The Sound Of A Freight Train Whistle - Original Song By Randy Bowles

Note: I'm not going to be publishing new videos on my OTHER channels. That has hurt my overall YouTube views. Going forward I will be posting only HERE. And it will be a LOT of videos! I have to put them somewhere...

I grew up very close to the railroad tracks in the small berg of Yakima, WA in the 50s. In between our block and the tracks lay a small, arid, tumbleweed and jack rabbit filled canyon known as Bum Canyon, where we would meet and visit with actual hoboes. This song lines out some of my memories of growing up near where the trains rolled by. I loved the sounds and the sensations (I could feel the trains as they rolled slowly by). I also made up part of the story – the part about riding the train to play all over America. I would do that if I could. But I’m lucky to have up to 8 gigs a month within a 4-mile radius of my pad. So I walk/bus/taxi to play for Seattle folks. - Please let me know if you like this. I look at it as my crowning achievement as far as the Americana genre goes. I've held it back from publishing, hoping to get some views now that summer is over.