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Johnny Burnette, "Lonesome Train", 1956. John Joseph Burnette (March 25, 1934 – August 14, 1964) was an American singer and songwriter of rockabilly and pop music. [1] In 1952, Johnny, his brother, Dorsey Burnette, and their mutual friend Paul Burlison, formed the band that became known as the Rock and Roll Trio. [2]
Josh Leeson from Newcastle Herald said "Holland's boogie woogie piano-playing on 'Lonesome Train' is a scintillating highlight and Barnes sounds inspired throughout by his accomplished bandmates. The Barnestormers are having a blast and if they can ever get the band together for a tour, it'll be one hell of a party-starter."
"Lonesome Train" and "Shady Grove" choogle along, as amiable as they are hypnotic. The closest thing to a twist comes with the phased vocals and spiralling guitar runs of "Digital Blues." The song “Traces” features Christine Lakeland on synthesizer and foreshadows the synth-heavy material Cale would produce on his next two albums.
A train song is a song referencing passenger or freight railroads, often using a syncopated beat resembling the sound of train wheels over train tracks.Trains have been a theme in both traditional and popular music since the first half of the 19th century and over the years have appeared in nearly all musical genres, including folk, blues, country, rock, jazz, world, classical and avant-garde.
His first known recordings were in 1952 for Chance Records, recording the tracks "Lonesome Ole Train" [9] and "Homesick", which gave him his stage name. [7] During the late 1940s and 1950s he worked with Sonny Boy Williamson II (Rice Miller), and with Elmore James, [ 9 ] and in the early 1950s he worked in bands including Baby Face Leroy Foster ...
He joined the group in time to be filmed in their spot in the movie, where they played "Lonesome Train (On A Lonesome Track)". To coincide with the release of the film, a fourth Coral single, "Lonesome Train (On A Lonesome Track)" backed with "I Just Found Out" (Coral 61758), was released on January 5, 1957, under the name of the Johnny ...
"Here Comes the Freedom Train" (Stephen H. Lemberg) "So Long Train Whistle" (Dave Kirby, Lew Quadling) "Silver Ghost" (Sterling Whipple) "No More Trains to Ride" (Merle Haggard) "Coming and the Going of the Trains" "I Won't Give Up My Train" (Mark Yeary) "Where Have All the Hobos Gone" (Kirby, Danny Morrison)
During the period of the Hitler-Stalin pact from 1939 to 1941, the group also sang songs attacking Franklin D. Roosevelt as a warmonger and opposing Britain's war against Nazi Germany. After the Almanac Singers disbanded in 1942, Lampell wrote the lyrics for The Lonesome Train , a ballad opera on the death of Abraham Lincoln , with music ...