket

    30. Tom Petty/Heartbreakers

     

    Man that list is a bunch of old guys.

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