Freight Train

Freight Train

ASIN: B00000B500

Track Listings

1. Candy's Mood

2. Frankie And Johnny

3. Freight Train

4. Manhattan

5. Girl From Ipanema

6. Jersey Bounce

7. Cottontail

8. Until The Real Thing Come

9. C.J. Blues

10. Tuxedo Junction

11. Candy's Mood

12. Jersey Vounce

13. Freight Train

Tracks:

Wilson Rag
Freight Train
Going Down the Road Feeling Bad
I Don't Love Nobody
Aint' Got No Honey Baby Now
Graduation March
Honey Babe Your Papa Cares For You
Vastopol
a) Here Old Rattler Here
a) Run...Run
a) Sweet Bye and Bye
Oh Babe It Ain't No Lie
Spanish Flang Dang
When I Get Home

Album Description

This complete reissue of Elizabeth Cotten's first LP is best known for containing the original recording of her classic Freight Train. The breadth of her repertoire and endearing style have captivated generations of guitarists and fans of traditional American music.

Freight Train includes guitar and banjo accompanied songs and tunes and features Mike Seeger's updated notes that include comments on Cotten's life, musical style, and song lyrics.

Customer Reviews:

An American Treasure.......2005-12-30

What can I say? Elizabeth Cotten was one of the best guitar players of all time and almost no one knows about her.I have enormous respect for all the great guitarists from all genres of modern music and to my ears no one comes close,except maybe Mississippi John Hurt, to her fluid and gentle approach to the guitar.
And to think this was recorded in her bedroom instead of a studio gives this disc a refreshing sound,just like she was sitting on her bed and playing just for you.Great just to listen to and essential to anyone who is a fan of acoustic guitar playing at its finest.
Freight Train is not just a classic song but it sounds like it has always been here like the mountains and the sky.I love this disc and everything about it.Essential and highly recommended.

Gotta love it........2002-12-12

Elizabeth does a wonderful job here. Don't expect a lot from the recording itself but the songs are great American History. Great background music.

Freight Train and other songs.......2002-04-29

When I first heard this CD I was astounded not just by the
technical ability of Libba Cotten, but also by the sheer
spiritual feeling she gives to the songs. She also plays really
gently, never overemphasising anything.

Move Over John Hurt.......2002-02-26

These phenomenal songs were recorded by Mike Seeger in Elizabeth Cotten's bedroom. Elizabeth Cotten had stopped playing guitar for over twenty years when the Seeger family "discovered" her (she was working as their maid!)

Cotten's completely "by ear" playing is among the most subtle and harmonically nuanced in "roots folk music". Strangely, she does not get anywhere near the attention of Mississipi John Hurt, though she is a far better and more interesting guitar player (this is not to knock John Hurt, who is also great.)

Cotten was able to pick up everything from blues, to ragtime, to the UNC "graduation march" just by listening. At risk of sounding cliched, I believe she was a genius who was never fully able to realize her potential. But at least we have these wonderful songs to give us a sense of it.

Simply Amazing.......1999-09-03

Elizabeth Cotten is a must for everyone. When listening to the recording one feels as if she was playing in the same room with you. Ms. Cotten has an amazing ability to keep one listening and always wanting more.

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A quality release from the lead singer of the standout Oz band Cold Chisel

Freight Train Heart
Jimmy Barnes
Manufacturer: Warner Bros.
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Jimmy Barnes
For the Working Class Man
Love and Fear
Two Fires

ASIN: B0000A59KO
Release Date: 2003-07-14

Tracks:

Driving Wheels
Seven Days
Too Much Ain't Enough Love
Do or Die
Waitin' for the Heartache
Last Frontier
I Wanna Get Started with You
I'm Still on Your Side
Lessons in Love
Walk On

Album Description

Freight Train Heart became a huge hit for Jimmy Barnes, and with good reason. It followed on directly from the blue-collar rock of Bodyswerve and For the Working Class Man, yet managed to create its own identity. While it may have lacked complete originality ('Driving Wheels' is a simple update of 'Working Class Man'), Barnes managed to make this set of songs an instant classic, thanks to the strength of singles like 'Waitin' for the Heartache'. Slightly more polished than For the Working Class Man (but never losing sight of its pub-rock origins), Freight Train Heart nevertheless runs neck and neck with that album for the title of Barnes' best release. 1987 release.

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A quality release from the lead singer of the standout Oz band Cold Chisel.......2006-06-16

If you are wanting an introduction to Australian rock then you should look no further than this release. The CD opens with the classic Driving Wheels (which was written by Schon and Cain from Journey fame) and also contains the classic Too much aint enough and Waitin for the heartache. The closing track, Walk on should make it as part of a movie score - truely classic. If you have heard of Cold Chisel - they were and are still regarded as one of Australias premier bands, and liked what they did then this should make a part of your CD collection

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Just a Perfect Mix...

Pickin' on Wilco: Casino Side
Old School Freight Train
Manufacturer: Cmh Records
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Old School Freight Train
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Breakdown: Live Recordings 1973

ASIN: B000294ROE
Release Date: 2004-06-22

Tracks:

I Am Trying to Break Your Heart
Jesus, Etc.
A Shot in the Arm
Casino Queen
Heavey Metal Drummer
Can't Stand It
I Must be High
I'm the Man Who Loves You
Far-Far Away
Misunderstood
When You Wake Up Feeling Old
Summer Teeth

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1. I'm Always In Love
2. Passenger Side
3. Casino Queen
4. I Must Be High
5. Outtasite (Outta Mind)
6. Heavy Metal Drummer
7. I'm The Man That Loves You
8. Shot In The Arm, A
9. Via Chicago
10. Kamera
11. Jesus, Etc.
12. Handshake Drugs

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Customer Reviews:

Just a Perfect Mix..........2005-02-03

Listen up all you Wilco fans, this is a must buy cd! I was extremely impressed with this album. Bluegrass Wilco is a match that couldnt be more right. Buy it, Listen to it, and remember the roots of your favorite band's sweet tunes! Even if you arent a huge bluegrass listener, your love for Wilco will most definitely make it a great buy.

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Pioneers of the Duet
Guitar booging Delmores
Great Historical Meaning!
It Doesn't Get Better Than This !
Every Track Is a Delight

Freight Train Boogie
The Delmore Brothers
Manufacturer: Ace Records UK
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0000009HW
Release Date: 2004-12-27

Tracks:

Blues Stay Away From Me
Freight Train Boogie
Trouble Ain't Nothin' But The Blues
Boogie Woogie Baby
Rounder's Blues
Mobile Boogie
Used Car Blues
Pan American Boogie
Field Hand Man
Brown's Ferry Blues
Peach Tree Street Boogie
Blues You Never Lose
Steamboat Bill Boogie
Muddy Water
Sand Mountain Blues
Hillbilly Blues
You Can't Do Wrong And Get By
Kentucky Mountain
Weary Day
Take It To The Captain

Product Description

1. Blues Stay Away From Me
2. Freight Train Boogie
3. Trouble Ain't Nothing But The Blues
4. Boogie Woogie Baby
5. Rounder's Blues
6. Mobile Boogie
7. Used Car Blues
8. Pan American Boogie
9. Field Hand Man
10. Brown's Ferry Blues
11. Peach Tree Street Boogie
12. Blues You Never Lose
13. Steamboat Boogie
14. Muddy Water
15. Sand Mountain Blues
16. Hillbilly Boogie
17. You Can't Do Wrong And Get By
18. Kentucky Mountain
19. Weary Day
20. Take It To The Captain

Format: CD

Customer Reviews:

Pioneers of the Duet.......2006-02-05

The Delmore brothers are one of those names that you no longer hear. And that's a real shame. Not only were they the frist true "power" duet, but introduced the world to the finest musicians ever to grace the music world, including none other than Merle Travis and Wayne Raney. The 20 songs contained here are not your usual traditional country....in fact, at the time of their recordings, the Delmore Bros could probably be better characterized as Rock and Roll (had it been "invented" at the time!) or Bop. This album is well worth your money, and definately, worth a listen.

Guitar booging Delmores.......2004-01-17

This is like a Jimmie Rogers album or a Robert Johnson Album, or Decca Basie, it is soooooooooo good that when you play it, it stays on the player for days, sometimes weeks. This is the last part of the Delmore Brother's career. It contains stuff that is typical of their old stuff, but suffused with the new approach to country music that came after World War II. Probably Arthur Guitar Boogie Smith (as opposed to Fiddlin' Arthur Smith) ushered it in with his Guitar Boogie. However, the Delmore Brothers here joined by Wayne Rayney, and Jethro Burns (the great electric mandolinist of Homer and Jethro) who ad some great electric guitar playing on a lot of the cuts, get the thing going with great guitar boogie music.
there is something sweet and real and at the same time modern--despite the cynicsm of the liner notes that come with the CD that don't understand it--and really working class about it. I keep thinking of the used car blues, and the Sand Mountain Blues. "I am just a poor boy and work's my middle name."
Like I say, discount the cynicism of the liner notes. Steamboat Bill the last song is a great rhythm tune.
It's good to remember that the guitar boogie music along with folks who came this way via a Western Swing direction like Moon Mullican were part of what inspired rockabilly along with rhythm and blues and rock and roll.

Rock and Roll begins as a phase of R & B starting around 1950-1953 before any Sun records were made of rockabilly, although in the late 40s there had been a R & B craze of songs on the topic and using the words "Rock and Roll." As for Sun, one of the first Rock and Roll records, Ike Turner/Jackie Brenson's historic "Rocket 88," (in 1952 or 53 I believe) was recorded by Sun. Sun began primarily as a blues and R & B operation that sold or leased recordings to national distributors like Chess and King. The young, barely out of high school Ike Turner, functioned like an A & R man for sun bringing some of the greatest blues stars like Howling Wolf into the studios for the first time and cuting some fine records himself.

Great Historical Meaning!.......2003-09-13

I played this record to a few friends of mine who are really into roots rock 'n' roll and rockabilly and they couldn't believe it that they never heard about the Delmore Brothers and Wayne Raney! This is the music that paved the way for Sun Records and all the new rockabilly styles in the 1950's. There is so much power and energy in this music! It is so good to have this compilation available, it should be in every collection of music lovers, no matter if you are into Country, Blues or Rockabilly/Rock 'N' Roll!

It Doesn't Get Better Than This !.......2003-01-08

Ace Records should be given a big pat on the back for releasing these Delmore Brothers classics cut for King Records between 1946 - 1952 . If you like bluesy , hillbilly , country boogie in its rawest form , this cd is a must . Fantastic vocal harmonies , great blues harp , great guitar picking and twenty tracks that are the equal to anything that you will find in American Roots music . These recordings are as earthy as the soil of the Elkmont farm that the brothers grew up on , and so influential in that they played a major part in laying down the blueprint for the Rock&Roll that was to change the 20th Century for ever . I can't think of higher praise than that !

Every Track Is a Delight.......2001-01-22

Several years ago The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame website included a list entitled 500 Songs That Shaped Rock And Roll. The Delmore Brothers' "Hillbilly Boogie" made that list. After picking up this CD it's easy to see why. Though they were a country act, they incorporated blues, boogie and rockabilly elements into their sound. Rabon and Alton Delmore recorded for King from 1946 until 1952, when Rabon died of lung cancer. [Alton died in 1964.] The twenty tracks included here (half of which are originals) provide a terrific overview of two musicians who--as the liner notes point out--"were too modern for the determined traditionalism of bluegrass, (but) too oldtime for the hip-swivelling of rock 'n' roll." Every track is a delight. This is important listening. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED

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Check out "We Shall All Be Reunited"
The Freights are even tighter on this, their second CD.
old music, new life

Waiting On The Gravy Train
The Freight Hoppers
Manufacturer: Rounder / Umgd
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Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000009NTB
Release Date: 1998-08-18

Tracks:

Trouble
Backstep Cindy
Anchored In Love
Molly Put The Kettle On
Ways Of The World
Warfare
Polecat Blues
Nobody's Business
A Roving On A Winter's Night
Fall On My Knees
Fort Smith Breakdown
We Shall All Be United
Wild Fling In The Woodpile
Hell Broke Loose In Georgia
Young Emily
Shortenin' Bread

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This North Carolina pre-grass quartet takes old-time, string- band, and fiddle tunes and injects them with a propulsive energy and buoyant spirit. To a certain extent, that's what Bill Monroe did more than 50 years earlier, but unlike Big Mon, the Hoppers stick to the old-time repertoire exclusively, digging up fine 1920s and 1930s gems; they also retain old-time's rougher edges, stopping short of bluegrass's precision. Certainly, they have the chops to merit liner notes from the venerable Charles Wolfe, especially David Bass on fiddle, who handles his romping contest-fiddling splashes with aplomb. Banjoist Frank Lee and guitarist Cary Fridley offer standout harmonizing, as on the Carter Family's "Anchored in Love," "Warfare," and "We Shall All Be Reunited;" Fridley's striking a cappella dirge "A Roving on a Winter's Night" marks another highlight. Despite their talent, taste in material, and exuberance, however, they seem to lack that tiny little distinguishing characteristic that would carry them to the next level. Still, the sundae is quite tasty, even if the cherry's missing. --Marc Greilsamer

Customer Reviews:

Check out "We Shall All Be Reunited".......2002-03-10

This album gives old standards fire and passion. If you are fond of mountain music and the American folk tradition, this might very well be a great pick to get you up and dancing. In a number of songs on this album, the sound-focus is primarily on the fiddle playing. More of an instrumental give-and-take might have added a little extra color in places. Yet the vocal harmonizing is really something special, and the ballads add a special beauty. I got this album after traveling through the great state of New Hampshire and hearing a song called "We Shall All Be Reunited." If you get a copy of this album for this song and this song only, you will be richly rewarded. To hear such a sweet voice singing these nostalgic and hopeful words was a true honor for me. Thanks, Cary Fridley!

The Freights are even tighter on this, their second CD........1999-09-28

This group is magic as a unit. They play with awareness and respect for the old-time styles, but above all, with enthusiasm and focus. The solo ballads are also beautifully sung.

old music, new life.......1998-10-02

It's no simple trick to carry old-time Southern music into the late 20th Century, especially when those grand 1920s recordings from which the revivalist bands draw their repertoires are readily available in reissues from Yazoo, Revenant, Smithsonian/Folkways, and other labels. But the Freight Hoppers pull it off more successfully than any outfit we've heard in a while. In fact, they're surely the most accomplished neo-old-time outfit since the legendary Highwoods Stringband in the 1970s. The songs here are largely standards -- "Nobody's Business" in particular should have been left in mothballs -- but on the whole the Freight Hoppers manage to make even the worn-out sound fresh, through distinctive arrangements, unusual melodies, and pleasing harmonies. They cut right to the heart, at once dark and hopeful, of the venerable hymn "We Shall All Be Reunited," and the warhorse "Shortenin' Bread" comes roaring back to life in their accomplished hands. All in all, this engaging and entertaining exercise gives us cause for hope that even better is to come.

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Eclectic set exudes originality, tact and innovation
Acoustic Delight
A must have for any music fan

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Old School Freight Train
Manufacturer: Acoustic Disc
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ASIN: B00080Z66K
Release Date: 2005-05-10

Tracks:

Run
Lookee Here
Drama Queen
Superstition
Tango Chutney
Broken Pieces
Mr. Parshif's Jig
Louisiana 1927
Trick Dog
Henry Brown
Euridice
Dance

Customer Reviews:

Eclectic set exudes originality, tact and innovation.......2005-06-08

Playing Time - 55:04 -- Hailing from Charlottesville, Va., Old School Freight Train is a quintet that chooses bluegrass instruments for their largely original material that incorporates blues, jazz, Latin, swing and rock grooves. Why, they even take on a Celtic motif with an original "Mr. Parshif's Jig" that eventually evolves into the lightning speed of a reel. Their only covers on this project are Stevie Wonder's "Superstition" and Randy Newman's "Louisiana 1927," both tastefully rendered in fine new acoustic fashion. David Grisman, who guests with his mandolin on "Euridice," offers that the band caught his attention, and they now have a place on the Acoustic Disc label. Joe Craven plays percussion on two tracks.

OSFT's contemporary acoustic music is arranged and built around evocative lyrics which should've been included in the CD jacket. Guitarist Jesse Harper sings with exhilarating electricity, more characteristic of a jazz vocalist. The dynamics in the band's music call for rhythmic and tempo variations that impart power and intensity. Instrumental breaks are shared among all the band members, and their song's appealing melodies are lyrical and fluid.

Besides Harper, Old School Freight Train includes Pete Frostic (mandolin), Ben Krakauer (banjo), Nate Leath (fiddle), and Darrell Muller (bass). The title track and some of the other offerings ("Drama Queen" or "Broken Pieces") have commercial leanings which clearly open up the door for significant airplay. The closer, "Dance" is explosive and distinctive. The band's eclectic nature covers a great deal of ground from bluegrass ("Henry Brown" and "Lookee Here") to R&B ("Superstition") to adventures south of the border ("Tango Chutney" and "Euridice"). Pete Frostic's "Trick Dog" is also a zealous stringed exploration featuring mandocello.

The band has been together since 2000 and won awards at Telluride and Rockygrass. Their first self-titled album came out in 2002. With sound and energy that get an audience to sit up and take notice, OSFT is steaming up the hill of success. Don't let "Run" fool you into thinking that they are suffering from an identity crisis. These boys clearly have the musical acumen to journey into whatever territory their adventurous tastes take them. Their music exudes originality, tact and innovation. (Joe Ross, staff writer, Bluegrass Now)

Acoustic Delight.......2005-06-06

I had the unexpected delight last night of seeing this extremely talented quintet at Chicago's Old Town School of Folk Music. Their fresh sound is accurately captured on this CD.

Old School Freight Train has found a new recipe for making some very tasty music: Two cups of excellent song writing, 5 scoops of instrumental virtuosity (guitar, banjo, fiddle, mandolin, upright bass), steamed together with the rhythmic sensibilities of a jazz band, served up with pop-right tightness.

More creative than new-grass, more focused than a jam band, these guys sound like Nickel Creek meet the (American Beauty/Workingman's Dead era) Grateful Dead. Well crafted acoustic music with a focus on the song and the feeling makes this CD something special.

A must have for any music fan.......2005-05-26

I recently attended a concert in Boston in which Old School Freight Train was one of the featured bands. They played some really different music with a great sound. During intermission I purchased the cd "Run" and briefly talked to mandolin player Pete Frostic.I am very glad I did.It is the freshest sound I have heard in a long time. Part bluegrass, part latin, part rock, part blues, even a hint of funk (cover version of the Stevie Wonder song "Superstition" which by the way is really cool). From the very first track "Run" you realise that these kids are really something special. Lead singer and guitarist (also plays some realy kicking percussion) Jesse Harper has an excellent voice which really adds to the bands unique sound. The album is produced by legendary mandolin player David Grisman who does an excellent job producing this album, especially the song "Broken Pieces" an anti war song with some excellent lyrics such as "and when we you learn it's children who get burned when bombs fall in foreign lands" and a really great melody and crisp sound. Another high point is the latin sounding instrumental "Tango Chutney" this song can best be described in 3 letters WOW!I very highly recommend this cd to everyone, especially those who like bluegrass and rock bands like the Grateful Dead. (...)I look forward to hearing more from these guys in the future and I'msure you will too after hearing this cd.

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A must have CD
Old School Freight Train is a must-hear band!!!
New Breed
overrated slop train
Not Just Bluegrass!

Old School Freight Train

Manufacturer: Courthouse Records
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ASIN: B000083GLJ
Release Date: 2002-02-15

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Album Description

Recorded and mixed at bluegrass' famous Doobie Shea studios in Ferrum, VA, and mastered by Bill Wolf of Tony Rice projects, this CD is not your Daddy's bluegrass. Old School Freight music is contagious, rule bending, destined to open some eyes, blur some musical boundaries and create new acoustic fans.

Customer Reviews:

A must have CD.......2004-06-26

OSFT is a tremendously talented group of young people. Their style has a very nice Grissman/Furtado/Fleck quality. Very clean, well recorded and mixed, with great original tunes. If you like bluegrass style or acoustic music type sounds, this CD is a must have. Really, really good.

Old School Freight Train is a must-hear band!!!.......2004-01-16

These guys are amazing musicians with a mature sense of taste and emotion far beyond their years. Their arrangements are intricate and tight and show off their technical dexterity as well as their keen sense of musicality. You will definitely want to keep your eyes on them; they will go far!

New Breed.......2003-03-08

Old School Freight Train's music doesn't fit well into of the usual pigeonholes. Not really bluegrass, not really newgrass, not really jazz, not a jam band. It's original and just is what it is. There seem to be several acoustic bands around these days doing their own thing, and Old School Freight Train is one of the very best.

overrated slop train.......2003-02-12

music is sloppy...not tight at all. latin songs are generic and without any feeling. lyrics are silly and band sounds like your mediocre wannabe newgrass. do yourself a favor and pick up something worthwhile like yonder mountain and leave these kids on the shelf

Not Just Bluegrass!.......2003-01-04

This cd has been in my discman for three weeks now. I love the ecclectic mix of music presented here. This acoustic outfit does Latin, jazz, bluegrass and more. The best part is that all eleven songs on the album are original compositions.

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AOR Classic!!!
..a classic 80's album due for re-release !
This is really rocking!
Wonderful album all the way through...
Best of the Best

Freight Train Heart
Jimmy Barnes
Manufacturer: Mushroom Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000006Z8V
Release Date: 1999-12-28

Tracks:

Driving Wheels
Seven Days
Too Much Ain't Enough Love
Do or Die
Waitin' for the Heartache
Last Frontier
I Wanna Get Started with You
I'm Still on Your Side
Lessons in Love
Walk On

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Customer Reviews:

AOR Classic!!!.......2005-07-29

Take Journey mix in AC/DC & add John Waite & you get Jimmy Barnes. There is not a bad song on this cd. Just put in the CD & press play & listen all the way through. My favorites are Driving Wheels, Too Much Ain't Enough, Waitin' For The Heartache and Walk On. If you like Journey, Starship, Bad English, Foreigner or The Storm then get this CD. It is worth it.

..a classic 80's album due for re-release !.......2003-05-24

Something of an Australian folk hero, although originally from Glasgow, Jimmy Barnes is the original 'working class man', the title track and signature tune from his first US release. Having come to prominence with Australian band Cold Chisel, 1987's `Freight Train Heart' was Barnes' second album for Geffen. Mixed for an American audience and recorded with American musicians with some notoriously top flight song-writers-for -hire enlisted during the writing process, `Freight Train Heart' was, if we're being honest here, one of the albums of the eighties and should be in every discerning AOR-fan's Top 30. An Australian Number 1 album, several times platinum, FTH actually flopped in the US, despite being chock-full of absolute classic AOR-radio friendly rock songs.

Barnes' voice kinda resembles that of Sammy Hagar's and just oozes cool; it has been described as one part pure AC/DC rasp, one part eternal romantic, and one part master storyteller. The musical accompaniment is faultless; Journey-like in terms of sheer quality. Hardly surprising given that most of the songs were co-produced by ex-Journey keyboardist Jonathan Cain in tandem with `Escape' producer Mike Stone. Some of Cain's usual cohorts (Neal Schon, Randy Jackson) provide backing here and have co-write credits with Barnes. With Desmond Child and Jim Vallance also contributing, of course the record sounds highly commercial, but Barnes' commanding voice keeps proceedings rooted in rock. The vocals have a huge emotional quality without ever being overwrought, even on "Waitin' For The Heartache", a balladic anthem co-written by Desmond Child. As usual Neal Schon provides a stunning array of biting solos throughout. Other highlights are the blues-ballad "Too Much Ain't Enough" and the epic "Last Frontier".

This album had a sizeable budget behind it, and it shows. Hook-laden although never syrupy. A huge accomplishment. An album for everyone and a classic. Probably as mainstream as AOR ever got. If you missed it first time, it's due for re-release in 2003!

This is really rocking!.......2003-05-21

Jimmy Barnes' "Freight train heart" from 1988 might not be that well known and that's a real shame because this album rocks! It is not heavy metal or hard rock, but more in the musical line of Tom Cochrane. Barnes is an energetic and enthusiastic singer and his rocking version of Bob Dylan's "Seven days" blow away any other attempts (like Joe Cocker's) as well as the original. Other standouts are the attractive pair "Driving wheels" and "Last frontier", together with the melodic and catchy "I'm still on your side".

"Freight train heart" is absolutely Jimmy Barnes' finest release and should be of interest to anyone who claims to be a rock fan. If you like the mentioned Tom Cochrane, the rockiest stuff from Tom Petty, John Cougar Mellencamp and Bruce Springsteen, I would say that the chance of liking this album is very high.

Wonderful album all the way through..........2002-12-05

This is quintessential driving music that is simply second to none. Every song expresses a different emotion, starting on the awesome epic opener "Driving Wheels" with its story of the road. The moment the slide guitar intro comes onto the speakers, it just oozes unspeakable coolness. The other tracks are equally good: the furious, righteous rock of "Do or Die"; the straight ahead classic road-rock of "Lessons in Love"; the smooth & laid back feel of "Still On Your Side"; the upbeat summertime stomp of "Wanna Get Started With You"; and naturally, the overblown heartbreak ballad in "Walk On".....not a bad song on the disc. Every song is just tailor made for driving down the road, wind in your hair as the world whips by. Perfect for scenic highway drives.

This album had a sizable budget behind it, and it shows. It's a classic kind of rock, boasting top flight songwriters and session players such as Jon Cain and Neal Schon (of Journey and Bad English fame), Jim Vallance (Aerosmith, Bryan Adams, etc), Randy Jackson, Desmond Child, et al. That fact, coupled with an impeccable production courtesy of Mike Stone and Jimmy's rough powerhouse vocals, means this is for everyone. Definitely one of my top ten discs of all time.

Jimmy has since mellowed out, I hear he's just doing soul nowadays, but he thankfully left behind some great discs like this one. The first time I heard it, I didn't like it so much, I don't know what I was thinking...

Best of the Best.......2002-04-25

Like a master chef or a wizard, Jimmy Barnes manages to mix 1 part pure rasp a'la AC/DC, 1 part romantic sensitivity, 1 part master storyteller and 1 part pure musical genius that can't be beat. The combination of Barnes with Journey regulars Jonathan Cain and Neil Schon is the ultimate supergroup - I'm sad that they only made one album together. The blend of rockers like 'Do or Die' and ballads like 'Waiting for the Heartache' will make this one rapidly a favorite, or in my case, my absolute favorite album.

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Hallucination
Freight Train Jane
Manufacturer: New Century Media
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
ASIN: B000RL9YQ8

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1. Get Used To It 3:46 2. Hallucination 4:19 3. American Fame 4:46 4. Buy A Gun 3:25 5. Bye Bye Love 3:24 6. You 4:08 7. Voodoo 4:02 8. No More 2:22 9. Welcome To My Love 4:57 10. Lean Mean Woman Machine 2:37

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Thumbsing
Richard Gilewitz
Manufacturer: Gillazilla Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0001990FG
Release Date: 2004-01-01

Tracks:

Thumbsing
Wazamataz
Have You Ever Seen a Rainbow at Night?
Fantasia
Layover
The Hermit
Prelude for Lute
Daughter of Pete's Feet
Pete's Feet
Freight Train
Sunflower River Blues
Sarsah Natasha
Dirt To Dust

Album Description

Title song "Thumbsing" - played with Richard's right thumb using only down strokes.

"Wazamataz" premiered live during a Chet Atkins tribute at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium. A lively, finger-snapping alternating bass style selection.

"Have You Ever Seen a Rainbow at Night?" first played on a nylon-string guitar. A playful nursery rhyme melody skips throughout the song.

"Daughter of Pete's Feet" pushes the envelope of the blues genre as Richard's first 6-string slide tune. A contagious rhythmic selection with a groove.

In the tradition of the folk hit "Cripple Creek", "Pete's Feet" is a fast paced, spunky, toe tapping gem. Features Richard's left hand playing up to the 19th fret.

Composed on only five of six strings, "Sarah Natasha" is Richard's salute to his niece. When the tune was almost finished, a sixth string and note was added.

Classical selections include a Bach prelude and Alonso de Mudurra's complex "Fantasia", a 16th century lute piece recorded on a steel-string guitar.

The uniquely sounding Papoose Guitar adds a whimsical mood to the 45-second version of Elizabeth Cotten's "Freight Train. A short, sweet Traditional folk offering.

"Layover", one of Michael Hedges signature pieces, chosen by Richard to honor this innovative player. In an unusual tuning of DACGCE.

Following an appearance with John Renbourn at the Blackstone River Theatre, Richard asked the composer of "The Hermit" for some technical guidance. Smiling, John indicated pleasure with Richard's intention to record his tune as he has not played it in a number of years.

A rendition of a John Fahey standard, "Sunflower River Blues", continues Richard's quest to preserve the legacy of the "father" of American primitive steel-string guitar.

"Dirt To Dust", a solo 12-string rendition of the 1996 version. Exactly as Richard performs it live with the "Gypsy Minor" introduction, and revised middle section.

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