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'...way up on way up on way up on way up on...the avenue of trees':

'Don't go to Gibsom 'cross the river'.   From the insanely-talented Laura Nyro:

Song (and the video) gives me chills. As does the story behind it.  'Dreaming of Mercy Street': Inspired by this poem by Anne Sexton, who committed suicide, on her 5th…

In a blatant ploy to expand our demographic (to a few people under 60), I offer up 'Boulevard Of Broken Dreams'. Uh, something tells me that Green Day isn't exactly…

'Somewhere in America, there's a street named after my dad.'

We begin 'Thoroughfares That Don't Exist...Or Do They?' Week with a visit to Lonely Avenue:

'People get ready, there's a train a'comin'...' Curtis Mayfield writes a Gospel song for the ages:

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…