Roy Acuff and His Smoky Mountain Boys ‎– Wabash Cannon Ball / Freight Train Blue

S3productions presents 10-20-2017

Playing Forgotten Music on 78 RPM Records by Curt Hahn

Roy Acuff and His Smoky Mountain Boys ‎– Wabash Cannon Ball / Freight Train Blues

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Roy Acuff and His Smoky Mountain Boys ‎– Wabash Cannon Ball / Freight Train Blues

 Label: Columbia ‎– 37008

Format: Shellac, 10", 78 RPM, Single, Reissue

Released: 1946

Genre: Folk, World, & Country

Style: Country

Acoustic Bass [Uncredited] – Velma Williams

Fiddle [Uncredited] – Tommy Magness (tracks: A)

Guitar [Uncredited] – Lonnie Wilson (2)

Mandolin [Uncredited] – Jess Easterday

Vocals [Uncredited] – Roy Acuff

Vocals [Uncredited], Dobro [Uncredited] – Bashful Brother Oswald

A: Wabash Cannon Ball

"The Wabash Cannonball" is an American folk song about a fictional train, thought to have originated in the late 19th century. Its first documented appearance was on sheet music published in 1882, titled "The Great Rock Island Route" and credited to J. A. Roff.  It was also used as the theme song by the USS Wabash (AOR-5)

 B: Freight Train Blues