A Short Tribute to a Great Musician

[brak55]

It was 25 years ago yesterday (Sunday) that the music world lost one of its great unsung heroes and I personally lost one of the biggest influences from my time of playing music.

Steve Goodman was a Chicago singer-songwriter who is best known for writing The City of New Orleans but, when you dug deeper into his recordings, you found a person that

Comments

[feywild]

I heard a song this morning while driving to work. It was about/sung by a train called the City of New Orleans... is that the same song you mentioned?

[brak55]

It sounds like it is. Arlo Guthrie had the hit with it back in the mid-70's, but I much prefer Steve Goodman's original. Much more uptempo. Arlo almost made it a dirge.

"Good morning America how are ya, don't you know me I'm your native son..."

[taffetacat]

Off topic, but you might know...

http://taffetacat.livejournal.com/157905.html