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AEROSMITH ‘TRAIN KEPT A-ROLLIN’

LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES- OCT 24, 2019..45 YEARS AGO AEROSMITH RELEASED THE SINGLE ‘TRAIN KEPT A-ROLLIN.’ THIS IS A COVER SONG THAT WAS POPULARIZED BY THE YARDBIRDSIN THE MID-SIXTIES WHEN JIMMY PAGE WAS PART OF THE GROUP. THE SONG WAS ORIGINALLY A BIG BAND SONG FROM THE 1950’S. THIS SONG HAS ALWAYS BEEN A CONCERT FAVORITE FOR AEROSMITH, AND THE BAND WANTED RECORD A LIVE VERSION IN FRONT OF AN AUDIENCE. HOWEVER, THEIR PRODUCER JACK DOUGLAS WANTED TO SIMULATE THE LIVE SOUND IN THE STUDIO TO ACHIEVE BETTER SOUND QUALITY. THE SONG WAS RECORDED IN A STUDIO WITH CROWD NOISE ADDED FROM GEORGE HARRISON’S “CONCERT FOR BANGLADESH” FROM MADISON SQUARE GARDEN. THIS IS A TREAT, AEROSMITH PERFORMING THE SONG CIRCA 1974 ON “THE MIDNIGHT SPECIAL.”