Great Northern Railroad

by The High 48s

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1.	Great Northern Railroad 02:58	buy track
2.	Smoke Along the Track 03:13	buy track
3.	Baltimore and Ohio 04:34	buy track
4.	Indian Valley Line 03:26	buy track
5.	The Leaving Train 03:56	buy track
6.	With a Memory Like Mine 04:01	buy track
7.	The Train Carrying Jimmie Rodgers Home 03:26	buy track
8.	That Train Has Left the Station 02:31	buy track
9.	Two Trains Runnin' 03:19	buy track
10.	Grand Junction 02:50	buy track

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The High 48s' sixth release, is a collection of original, classic and out-of-the-way train songs. Recorded in Nashville over the winter of 2014, with the help of Grammy-winning producer Randy Kohrs (Jim Lauderdale), Great Northern Railroad features songs from the likes of Greg Brown, Robin and Linda Williams, Becky Schlegel, Darrell Scott and the 48s' own Anthony Ihrig and Eric Christopher.

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released May 2, 2014

Produced by Randy Kohrs and The High 48s
Recorded and mixed by Randy Kohrs at Slack Key Studio, Nashville, Tennessee
Assistant engineer: Rich Bradford
Mastered by Randy LeRoy at Airshow Mastering, Takoma Park, Maryland
Cover art and layout by Richard Borge
Band photo by Sarah Kieffer

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The High 48s Minneapolis, Minnesota

Since forming in northeast Minneapolis in 2006, The High 48s have been making music that combines the soulful sound of classic bluegrass with a modern attitude.

They’re a band with one foot in tradition and the other in the world of music today, and one of the very few who can find an overlooked bluegrass classic in a song by M. Ward or the Clash then throw down hard on a standard by Bill Monroe. ... more

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