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RAISED BY THE RAILROAD LINE (CD)
DESCRIPTION The America we know today probably owes more to railroads for its growth than it does to any other single development. We truly were "raised by the railroad line." Railroads made cities and towns possible and previously inaccessible areas by providing new and efficient means of obtaining goods and supplies. It was the completion of the transcontinental railroad in 1869 that effectively removed the geographic hurdles that had limited expansion, thereby throwing open the doors to the West and in the twentieth century it was the railroads that embodied the freewheeling and adventurous spirit of increasingly industrial America. Watch a child's eyes in the presence of a train and you'll see the magic. In fact, you would be hard pressed to find someone who just flat-out doesn't like trains. And practically since the first rail was spiked in this country, Americans have been writing and singing songs about trains. Many of these songs have found a home in the repertoire of bluegrass music, and we've gathered together fourteen great examples for Raised By the Railroad Line. --Greg McGraw Artists include:
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