Stanley Johnson
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Songwriter
Stanley Johnson is the credited author of the bluegrass standard “Big Black Train,” introduced by Reno & Smiley and the Tennessee Cutups in the late 1950s and since cut by a long line of touring bluegrass acts.
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- Credited as the author of the bluegrass standard “Big Black Train.”
- Reno & Smiley and the Tennessee Cutups introduced the song on King Records.
- The song has since been recorded by Larry Sparks, the Bluegrass Album Band, and many other touring bluegrass acts.
