trisonic Posted April 11, 2012 Share Posted April 11, 2012 It was Johnny Duncan - I can't recall Lonnie doing it. This version was a UK Hit in 1957: Best, Pete. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluebottle Posted April 11, 2012 Share Posted April 11, 2012 The late Lonnie Donegan, in classic skiffle mode - washboard and all, probably - as played live on Saturday Club with Brian Mathew in the chair. In all probability it was a cover of an American release - so much '50s UK pop was - but none the worse for that. The American expatriate Johnny Duncan had the big hit with this, though Donegan may well also have performed the song and recorded it for an album track. Edit: I might have known Pete would beat me to it... Gordon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluebottle Posted April 11, 2012 Share Posted April 11, 2012 "MTA", by the Kingston Trio, a comic song about a lost traveller on the Boston subway. One of the first songs I learned how to strum. I used to play it in public, occasionally, with my mate John Blyth's excellent mandolin picking covering up for my "sledgehammer" guitar style... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VMSGrY-IlU Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Sidecar Racer Posted April 11, 2012 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 11, 2012 I cant find a reference to Lonnie doing Last Train as a single , but he did do Rock Island Line in 1955 and Midnight Special in 1958 , both railway related . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted April 11, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 11, 2012 http://archive.org/details/LonnieDonegan-01-80 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
simon hudson Posted April 11, 2012 Share Posted April 11, 2012 I always find "The train they call the city of New Orleans" to be one of those songs I have to sing along to when I hear it, and now I can't get it out of my mind so I'll be singing it in my head all night. A few years ago I used to like to put music to railway videos that I had shot and recall hearing a piece of music on Classic FM "The Overture to the Merry Wives of Windsor" and thinking it would make a great background soundtrack to a train starting off from a terminus and then building up and running through countryside Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gordon s Posted April 11, 2012 Share Posted April 11, 2012 Looked everywhere for this video and finally found it. If you were around in the 50's and 60's you'll love it... http://www.britishrailways.tv/british-railways?task=viewvideo&video_id=1424 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
APOLLO Posted April 11, 2012 Share Posted April 11, 2012 Two allready mentioned are amongst my favourites - here are some great railway related youtube vids http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FaVHKhAkTuM&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpTuj1PUNt4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qp-8A0y-Pyw And this one is dedicated to my model railroad - A mighty fine road indeed !! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_aIQ1_sAVg http://www.rmweb.co....in-the-rockies/ Brit15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluebottle Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 Oldddudders, on 11 April 2012 - 19:21 , gave http://archive.org/d...ieDonegan-01-80 ...as a link to a recording of "Last Train to San Fernando" by Lonnie Donegan. I gave it a listen, and immediately thought: that is NOT Lonnie Donegan! I checked the link given by Trisonic fot Johnny Duncan's version- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PszSocNLxY - the two are identical, down to the last note in the guitar solo. I would guess that at some point someone has taken tracks from a skiffle compilation and mistakenly attributed Duncan's effort to Donegan. No disrespect to Duncan, but Donegan was a more original and interesting musician. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisf Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 The late Lonnie Donegan, in classic skiffle mode - washboard and all, probably - as played live on Saturday Club with Brian Mathew in the chair. In all probability it was a cover of an American release - so much '50s UK pop was - but none the worse for that. It would have suited Lonnie but Johnny Duncan had the hit with it. He spent his last years just up the road from the ancestral home in Huntingdon. Chris Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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