Ezeregy dal, amit érdemes meghallgatni: 0340 Steve Goodman: City of New Orleans (1971) Writer: | Steve Goodman Producer: | Kris Kristofferson, Norbert Putnam Label: | Buddha Album: | Steve Goodman (1971) Outside of folk-music circles, Steve Goodman was never a major star. He did have a taste of commercial success as a recording artist with “Jessie’s Jig and Other Favorites,” but his real claim to fame was as a “songwriter’s songwriter.” Goodman died in 1984, a thirty-six-year-old victim of leukemia, but by then he had already secured his legacy with “City of New Orleans.” Released on his self-titled debut album, the song wasn’t actually about Crescent City itself, but about a “southbound odyssey” from Chicago, Illinois, to New Orleans on the nightly passenger train known as the City of New Orleans. Goodman’s lyrics, which balanced patriotism and realism in Woody Guthrie–like fashion, transported listeners across every mile of the trip, “past houses, farms, and fields” and by “freight yards full of old black men.” His understated delivery—rising up on the chorus, “Good morning, America, how are you?”—and finger-picked guitar made the number feel like some long-lost train song from back in Boxcar Willie’s day. In time, it would become a country-folk classic, but it took other voices to get it there. Artists to cover the song include Arlo Guthrie, Johnny Cash, and John Denver. However, the best-known version is Willie Nelson’s chart-topper in 1984, which earned its songwriter a posthumous Grammy for Best Country Song. youtu.be/AJ0JgqoF2W4
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