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Big Black Train

Source Recording: The Bluegrass Album Band (1989)

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Key G Time 4/4

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Chorus × 3

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Song Details

Songwriter

Stanley JohnsonTroy Martin

First Release

Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs and the Foggy Mountain Boys (1958)

Further reading

Secondhand Songs

Genres

Traditional Bluegrass

Themes

Lost Love Infidelity Trains

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Source Recording

Artist

The Bluegrass Album Band

Album

The Bluegrass Album, Vol. 5: Sweet Sunny South cover

The Bluegrass Album, Vol. 5: Sweet Sunny South (1989)

Key G Time Boom-Chuck Tempo 137 BPM Length 3:02

Musicians

Tony Rice — Lead Vocals, Guitar
Doyle Lawson — Backup Vocals, Mandolin
J.D. Crowe — Backup Vocals, Banjo
Vassar Clements — Fiddle
Jerry Douglas — Dobro
Mark Schatz — Bass

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Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs and the Foggy Mountain Boys

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