Night Train from Pandora Sessions by Robert Connely Farr
“The most intriguing part of this process for me was these sessions were modeled after our time down in Bentonia playing with Jimmy Duck Holmes & RL Boyce - you set up, start playing & the songs come. Sure there’s lots of covers & stuff but the magical part of those nights are the songs that show up that weren’t written yet. That’s what this album is, all unwritten / unrehearsed material that originated from us just sitting down to play. We are very interested in capturing the song at its point of origin.
Gratitude to Jay Bundy Johnson for literally making this happen - he set up, tracked, recorded & mixed the whole thing. Jay was a critical part of the legendary Canadian alt country outfit The Blue Shadows & worked with Billy Cowsill for over a decade. He’s been with Canadian legends like Herald Nix & the late Mac Pontiac for the last 20 years & he’s been with me for 15. This new album Pandora Sessions is all him - from conception to the tracking, mixing to the final product - even the cover photo. He’s always been a critical part of what we do & a huge encouragement for me to follow my heart.”
Robert Connely Farr
Robert Connely Farr (2019 Maple Blues Awards nominee for Songwriter & New Artist of the Year) hails from the same small southern town of Bolton, Mississippi that spawned legends like Charley Patton, Sam Chatmon, Bo Carter & Walter Vinson. He’s been a longtime friend & student of legendary Bentonia blues-man Jimmy "Duck" Holmes & the Bentonia Style of the Delta Blues.
Tracklist
| 8. | Night Train | 3:19 |
Lyrics
train come all night long
train come all night long
all along the break of dawn
train comin all night long
where'd your woman go
where'd your woman go
you ought to take it
aww naw you take it
where'd that Devil go
chase that woman down
train come all night long
Lord you can't be found
Credits
song written by Robert Connely Farr & Jay Bundy Johnson
recorded, tracked, mixed in East Vancouver by Jay Bundy Johnson
License
All rights reserved.
“Thunderous back alley blues”
Guitar Player
“menacing, guttural”
Smithsonian
Robert Connely Farr is from Bolton, Mississippi, home of Charley Patton, Sam Chatmon & the Mississippi Sheiks. He currently resides in Vancouver, BC. A friend & protege of Jimmy "Duck" Holmes, his music is rooted in the Bentonia Style of the Delta Blues - a style originated not far from his home in rural Mississippi.