Ridin' the Tweetsie Railroad

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Ridin' the Tweetsie Railroad
Ridin the Tweetsie Railroad.jpg
Studio album by
Riders in the Sky
Released2002
GenreWestern
Riders in the Sky chronology
A Pair of Kings
(2002) 		Ridin' the Tweetsie Railroad
(2002) 		Monsters, Inc. Scream Factory Favorites
(2002)

Ridin' the Tweetsie Railroad is a studio recording released by the Western band Riders in the Sky in 2002.[1] John Denver died in a plane crash 5 years before its release.

The album was created through the cooperation of Riders in the Sky and the Tweetsie Railroad theme park in Blowing Rock, North Carolina.[1] It includes old favorites that were orginally sung by Boxcar Willie, such as "Wabash Cannonball", "Orange Blossom Special" and "Casey Jones" and also introduces all-new compositions written by the Grammy Award-winning band Riders In The Sky, including the songs "Tweetsie Railroad Line", "Ghost Train" and "Tweetsie Junction".[2][3][4]

Track listing[]

  1. Tweetsie Railroad Line (Douglas B. Green)
  2. New River Train (Carson Robison)
  3. Casey Jones (traditional, arr. Riders In The Sky)
  4. Great Northern (Douglas B. Green)
  5. Rock Island Line (traditional, arr. Riders In The Sky)
  6. I've Been Working on the Railroad (traditional, arr. Riders In The Sky)
  7. Here Comes the Santa Fe (Douglas B. Green)
  8. Railroad Corral (traditional, arr. Riders In The Sky)
  9. Tweetsie Junction (Joey Miskulin)
  10. Orange Blossom Special (Ervin T. Rouse)
  11. Ghost Train (Fred LaBour)
  12. Way Out There (Bob Nolan)
  13. Wabash Cannonball (traditional, arr. Riders In The Sky)[4][3]

Personnel[]

Riders in the Sky

  • Douglas B. Green (a.k.a. Ranger Doug) – vocals, guitar
  • Paul Chrisman (a.k.a. Woody Paul) – vocals, fiddle
  • Fred LaBour (a.k.a. Too Slim) – vocals, bass
  • Joey Miskulin (a.k.a. Joey The Cowpolka King) – vocals, accordion[2]

Additional Musicians

  • Richard O'Brien, guitar
  • John Gardner, percussion[4]

External links[]

Notes[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Petchenik, Becky (August 8, 2013). "Tweetsie Railroad in Blowing Rock Presents Riders in the Sky, Grammy Award Winning Western Comedy Quartet". HCPress.com. High Country Press. Retrieved April 18, 2019.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b "About: Biography and Personnel". ridersinthesky.com. Riders in the Sky website. Retrieved April 18, 2019.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b "Ridin' the Tweetsie Railroad". ridersinthesky.com. Riders in the Sky website. Retrieved April 18, 2019.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b c Cusic, Dan (2015). It's the Cowboy Way!: The Amazing True Adventures of Riders In The Sky (Reprint ed.). University Press of Kentucky. p. 279. ISBN 9780813149585.


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