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I just heard a song from Knopfler's new album.  Rather than a Youtube link I'll paste the lyrics.  The song is about a historical event (I knew nothing about it).  Like many of Knopfler's songs you could practically make a movie from it.  The movie The Founder was from a book but only because one of the writers or producers heard "Boom Like That" and decided it needed to be a movie.  There are quotes in the movie taken directly from the song.

 

I'm only posting the lyrics to this song because when I read the last two lines, it just blew me away with respect to what a talented songwriter he must be.  The song is called Tunnel 13

 

In the Siskiyou Mountains, the old railroad winds
Through the golds of the maples and the green of the pines
Up to Tunnel 13, the Southern she climbs
And three bandits waiting with evil in mind

The D'Autremont brothers had chosen their road
Chosen to live by a criminal code
Word was the mail car was loaded with gold
The brothers had heard it, or had maybe been told

They wanted no witnesses, that was a fact
The brothers were bent on a barbarous act
Gold there was none, only sadness and tears
And the law coming after them year after year

Three bandits, hearts filled with resentment and hate
Killed mail clerk Elvyn Daugherty, engineer Sydney Bates
With shotgun and pistols, they were panicking when
They killed brakeman Coyle Johnson and fireman Marvin Seng

Robbing and looting is as old as the hills
They're still jumping freight trains with crowbars and drills
A hundred years later in Downtown LA
They rob the Union Pacific damn near every day

Four good men lay murdered in the dogwoods and pines
Leaving widows and children and heartbreak behind
Tunnel 13 is the place in the song
Where the beautiful redwood for my guitar came from

Edited by OGTEleven
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Waiting for Columbus by Little Feet. 
 

incredible musicians and songs-the whole album. 
 

I have a friend who was basically a one hit wonder in the 70s who played with Little Feet for a while.  Said they were by far the most talented he had ever played with -but also amongst the craziest group.  He didn’t last long-outclassed on both fronts. 
 

and this guy is incredibly talented musically to this day. 

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On 4/17/2024 at 7:35 PM, Behindenemylines said:

Waiting for Columbus by Little Feet. 
 

incredible musicians and songs-the whole album. 
 

I have a friend who was basically a one hit wonder in the 70s who played with Little Feet for a while.  Said they were by far the most talented he had ever played with -but also amongst the craziest group.  He didn’t last long-outclassed on both fronts. 
 

and this guy is incredibly talented musically to this day. 

 

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very sweet voice. I just found this guy Reggies content on YouTube from the previous clip.  I was never a huge fan of Adele, These performances are winning me over to her. I can get stuck in my lithium alternative and grunge lane some times. this for me is just Fun new finds. 🙂

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