Baker, Dave - Songs & Sounds of Canadian Steam

Tracks

		Track Name	Length
	1	Canadian Pacific	03:29
	2	A Canadian Hobo's Lullaby	04:03
	3	Gandy Dancer's Ball	03:12
	4	Kettle Valley Line	04:00
	5	Orangedale Whistle	03:23
	6	Train Wreck At Almonte	04:09
	7	Royal Hudson	03:02
	8	Thirty Seven Sixteen	02:56
	9	Little Town Lost	04:28
	10	Gold Dust (The Bill Miner Story)	02:57
	11	Hudson Bay Line	03:25
	12	Prairie Harvester Song	02:10
	13	Ghosts of Myra Canyon	02:52
	14	Canadian Railroad Trilogy	06:28

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Information/Write-up

This album in music industry terminology is a concept album featuring some of the best known and loved Canadian railway songs from the pens of several great Canadian songwriters. It has been created for the 'railway buff', the enthusiast who is emotionally moved by the haunting wail of a steam locomotive whistle.

For nearly thirty years, West Coast songwriter and recording artist Dave Baker has been writing and singing songs about his homeland, and many of the characters who played a role in it's history.

His Kettle Valley Line song, recounts a childhood experience that occurred in 1952, when a double headed steam passenger train stopped to take on water late one summer evening, and turned a wide eyed seven year old boy into a lifetime rail buff.

An album for 'rail buffs', history enthusiasts, and great listening.

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