Blog: Star Maker Machine

Scott Miller and the Commonwealth: Amtrak Crescent [ purchase ] For a more traditional train song we turn to Scott Miller and the Amtrak Crescent, a rail line that runs from New Orleans to New York. Even when life goes wrong... the train rolls on and on. This song is a sort of travelogue documenting the many stops along the train's journey. The narrator buys a cheap ticket in New Orleans in an attempt to escape yet another sticky situation. At each stop along the way, he finds something to hold [...]

• Scott Miller & The Commonwealth - Amtrak Crescent