Remember this song? Lyrics XV111?

[exitseven]

Arlo Guthrie had a huge hit with this song. Everyone thinks that he was the one that wrote it. Well it turns out that the late Steve Goodman wrote it.

[Lliam]

I love that song. I knew that Arlo didn't write it, but I love his version, which is the only one I had ever heard.
I like this version by Steve Goodman, too.

I started a band that ran from around 2010 to the end of 2019. We played a lot of rock. But I included other songs like Secret Agent Man, Ghost Riders, and City of New Orleans. I actually liked my versions of Ghost Riders and City of New Orleans a lot because they were emotionally touching and dramatic.

City of New Orleans sounds like something my friend Utah Phillips would have written. He spent a lot of time riding the rails and hanging around in hobo camps when he returned from the Korean War. He was a story teller and song writer and was all about nostalgia and telling stories so that bygone days wouldn't be forgotten.

Thanks for sharing this, exitseven. It's another really good choice and a reminder of song writers whose contributions added greatly to the music people still love.

[Daniela1982]

Agreed.
https://youtu.be/NGIaZxyPozI

[exitseven]

I know who Utah Phillips is. It is cool that you knew him.

[Lliam]

@exitseven. I never heard of him before I met him, but he inspired me.
I only knew him from mid-2002 until he died of congestive heart failure in 2008. But he was still up and around, looking and acting normally the last time I saw him a couple days before his heart gave out.

He had endless stories and a great sense of humor. And I loved his political philosophy, unionizing activities, and compassion for his fellow humans. The guy had a heart as big as the great outdoors.

I worked with him on a couple of projects and even got to play a couple of his songs at a fund raising event that he organized and headlined for the local Unitarian Universalist fellowship.

Some time later, I played a few of his songs in a tribute event to him

I really miss him..

[Lliam]

Thanks for the MHO!

[supercutebutt]

I know "City of New Orleans"
But "Lyrics XV111?" I don't know what that means.

[exitseven]

It is a series of questions I have posted

[Daniela1982]

Check out the lyrics in my post.

[Fuentes]

Different eras lol

[Daniela1982]

I took Amtrak from Fullerton, Calif. to Portland, Or. and it took 24 hours. I drove it in only 16 hours. The train is slow, but cheaper than paying for gas.

[Fuentes]

@Daniela1982 what is that ride like 150$?

[888theGreat]

@Daniela1982 Why did you go to Portland? Why would anyone go to Portland? Isn't that where the thugs took over?

[exitseven]

@Daniela1982 Yes especially when you drive a Dodge Carger with a big hemi in it

[Daniela1982]

Challenger.

[exitseven]

@Daniela1982 okay, Challenger.

[Daniela1982]

I didn't pay, my parents did. No idea what it costs now. All I know is the fold out leg support, needed for sleeping, kept collapsing. Most people sacked out on the floor of the observation car at night to sleep. If I ever did it again I would pay for a berth in your own private room.