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Sally Traffic’s Lonesome Whistle

Radio 2’s travel presenter Sally Boazman explores country music's long-held association with trains as she takes us on a musical railroad trip accompanied by Hank Williams, Josh Turner, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Alan Jackson and many others.

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Sat 12 Mar 201613:00
Radio 2 Country

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Music Played

  • The Charlie Daniels Band

    Midnight Train

    • Tracks 'n' Trains.
    • Columbia.

  • Rosanne Cash

    My Baby Thinks He's A Train

    • Seven Year Ache.
    • Columbia.

  • Jimmie Rodgers

    Waiting For A Train

    • The Best Of Jimmie Rodgers.
    • DIGIMODE.

  • Hank Williams

    (I Heard That) Lonesome Whistle

    • Country Legends.
    • ZYX Records.

  • Kaitlyn Baker

    Coal Train

    • Coal Train.
    • Silvercreek Records.

  • Alan Jackson

    Freight Train

    • Freight Train.
    • ARISTA NASHVILLE.

  • The Tractors

    Baby Likes To Rock It

    • The Tractors.
    • Arista.

  • Ward Thomas

    Take That Train

    • From Where We Stand.
    • WTW Music LTD.

  • Travis Tritt

    Southbound Train

    • Steppin' Country #5.
    • Columbia.

  • Dolly Parton

    Heartbreak Express

    • The Collection.
    • CASTLE COLLECTOR SERIES.

  • Vince Gill

    Jenny Dreamed Of Trains

    • High Lonesome Sound.
    • mca.

  • Allison Moorer

    Long Black Train

    • Alabama Song.
    • MCA NASHVILLE/UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP.

  • Aaron Watson

    Freight Train

    • The Underdog.
    • Tunes From HTK (BMI)/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp (BMI)/Hillbilly Poetry (BMI)/Nichols Boys Music (BMI)/Goes Something Like This Music (BMI).
    • 003.

  • Willie Nelson

    City Of New Orleans

    • Willie Nelson - Collection.
    • Columbia.

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  • Sat 12 Mar 201613:00
    Radio 2 Country

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