Arts and Entertainment

Written by Steve Goodman, sung by Arlo Guthrie. Definitely in the conversation for best train song ever:

Aretha, waitin' on a train to bring her 'rooster' home:

'Waitin' on a train to take me home':

The King took this blues tune by Junior Parker, and turned it into one of the most iconic early rock 'n roll songs ever. Bringing 'race music' into the rock…

Wow. I had never heard this early demo version of Tom Waits' Train Song. It just blows me away:  

A week of train songs? How about a month?  Let's start with a week and see where this train takes us. Leadbelly as channeled through Little Richard and Fishbone kicks…

Boz always had a gift for the hook. Especially a blue-eyed soul hook.  We close out Boz Week with one of my faves:

Boz wrote some great ones, and he knew great ones when he heard them. Like this Allen Toussaint-penned classic:

Boz, rockin' out:

Boz sure knows his way around a jump blues:

Boz, capturing a good-timey SF vibe. And that band...:

I may have posted this one before, but it's essential. Boz, with Duane 'Skydog' Allman on guitar and a band of Muscle Shoals aces, giving the defining performance of Fenton…

Boz Scaggs is 75 years old. He deserves his own week. Don't worry, kids, none of that smooth dance floor stuff. Let's start with one he both wrote and sang…