The Nashville Ramblers - Fragile Child

Us/1986
Carl Rusk: Guitar (acoustic), Guitar (electric) | Tom Ward: Bass guitar | Ron Silve: Drums.
The Nashville Ramblers, led by Carl Rusk (guitar) with Tom Ward (bass) and Ron Silva (drums), released their song “The Trains” in 1986. The tune is now considered a power-pop classic, and was included in the Children of Nuggets box set from Rhino Records. The trio also spent time as members of other noted combos such as the Crawdaddys, the Gravedigger Five, and Mystery Machine.
Regarding “The Trains,” an article by Ray Brandes at CheUnderground.com quotes Steven Van Zandt, guitarist for the E Street Band and host of “Little Steven’s Underground Garage,” calling the tune “one of the most unspeakably gorgeous instances of romantic yearning disguised as a pop song.”
“In 1986, ‘Trains’ and one other Ramblers song appeared on an obscure U.K.-only compilation, but few people noticed,” says Mike Stax, whose Ugly Things Records released the tune on vinyl in January 2011. “But it’s never had a proper release before. The [Ugly Things] release is an attempt to rectify that.”
Part of the song’s appeal stems from the ’60s-style recording, achieved utilizing a vacuum tube three-track Ampex 300, with an echo chamber driven by a tube mono one-track deck. “Everyone that hears it seems to fall in love with it,” says Stax. “It’s that good.”
“I think there are many people outside of San Diego that know and love [the Ramblers],” says Rusk, who moved to New York City in 1986. “We played a festival in the south of Spain a few years ago, and there were about a thousand people there singing along. It was surprising. And disturbing, actually.”

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