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.: Wreck Of The Old 97 :. Rich101 Date Submitted:  2021-01-16 [Archive Date: 2021-04-16] Genre:  Country Original Artist:  Johnny Cash Additional Info:  Disc Mfg:    Disc #:   Description:  In 1903 Southern Railway mail train (#97) en route from Monroe Virginia to Spencer, North Carolina derailed off a trestle killing 14 of the 17 passengers including the engineer. The train was behind schedule, and needed to get the mail to it's destination of Spencer on time. This song, that tells the story was first recorded in 1924 by Vernon Dalhart and cited as the first million selling country music song in the American record industry. Later recordings were released by Hank Snow, Woody Guthrie, Johnny Cash, Roy Acuff, Boxcar Willie, The Seekers , John Mellencamp plus many others. My inspiration to record it went like this. I was having a Golden Cadillac Margarita over at the Tiki the other night when Pam came flying by me in a locomotive grabbing my bottle of Tequila on the bar, blowing the whistle steaming away shouting something about watching out for a loose caboose! I just watched her go on by as I finished my margarita! It's not like this sort of thing hasn't happened before! I just toasted her as she steamed off in the sunset! Overall Rank:  Rank Unavailable Total Comments:  0 Listen:    Sorry, this submission has been archived.

Rich101 performs Wreck Of The Old 97 on Karaoke Showcase of Karaoke Scene Magazine Online: Rich101 performs Wreck Of The Old 97 on Karaoke Showcase - In 1903 Southern Railway mail train (#97) en route from Monroe Virginia to Spencer, North Carolina derailed off a trestle killing 14 of the 17 passengers including the engineer. The train was behind schedule, and needed to get the mail to it's destination of Spencer on time. This song, that tells the story was first recorded in 1924 by Vernon Dalhart and cited as the first million selling country music song in the American record industry. Later recordings were released by Hank Snow, Woody Guthrie, Johnny Cash, Roy Acuff, Boxcar Willie, The Seekers , John Mellencamp plus many others. My inspiration to record it went like this. I was having a Golden Cadillac Margarita over at the Tiki the other night when Pam came flying by me in a locomotive grabbing my bottle of Tequila on the bar, blowing the whistle steaming away shouting something about watching out for a loose caboose! I just watched her go on by as I finished my margarita! It's not like this sort of thing hasn't happened before! I just toasted her as she steamed off in the sunset!
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