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<p>[QUOTE="Kashmir Pulaski, post: 6530682, member: 118376"]"<b>City of New Orleans</b>" is a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_music" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_music" rel="nofollow">country</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folk_song" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folk_song" rel="nofollow">folk song</a> written by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Goodman" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Goodman" rel="nofollow">Steve Goodman</a> (and first recorded for Goodman's <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Goodman_(album)" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Goodman_(album)" rel="nofollow">self-titled 1971 album</a>), describing a train ride from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago" rel="nofollow">Chicago</a> to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Orleans" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Orleans" rel="nofollow">New Orleans</a> on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illinois_Central_Railroad" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illinois_Central_Railroad" rel="nofollow">Illinois Central Railroad</a>'s <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_of_New_Orleans_(train)" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_of_New_Orleans_(train)" rel="nofollow">City of New Orleans</a></i> in bittersweet and nostalgic terms.</p><p><br /></p><p>Goodman got the idea while traveling on the Illinois Central line for a visit to his wife's family. The song has been recorded by numerous artists both in the US and Europe, including two major hit versions: first by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arlo_Guthrie" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arlo_Guthrie" rel="nofollow">Arlo Guthrie</a> in 1972, and later by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Nelson" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Nelson" rel="nofollow">Willie Nelson</a> in 1984.</p><p><br /></p><p>An article in the September 2017 issue of <i>Trains</i> magazine chronicles the writing and recording of the song and includes a biographical sketch of Steve Goodman.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Kashmir Pulaski, post: 6530682, member: 118376"]"[B]City of New Orleans[/B]" is a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_music']country[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folk_song']folk song[/URL] written by [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Goodman']Steve Goodman[/URL] (and first recorded for Goodman's [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Goodman_(album)']self-titled 1971 album[/URL]), describing a train ride from [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago']Chicago[/URL] to [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Orleans']New Orleans[/URL] on the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illinois_Central_Railroad']Illinois Central Railroad[/URL]'s [I][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_of_New_Orleans_(train)']City of New Orleans[/URL][/I] in bittersweet and nostalgic terms. Goodman got the idea while traveling on the Illinois Central line for a visit to his wife's family. The song has been recorded by numerous artists both in the US and Europe, including two major hit versions: first by [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arlo_Guthrie']Arlo Guthrie[/URL] in 1972, and later by [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Nelson']Willie Nelson[/URL] in 1984. An article in the September 2017 issue of [I]Trains[/I] magazine chronicles the writing and recording of the song and includes a biographical sketch of Steve Goodman.[/QUOTE]
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