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Peter, Paul and Mary sang this old standard nearly 40 years ago . Still can bring a crocodile tear to the eye when I hear it .
Others? "Bob Dylan's Dream". "China Cat Sunflower/Iknow you rider" by the Grateful Dead. This sun-dappled hippy song breaks into the old folk standard.Garcia's unrivalled pedal steel(not played the usual country style) evokes the soltitude and boundless beauty of western rail travel. When Garcia would sing the line,"I wish I was a headlight on a north-bound train / I would shine my light through the cool Colorado rain" would always raise a hearty cheer from the audience! I liked playing it just before going to work! Garcia would like to play "monkey and the engineer" when playing solo gigs. "A Bum's Last Ride" by Hank Snow was another ballad that would get me all worked up .One line, "We rode the Leadville Narrow Gauge in the days of Cripple Creek" evoked the great adventure of railroading.
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