Search - Merle Haggard & Strangers :: Train Whistle Blues

Shortage of Good Train Song CDs

S. Crail | Orange County, CA USA | 08/01/2005

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Why is it so hard to find a good collection of train songs? This album was an exciting find for the father of a four-year-old train nut. I've always been partial to Merle Haggard, so the opportunity for my son to get a fix of train songs and be indoctrinated into my world of good, old country music was one I could not pass up. I would give it five stars but for the fact that a few of the songs are more about the destination than the mode of transportation. Frankly my son is too young to care about the benefits of living in the south...he just wants to hear a train whistle and what the engineer said to the brakeman.

So five stars just because it is Merle, three stars for the selection of songs equals four stars.



PS - the best "song" on the entire album is Merle's a cappella opening lines of "Mama tried". Man, what a voice!"

Merlw haggard At His Best

Peter Behr | Southern Sweden | 01/12/2007

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Woh, As An Old Railraodman, I Realy Like This Album From The Very First Song--To The End. Great Job Merle"