"TRAINS & CARS" - A Trip To Rock 'n' Roll, Blues & Hillbilly

Cars and Trains - both of these subjects have been worked into countless hillbilly, rock'n'roll and blues songs about life on the road as a trucker, hot rod racing in battered automobiles, and of course Route 66.

This 4 CD collection brings it all together, a phenomenal package of great - and great sounding - tunes. The other thing I must note about this is that it's incredibly fun to listen to. The 2 CDs comprising the "Cars" section are, simply put, some of the liveliest, most good-humored records ever made. The set kicks off with "Hot Rod Race", the 1951 Arkie Shibley hit that gave birth to an entire sub-genre of novelty road-race songs. Shibley actually recorded and released 5 different variations on the song during 1951, and all are included here (artfully sequenced across the 2 CDs), along with terrific covers by Jimmie Dolan and Red Foley. And that's just the beginning - I'm not going to go on at length, because if you've read this far and you still trust me, you'll buy this ASAP. The packaging of the set is just swell, too. Very attractive, with a 48 page booklet (in English and German, 24 pages each. How cool is that?) (Amazon)

trax CD 1 - cars:
1. Hot Rod Race - Arkie Shibley 2. Rocket 88 - Bill Haley & The Comets 3. Hardtop Race - Merrill Moore 4. Drive On - Luke McDaniel 5. Hot Rod Rag - Paul Westmoreland 6. Devil's Hot Rod - Johnny Tyler 7. Lonesome Truck Driver's Blues - Bob Newman 8. Mobiling Baby Of Mine - Eddie Marshall 9. Cadillac In Model "A" - Bob Wills 10. Hitch-Hikin' Blues - Joe Franklin 11. Roadside Rag - Sleepy McDaniel 12. Hot Rod Race No.2 - Arkie Shibley 13. Four Alarm Boogie - Jimmy Collett 14. Truck Diver's Blues - Cliff Bruner 15. It's The Mileage That's Slowin' Us Down - Red Foley & Ernest Tubb 16. Truck Driver's Boogie - Jimmy Boyd 17. Diesel Smoke, Dangerous Curves - Billy Strange 18. Ethyl In My Gastank - Jimmy Heap 19. Slow Drive - Billy Jack Wills 20. Pick Up Truck - Bob Williams 21. Hot Rod Shotgun Boogie No.2 - Tillman Franks 22. Woman Driver - The Carlisles 23. Hot Rod Rag T. - Texas Tyler 24. Idaho Red - Wade Ray 25. Hot Rod Race No.3 - Arkie Shibley
trax CD 2 - cars:
1.Hot Rod Race No.4 - Arkie Shibley 2. Keep Your Motor Hot - Cowboy Sam Nichols 3. Stock Car Boogie - George Stogner 4. The Automobile Song - Luke McDaniel 5. Truck Stop Lucy - Gene Crabb With String Band 6. Won't You Ride In My Little Red Wagon - Tex Williams 7. Cadillac In Model 'A' - Billy Jack Wills 8. Parking Worries - Ted West 9. Your Motor Needs A Tune-Up Job - Leroy Thompson 10. Truck Driver's Boogie - Jess Willard 11. Motor City Boogie - The York Brothers 12. Haulin' Freight - Bob Newman 13. Hot Rod Baby - Dick Reinhart 14. Hot Rod Race - Red Foley 15. Truck Driving Man - Terry Fell 16. Goodnight Cincinnati, Good Morning Tennessee - Jimmie Dale 17. Lost Highway - Leon Payne 18. Speedin' West - Speedy West 19. Hot Rod Race - Jimmie Dolan 20. Hot Rod Race No.5 - Arkie Shibley 21. Mr. Highway Man - Howlin' Wolf 22. Highway Blues - Lightnin' Hopkins 23. Cadillac Funeral - Peppermint Harris 24. Highway 99 - Lowell Fulson 25. The Traffic Song - Joe Lutcher
trax CD 3 - trains:
1. Choo Choo Ch' Boogie - Kenny Roberts 2. Chattanooga Choo Choo - Bill Haley & The Comets 3. Freight Train Boogie - Johnny Tyler 4. I'm Movin' On - Hank Snow 5. Local Choo Choo - The Miller Brothers 6. Railroad Engineer - Joe Lewis 7. Gravy Train - The York Brothers 8. Pan American Boogie - Lonnie Glosson 9. Dallas Limited - Homer Zeke Clemons 10. All Aboard For Oklahoma - Spade Cooley 11. Side Track Dad - Lanie Walker 12. Night Train To Memphis - Red Foley 13. The Wreck Of Old No.9 - Carroll Free 14. Streamlined Cannonball - Tennessee Ernie Ford 15. Streamliner Boogie - Jimmie O'Neal 16. Jukebox Cannonball - Bill Haley 17. Chic-A-Choo Freight - Bob Newman 18. Freight Train Boogie - Red Foley 19. Tennessee Ghost Train - Jimmie Dale 20. Lonesome Train Boogie - Cousin Joe Maphis 21. Lonesome Train Blues - Hank Penny 22. Take The "A" Train - Bob Wills 23. Hell Train - Billy Strange 24. Train Whistle Nightmare - Joe Lewis 25. Hey Porter - Johnny Cash
trax CD 4 - trains:
1. The Train Kept A-Rollin' - Tiny Bradshaw 2. Train Time Blues - Roy Brown 3. Train Time Blues - Amos Milburn 4. The Train Is Leavin' - Lowell Fulson 5. Now Ride The 'D' Train - Al Sears 6. Mainliner - Little Esther 7. This Train - Rev. Ballenger 8. Sad Journey - Floyd Dixon 9. Stop Rockin' That Train - Ivory Joe Hunter 10. Mystery Train - Little Junior's Blue Flames 11. Boogie Woogie Choo Choo Train - Mabel Scott 12. On The Gravy Train - Bus Moten 13. Night Ride - Big Joe McNeely 14. Choo Choo Ch' Boogie - Louis Jordan 15. Midnight Special - Tiny Grimes 16. Train Time - Louis & Frosty 17. Railroad Porter's Blues - Eddie 'Cleanhead' Vinson 18. Gravy Train - Tiny Bradshaw 19. Florida Special - Wilbert Harrison 20. Steam Whistle Jump - Earl Bostic 21. Maybelline - Chuck Berry 22. I Gotta New Car - Big Boy Groves 23. Motorhead Baby - Chuck Higgins 24. My Convertible Cadillac - The Treniers 25. Rocket 88 - Jackie Brenston
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