The Seldom Scene - "Last of the Steam-Powered Trains" (Official Audio)

Listen to The Seldom Scene's "Last of the Steam-Powered Trains," from their album Remains to Be Scene. Written and popularized in the 1960s by British rock group The Kinks, the song is a propulsive paean to another time.

Lou Reid - lead vocals, mandolin
Fred Travers - vocals, dobro
Dudley Connell - vocals, acoustic guitar
Ronnie Simpkins - vocals, acoustic bass
Ron Stewart - vocals, banjo

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The Seldom Scene is a bluegrass institution. Since 1971, the group has remained quintessential bearers of the tradition, releasing nearly two dozen albums that cast a wide net for inspiration and repertoire. Remains to Be Scene is no exception, delivering stirring takes on bluegrass standards and providing their signature interpretations on deep cuts from the likes of The Kinks, Bob Dylan, and Jim Croce. The album is the first to be released since the passing of founding member and trailblazing banjo player Ben Eldridge, who contributes impassioned liner notes to the release. Beneath the album’s title lies a plain truth: more than fifty years in, The Seldom Scene are looking ever forward.

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