Johnny Cash - City of New Orleans (Riding the Rails, 1974)
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- Опубліковано 30 вер 2024
- Full clip of the song with both the intro and outro (which the other YT clips are lacking). From Johnny's 1974 "Riding the Rails" special (available on DVD from Amazon).
I of course do not claim ownership. I hope that Rhino and Warner Music Group can appreciate continued interest in this otherwise semi-obscure clip, especially since one of the older YT uploads encouraged me to buy the DVD a few years ago!
That conductor was like “holy shit...it’s Johnny cash”
I'm russian
Old school conductor....I am passenger conductor too
That scene is at Amqui Jct. in Madison, TN. When the railroad abandoned the depot pictured, Cash bought it and moved it to his House of Cash museum a few miles north in Hendersonville, TN. A few years back Madison acquired the building from the Cash family and it has since been moved back to Madison.
And he said, "No, sir, I'm the Manhattan Flash."
It's rumored Steve Goodman wrote this on the way to his girlfriends house to tell her he had just been diagnosed with cancer. He asked a lady for pencil and paper and wrote it in 20 minutes. There's more... he then wanted to sing it for Arlo Guthrie who told him "buy me a beer and I'll listen until the beer is gone." The rest is history.
Actually no. It was writing by him AFTER a trip on the train by him and his wife. And he had already been diagnosed. But nice fully story anyway.
We used to miss the steam engines. Now we miss the streamline diesels
soon, with the new Hydrogen Fuel Cell locomotives we're gonna miss the diesels in general.
I can't stop watching this, not just for the trains, but to hear Johnny Cash's fantastic version of an already great song
I could spend hours and hours and hours listening to the warm, wonderful voice of Johnny Cash ... he has always had the ability to fascinate and enchant his audience ... I literally adore him 🙂🙂🙂 ...
As a journalist I've met them all. Nobody like THE MAN!
I'm sure it was a wonderful and unique experience, dear friend 🙂
Thanks a lot for sharing it 🙂👍
In 2017, I rode the Amtrak to New Orleans. It was an incredible experience and I recommend it to anyone.
Johnny Cash cant be separated from TRAINS
That’s so very true, so Can’t I, one of the reasons why he is my favorite, and outstanding out of all the country singers now, and in the past.
Not all of us have forgotten them. My great-grandfather, my grandfather, and my uncle all worked for the Pennsylvania Railroad. I loved to listen to their stories.
My Grampa my mom's Dad was a conductor on the B&O trains.
I'm on a train playing this going from Norwich to Stowmarket to bring a train back to Norwich. This even makes that feel romantic!
Johnny did good but Arlo Guthrie sang this song best, jmo.
that fire-breathin' prescence is what I love about steam locomotives, and the movement of their valbe gear.
You’re right, they just seem so alive!
Great song for the disappearing railroad trains ! R.I.P. Johnny : you were the best Country singer but not only this!
Jonney cash is a big train buff like me he knew trains are important to transporting goods and some of us like to ride relaxing train rides airplanes flights are so bumpy and a Hassel for treaveling across America by airplanes make me feel sick to my stomach because of turbalance scares me trains are relaxing and you can bring your own food on trains airplanes charge too much for everything I just love trains
It's not the full song. The middle verse is missed out.
He almost sounds as if he singing the song acapella. Great version by the great Johnny Cash.
I rode the Steam Engine( Coal powered ) about 40 years ago( in Germany) You got a black face, if you stuck your head out of the window! ) I did not mind! It was an adventure !
chrisw oh yeah
Great version to a great song, Trains were John’s bread and butter R.I.P Johnny Cash.
A few months ago I was at the Railway Museum in Monticello, IL, where you can still ride in similar antique coach cars, and this song was going through my head. Great version, and I've seen the man who wrote it Steve Goodman preform this song.
It would've been really awesome for Johnny Cash to voice the old fashioned Thomas the Tank Engine when I was a kid. I could listen to him talk all day and night!
johnny cash forever...
i laughed when the train driver recognized Johnny Cash at the end
That was the conductor. Engineer was on the right side..
Warbash kccr
I think he was talking about the L & N freighter. The engineer and the caboose waved at him.
1 of the 3 conductors.
Hahaha ... only because of your comment I watched the clip to the end
BTW I think the train of this greeting scene is not The City of New Orleans
The rider Steve Good was dying when he wrote this song and he realized the train has a dispersing railroad blues And he realized he had the same thing in common.God bless Steve he was one a kind human being.
Awesome. One of my favorite Cash songs and a priceless clip. Just awesome.
I miss Johnny Cash
Like Johnny Cash song said, some Amtrak trains have more cars on a trip than passengers.
Big fan of the man in black but Steve Goodman nailed this song.
No one beats Arlo Guthrie
That train passing at the 3:20 mark is at Amqui Jct. in Madison, TN. When the railroad abandoned the depot pictured, Cash bought it and moved it to his House of Cash museum a few miles north in Hendersonville, TN. A few years back Madison acquired the building from the Cash family and it has since been moved back to Madison.
this is actually one of my favorite songs sang by johnny cash
we've lost so much of america so quickly
Sure have!
Thank you Johnny. This video means a lot to me. You are so real and honest. Oh Johnny - I feel so good.. Rest in peace my good friend. One day we well sing together in a country band in heaven. And God will like it. Love you Johnny. Chuck - the country boy - Houston
CHUCK - The Country Boy - HOUSTON x
What an Fitting Tribute to the late Man 🚹 Johnny Cash. May he live for ever.
EPIC! JC R.I.P.
Bring back the "real" Passenger train!
universel humainement
He's right about the passing of the steam engines-- diesel engines have no soul...
have more the EMU's
IDK some of those E units are pretty cool
I disagree. Diesels have souls. It is the electric multiple units, which have no souls.
Hagen823, and when the fusion powered trains take over people will say, “I disagree Siemens ACS-64 have souls, it’s the fusion single units which have no soul.”
I think all train engines are cool in their own way. ;D
Even the modern trains are awesome in America, you should see the ones in the UK there have no personality at all.
Yes it's great to see Johnny Cash singing this Steve Goodman song. It's hard to believe Johnny was around at this time, and still looked pretty darned good !
To the both of them .. luv ya and thanks for the music !!
Thanks to Steve for writing this love letter to America and Mr. Guthrie, Cash and Willie Nelson for it to life with their own interpretations of this slice of Americana.
R,I,P. JOHNNY
R.I.P. Woody Guthrie
Franco Boulle But at least, Arlo Guthrie, probably the most famous singer of this particular song, is still with us.
R.I.P Jhonny cash james brian coffey and jhonny horton
I'm only a French but I love this song. I have the impression that it is the real America that speaks to us.
I can second this, except I’m not french
Too bad im too late to this era. I lived around extremely old technology for much of my life and listened to old songs. But i am cursed to be gen z with all this fancy technology yet politics around every corner and so many ungrateful folks. They treat the times such as the times johnny cash lived as if though it didn't impact them. Where would we be without such fine folks?
It was the real America. It's the America I grew up in. But, it's just about all gone now. There's some kind of warning for all of humanity here, but I'm not sure I can articulate it.
There's a sack of mail missing.
stflaw how many sacks of mail are supposed to be on the train🤔
@@mickfunny4185 twenty-five
Trump hit it. The sack with mail I mean.
my favorite part is when it says, "Good morn'n america how are you, say don't you know me, I'm your native son,"
R.I.P. Steve Goodman
I have heard a lot of people sing this including the writer, but Arlo Guthrie is my favorite.
Great version for sure....Willie kills this tune also!
So much america right here. Miss you Johnny.
This America is almost gone😢 🇺🇸
I love this music video! Riding the Rails is a great film and this has so much that really means to me. The song, the long ride on the train, I think this is inspiring me some. Especially because one of my country star heroes, Johnny Cash is in this one!
When the trains nearly stopped my home town of HEARNE , TEXAS really went down. So very sad. It was a booming little town of about 6000 and now is a dead town with no square and about 3000 people. Makes me more depressed than I already am and sad the the direction our once GREAT country is heading. I have no hope left for America unless we #1 turn back to GOD and quit letting our Crooked government and lying media and socialist run our country. Decent, honest, hard working people HAVE to FIGHT back. GOD bless you and America ! in JESUS name
3:57 why is Johnny Cash so COOL?
Patriot listen to the Song San Qenntin live vesion in the jail and then ask the question again
A great remember for the passanger train.
Get this in Karaoke, I'll sing it.
Johnny cash our families apostle John. They did still contact me re Mississippi Delta bay. Ty Cobb.
2023- passenger trains making a comeback. Who''d of thought?
It's not Arlo's song but, even if it were, this is the version Woody would've liked.
I'll drink to that!!!! Not everyone likes Johnny Cash, but I happen to be onr of those who do. I can't get enough of listening to his music. Tennessee Flattop Box is another of my favourites that he sings so well!! I don't reckon there's anyone that can fill his shoes. He was definitely one of the all time Greats.
What? Everybody likes Johnny Cash! Show me that person that don't like him!
a legend, love Johnny cash
John had a hard life
This is the year he did Columbo. Talented guy.
0:56 shes pretending to be asleep I can tell....I know I am weird haha
uh. it was 25 sacks of mail.
. . . but, the greatest Johnny dies NEVER !!!
Back when the IC mainline was still double tracked..
Did johnny dye his hair black?
That conductor is old school got so much seniority he puts my 13 years to shame
Beautifully done.
ParkerPlaza
Thanks for posting, this is the first time I've seen it with the outro
Preach it Mr. Cash.
I don’t get it…
People decide to abandon trains just for a “new school” technology which one of them, cars, are slower than trains even now! (Something like the TGV, not American trains cause goods trains slow them down) people say they are “old school” only because you used them for warfare!!!!!!!
And you can’t forget that trains built America, yet they just all of a sudden were like: “Oh these trains are very old and damaged, I don’t know why. But there’s these slower but new school cars I can use!”
Reading “Cash” during covid19 social distancing brought me here. Johnny writes several times how Kris Kristopherson tried talking him into doing this song. Seems he eventually did but not till it was already out there.
I was on the train 2 years ago from New Orleans to Atlanta and back and I enjoyed every minute.
If you rode from New Orleans to Atlanta, then I believe you were on the Crescent, Not the City of New Orleans.
@@harrisonofcolorado8886 I don't know but I know I enjoy every minute
@@biliceivan77 well even so, I'm glad you enjoyed your ride.
@@harrisonofcolorado8886 I did and I will go again soon.
America has the spiritual thirst for change - Leonard Cohen
Didn't know how many sang Steve's song. I think I rode it when traveling America. May still have the ticket stub. Johnny started in Nashville at Sun Records. Bring back trains to help climate control.
I saw the History Channel DVD documentary about the USA and I got to say I am surprised. Didn't know that USA was built by and thanks to hard labour, blood and determinations. Now I understand why the train was of such an importancy for the US in the 19th till mid 20th Century.
I love and miss you Sir. God bless your journey!
great video and thx for sharing. Dad had an album of his RR songs, first time we ever heard of him. And we liked Arlo's version of City of New Orleans the best, Dad bought the .45 of that song We went to NOLA when IC was still running trains, but could not ride CONO as we were traveling on Dad's RR pass and did not allow that train but we were on the same tracks. I have since rode Amtrak's CONO and have enjoyed it,
As a veteran locomotive engineer never get tired of listening to this song or Johnny Ca$h
I operated Diesel Locomotives for 37 before I retired. I miss the job, but it was time to move on down the line!
I love the old diesels of my childhood. I still live within hearing distance of the train horns and love to hear them in the distance.
I love Johnny Cash's work but Arlo Guthrie and Willie Nelson do better versions of this song imo.
In 1979 Amtrak renamed the Panama Limited the City of New Orleans thanks in part the the song the City of New Orleans that was written by & first sung by Steve Goodman in 1970 and then in 1972 Arlo Guthrie sang it and it became a hit, and Amtrak's Panama Limited made a profit that year, 7 years late the Panama Limited was renamed the City of New Orleans which uses Superliner equipment except for the baggage car.
It's original name was the City of New Orleans under Illinois Central..then in 1971 they called it the Panama Limited..in 1981Amtrack restored her glorious name .. I've ridden her many years under her original name ..then the Panama Limited ..and when her name was restored ..this old New Orleans Creole loves the City of New Orleans ..and the great train named for her ❤❤❤
Cash's is my favorite version of this song.
Dear Johnny Cash; A lot thanks for this.Best Regards
He's been gone from this Earth for more than four years now.
+kamenridernephilim He's been dead since 2003.
And now its all Amtrak!
pittsfordredfox Unfortunately, Yes
I would like to see the older trains try to make a come back but I know that is is not possible.
Caleb Rimer Amtrak’s real problem is they don’t OWN the tracks they ride on, with a few exceptions
I feel like Amtrak DID save Passenger trains and sure some of the good passenger trains aren’t there right now but Amtrak kept them alive in our souls....unless you are Squidward and have no soul spongebob
It makes wonder how many marriages came about the railways?
I like J.C. but you can't beat Willie Nelson's version.
Reminder to bring America back!
These days, trucks have replaced trains for moving freight.
3:19 Imagine being on the engine crew, rounding the curve, and seeing Johnny Cash standing at the station. Probably something you wouldn't expect to see! XD
A very good video! Thanks, and greetings from Vienna!
Sexiest voice ever get to hear johnny talk then sing =DD
I've ridden high speed rail in Austria and there's a lot we can learn from them. Even back in the 90s, European passenger rail was a century ahead of Amtrak.
I rode OBB from Salzburg to Vienna, and being the American I am, I got to the station late and in a panic that I'd missed it. Still thinking it was like flying. But no worry. Next train came in an hour, and I spent a much needed hour of rest and relaxation in a very nice OBB lounge with a free drink.
Wonderful stuff.
Ha ing been born and raised in NYC the only.trains I knew of were electric powered subway trains. It wasn't till later in life before I experienced the tail.end of this type.of railroading. Must have been quite exciting riding on those old steamers. Heck, I never even rode a diesel till a few years ago.
"Graveyards full of old black men". WTF, over? Those were graveyards full of hardworking Anglo men.
I thought it said freight yards full of old black men.
Passages.
American Passages.
Of Our American Nation.
Getting Back on Track Together.
Our Best yet Glimmers - on the Polished Rails Ahead.
Let's Roll.
Only famous person that said Kankakee correct
Thank you so much for posting this!
3:34 the engineer yelled out JOHNNY CASH!
Ich fuhr mal auf einer Bahnstrecke von Bad Sobernheim nach Idar-Oberstein...was soll ich sagen...manche Bahnhöfe ähnelten dem aufgegebenen Bahnhof, wo Johnny Cash "ausstieg"..bei uns siehst es auch nicht besser aus, was Bahnfahren angeht...
Trains lost their Glamor when cameras came along and they did away with the Caboose. As kids we would watch Every train as it went by, Just to Wave at the Caboose Guy. They should have kept that Caboose guy. When the Caboose guy was removed, I stopped watching trains. Red Caboose, green Caboose, Purple Caboose. Just to wave at the guy. Train companies made a huge mistake in doing away with that Caboose Ambassador to all us young kids.
Nobody sings it better than cash
Railroadings not the same anymore. No more color, no more fancy names, no more friendliness between crews. No nothing.
I had the privilege of riding this rail for a class trip
Wow this is amazing! Wow am I just now seeing this? Been a huge Johnny Cash fan for the longest time.
Between Arlo guirhrie n Johnny cash this old man gets memories of better days
someday im gonna make this trip...