TOOT TOOT! JAMES COFFEY ARRIVES WITH A BOXCAR LOAD OF NEW SONGS WITH NEW RELEASE "MY MAMA WAS A TRAIN". Multi-Award-Winning Children's Recording Artist Introduces New Tunes, American Traditionals From America's heartlan... more »d, an acclaimed family recording artist steams ahead with his second collection of railroad songs, "My Mama Was a Train." James Coffey includes 14 original and traditional songs, all relating to the magic and wonder of locomotives. Train lovers of all ages will delight at the real sounds and rhythms of locomotive engines accenting each of the 14 songs. Coffey's signature piano, acoustic guitar and harmonica stylings help evoke the feeling of riding the rails on such traditional favorites as "Nine Hundred Miles", "Rock Island Line", "Casey Jones", "Wabash Cannonball", and "New River Train"A nd, with new songs like the theme "My Mama Was a Train", "What Do You Hear?" and "Workin' in the Railway Yard", he builds on the genre by including new jaz zy arrangements and funky rhythms sure to get toes tapping and engines running.« less
TOOT TOOT! JAMES COFFEY ARRIVES WITH A BOXCAR LOAD OF NEW SONGS WITH NEW RELEASE "MY MAMA WAS A TRAIN". Multi-Award-Winning Children's Recording Artist Introduces New Tunes, American Traditionals From America's heartland, an acclaimed family recording artist steams ahead with his second collection of railroad songs, "My Mama Was a Train." James Coffey includes 14 original and traditional songs, all relating to the magic and wonder of locomotives. Train lovers of all ages will delight at the real sounds and rhythms of locomotive engines accenting each of the 14 songs. Coffey's signature piano, acoustic guitar and harmonica stylings help evoke the feeling of riding the rails on such traditional favorites as "Nine Hundred Miles", "Rock Island Line", "Casey Jones", "Wabash Cannonball", and "New River Train"A nd, with new songs like the theme "My Mama Was a Train", "What Do You Hear?" and "Workin' in the Railway Yard", he builds on the genre by including new jaz zy arrangements and funky rhythms sure to get toes tapping and engines running.
Thomas C. from HAVERHILL, MA Reviewed on 8/31/2010...
My son loves it! He's a big fan of the "I Love Toy Trains" video series; and he knew most of these songs already! Kids enjoy the music of James Coffey.
CD Reviews
My kid LOVES this CD. Yours will too!!!
William C. Ferry | Cleveland, OH United States | 03/07/2003
(5 out of 5 stars)
"My son is totally into trains of all types. This is a trait that runs in the family. I don't even know HOW he got into them so much. He just loves 'em. I guess I am happy--its sort of an American tradition to be into trains. They meant so much to our history.So--when at the local library I spied this CD, I borrowed it. Oh my gosh. My son just LOVES this thing. Especially the songs with sound effects--but in other songs he hears the key words: train, railroad, etc. He is only 2 years old--so the focus of this CD on one subject, his favorite subject, helps him to appreciate all the songs--not just the ones with a whistle here, a bell there, etc.Finally, I have to say that even I really like the CD. It is some old standards mixed with new songs--but almost always in a style that an adult can stand to listen to. Coffey has a nice voice--and he is not a gaggle of kids singing nursery rhymes. It is really a nice break from that kind of kids music CD. A couple songs are a bit new-Jazzy, and while not bad are just not MY cup of tea. But others include very tasteful folky sounding songs and some straight ahead foot-stomping real travelin' music, if ya know what I mean.From 2 to 92 years old, nobody will be offended, and many will be happy to hear old favorites and tasteful music that kids (and big kids) who love trains will love. Buy this CD if your kid is into trains."
A Treasure For Parents & Toddlers
V. L. Wilson | Millville, New Jersey United States | 07/15/2004
(5 out of 5 stars)
"My 4 grandsons, age 4 and under, their parents and grandparents absolutely love this CD and others by the incomparable James Coffey. His amazing train videos and his music CD's about trains and also Animal Groove, never fail to delight. The toe tapping rhythms are uplifting and even babies respond - I can attest to that - our 5 month old giggles and jumps about in his saucer when we turn up the volume and clap (or run about the room pretending to be a train) - you get the picture! We are all hooked on James Coffey words, music, and videos.At age 3, one grandson had all the songs memorized. This grandmother in her sixties provides all the grandchildren and their friends with this CD and the others in the collection. A mood lifter, an educational tool, an all around great CD for all ages. The musical arrangements are fantastic."
Songs relating to the lure and lore of trains
Midwest Book Review | Oregon, WI USA | 05/17/2002
(5 out of 5 stars)
"In My Mama Was A Train, James Coffey performs fifteen original and traditional songs relating to the lure and lore of trains. Children of all ages (and a great many adult railroad buffs) will enjoy Coffey's highly recommended signature piano, acoustic guitar and harmonic stylings, along with the real sounds and rhythms of locomotive engines accenting and enhancing each piece. The songs include What Do You Hear? (2:39); That Little Red Caboose Behind The Train (3:04); Nine Hundred Miles (3:02); Counting Those Railroad Cars (1:35); Old Engine No. 9 (2:04); Build A Bridge (3:43); Rock Island Line (1:56); Wabash Cannonball (3:15); New River Train (2:15); I'm A Train (1:51); Casey Jones (2:26); Down By The Station (1:36); Little Red Caboose (1:33); Workin' In The Railway Yard (2:58); and the title piece, My Mama Was A Train (2:49)."
My Mama Was a Train CD by James Coffey
Grandma L | Rockville, MD | 01/14/2008
(5 out of 5 stars)
"My grandson is a maniac for trains of any kind, real, old, new, etc. When I take him in the car he always wants this CD to play and we sing the songs as we drive. He is only two years old, so I think we will get some mileage out of this CD. It is pleasant to listen to, like folk music, so it isn't bad for the grown ups either, but you porbably want to at least like trains! I don't mind listening over and over to this one."
Track Listings (15) - Disc #1
Thomas C. from HAVERHILL, MA