Freight Train Blues (Roy Acuff)

This is the 1947 rendition, in this session yielded another rendition, Wabash Cannonball, also in that session was recorded Blue Eyes Crying In the Rain, a major hit, and the Harry Choates song Jole Blon amoung others. Enjoy! Written by John Lair, owned by Columbia records. No infringment intended

Discography:
Roy Acuff- Vocals
Possibly Jimmy Riddle-Harmonica
Bashful Brother Oswald-Dobro

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Freight Train Blues
• Roy Acuff
• Traditional Country
• Classic Country
• 1940's music

[MaxFred108]

John Lair originally wrote this song. Roy Acuff changed a word and claimed it as his own. They went into a lawsuit but John Lair realized he didn't have the time or the money to pursue the lawsuit to the end so he simply dropped it. Frustrating.

[rubyrola1959]

@MaxFred108 thank you for providing the true author's name, i've only know about Roy for a few years of my young life( i'm only 18) and while I do like his music, i now know that he was something of an ass, and did steal music. So with that in mind, i will not defend him, but i will change the songwriter's credit for this song.

[edisonphonographfan]

@jehovahuponyou

sorry to just jump in on this conversation but i agree with everything being said here

Acuff did treat hank like crap in my opinion got a lot of money from hank hank didnt get as much as he should have and yes lets not forget about fred rose

i personally dont like roy hank was much better all around

roy was a lieing sob as killy said I remember one time hank let a family in to see him when they had no money for admission he said you dont have to pay to hear ol hank sing

[curtflirt1]

GEEZ! ~ I can feel the "clickity-clack" beneath my feet. I used to be a switchman/trainman on the "P-Company". Way back when!

Still love trains and their wondeful melodies....

Curt Erler

Find me at this site ... curterlerauthor

[BrokenneckYgor]

i was borned in a freight yard way down in Mississipi. Whar them boys says, "How t th weather to dasy, uncle?" An the old uncle says, "Wal boss, de clouds sho lookin to rain down on dese here yards!"

[jehovahuponyou]

@edisonphonographfan

:^)

[edisonphonographfan]

@jehovahuponyou

thankyou  lord bless you too!

[jehovahuponyou]

@edisonphonographfan - GOOD POST, FAN - THANKS - LORD BLESS YA!

[Jerry4usall]

We lived about 200 yards from the railroad track out in the country when I was growing up in the 50s. The first trains I saw were steam trains. I was about 8 years old before the diesels began running. I can attest to what lepup348U said, the steam engines were scary. I called them "Smokies!!!"

The railroad was The Atlantic Coast Line Railroad.

I must add, that one of my first LP records (not stereo yet) was Roy's Acuff's Great Speckled Bird album which had The Freight Train Blues on it.

[Mazblues]

I'm 99% percent sure it's Jimmie Riddles.

Great post, thanks a lot friend!