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Savoy Brown — Train to Nowhere
Album: Blue Matter
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Released: 1969
Length: 3:59
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You can catch it if you want to ride
Don't you worry if it pass you by
You can catch it if you want to ride
Don't you worry if it pass you by

Lord you know the reason why
On this train till I die
Train I ride goes to God knows where
I don't know and I don't care

Train I ride goes to God knows where
I don't know and I don't care
If you aint got money don't despair
'Cause you don't have to pay no fare

Please now brother don't you ride this train
Ride the wrong rails, live your life in vain
Please now brother don't you ride this train
Ride the wrong rails, live your life in vain
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Cranking this reminds me of my weed-buddy Mike C, who was way into Savoy, Foghat, and Canned Heat for quite a spell... JAM! They sure had it going back then!
Posted 2 months ago by coloradojohn    [ Reply ]
 Montreal_Mort wrote:

does anyone else hear a bit of Get Back … ?



'Savoy' Truffle
Posted 4 months ago by 1wolfy    [ Reply ]
does anyone else hear a bit of Get Back … ?
Posted 5 months ago by Montreal_Mort    [ Reply ]
I haven't heard this song in ages. need to practice this on my drums @ home this weekend! 
Posted 8 months ago by julieweisberg    [ Reply ]
 jberko wrote:

I always thought these guys were a Southern Rock band...  I guess they are from South London.  Good stuff.




If not for your comment, I would still be thinking the same.
They do rock, Need to hear some "Hell bound train" again or more often.
Posted 1 year ago by SRAY    [ Reply ]
 thewiseking wrote:

now THIS is a relic



But a good one, right?
Posted 1 year ago by Skydog    [ Reply ]
I always thought these guys were a Southern Rock band...  I guess they are from South London.  Good stuff.
Posted 3 years ago by jberko    [ Reply ]
America's latest theme song! Savoy Brown, I saw them in 1969!
Posted 3 years ago by whatsupdude    [ Reply ]
{#Devil_pimp} fortunate enough to have seen s brown several times inc this line up. everytime was a great show ! very zesty indeed
Posted 6 years ago by primm    [ Reply ]
 btt wrote:
According to Wiki , there have been sixty one (61) past members in this band .

 

 djengs wrote:

Kind of like Blood, Sweat, and Tears. My daughter had a professor that claimed to have been in the band. I looked it up to verify and found I was one of the few to have NOT been in the band...

 
{#Roflol}
Posted 7 years ago by skindy    [ Reply ]
now THIS is a relic
Posted 7 years ago by thewiseking    [ Reply ]
 jagdriver wrote:
I'm a lifelong SB fan... saw them in '70 at gymnasium at Worcester College, MA. The Nice were supposed to top the bill, but they had just broken up (out of which came Emerson, Lake & Palmer). Troika was the warm-up act, followed by Family (Rick Grech formerly on bass before joining Blind Faith). SB topped the bill that night; this was pre-Foghat original lineup (more or less) with the incomparable Chris Youlden still providing vocals.

 
What an awesome show that must have been.  SB at their prime! 
Posted 7 years ago by dmarshalldavis    [ Reply ]
Anyone else think this sounds rather like Mungo Jerry?
Posted 7 years ago by top20    [ Reply ]
I loved this album and the next one 'A Step Further"
Posted 7 years ago by Skydog    [ Reply ]
Taking the California Zephyr in a few days.  I hope it goes to somewhere.
Posted 8 years ago by countyman    [ Reply ]
I'm a lifelong SB fan... saw them in '70 at gymnasium at Worcester College, MA. The Nice were supposed to top the bill, but they had just broken up (out of which came Emerson, Lake & Palmer). Troika was the warm-up act, followed by Family (Rick Grech formerly on bass before joining Blind Faith). SB topped the bill that night; this was pre-Foghat original lineup (more or less) with the incomparable Chris Youlden still providing vocals.
Posted 8 years ago by jagdriver    [ Reply ]
On a day like this,,, before heading out for a long weekend ,, this rocks
Posted 9 years ago by Kaisersosay    [ Reply ]
Great boxcar/train set, Bill!
Posted 9 years ago by Moira    [ Reply ]
Excellent 'exit music' for the dieing(of which there are many , good luck) and for those still too young to be contemplating the 'big sleep' but of a nihilistic frame of mind. I love it , it is the 'blues' , after all. Better than church !
Posted 9 years ago by strawdog    [ Reply ]
The production on this is amazing. Great sound.{#Music}
Posted 9 years ago by sedjo    [ Reply ]
 btt wrote:
According to Wiki , there have been sixty one (61) past members in this band .

 
Kind of like Blood, Sweat, and Tears. My daughter had a professor that claimed to have been in the band. I looked it up to verify and found I was one of the few to have NOT been in the band...
Posted 9 years ago by djengs    [ Reply ]
I hear their absorption of delta blues, tempered by NOLA brass bands. This is an amazing track.
Posted 10 years ago by WonderLizard    [ Reply ]
According to Wiki , there have been sixty one (61) past members in this band .
Posted 10 years ago by btt    [ Reply ]
 QuestionMark wrote:
Bill, there are much better S.B. selections to be found/heard. "Looking In" is a nice record.
 
and a great album cover!
Posted 10 years ago by boober    [ Reply ]
Bill, there are much better S.B. selections to be found/heard. "Looking In" is a nice record.
Posted 10 years ago by QuestionMark    [ Reply ]
They just don't understand... The Chris Youlden version of this band was bluuuuuusey. 
Posted 10 years ago by sherf    [ Reply ]
Always love hearing this song. Guess you had to be there. Oh, and get off my lawn!
Posted 11 years ago by k1j2cat    [ Reply ]
 Johnny_Wave wrote:
This song is just plain bad
 
It's growing on me. Up to a 4 (so far?).
Posted 11 years ago by jt1    [ Reply ]
This song is just plain bad
Posted 11 years ago by Johnny_Wave    [ Reply ]
Not heard this for thirty five years, then a couple of times in the last couple of weeks - weird!!
Posted 11 years ago by Boy_Wonder    [ Reply ]
 rapdas wrote:
Sounds like a freakish creature from a weird David Lynch movie struggling with childbirth to me (the aaaaaa part I mean). I'm sorry but a complete turn off.
 
Not around in the 70's I take it.
Posted 11 years ago by gemtag    [ Reply ]
Eilen Jewell - Dusty Boxcar Wall; Joe Ely - Boxcars; Savoy Brown - Train to Nowhere.

Train set!  Gotta love it!


Posted 11 years ago by Imkirok    [ Reply ]
Anyone else get a Beatles - Get Back vibe out of this?  I'ma diggin it
Posted 11 years ago by pdhski    [ Reply ]
Nothing like a train ride back to the early 70's to get some fresh groovin' sounds
Posted 11 years ago by tomatoslayer    [ Reply ]
 rapdas wrote:
Sounds like a freakish creature from a weird David Lynch movie struggling with childbirth to me (the aaaaaa part I mean). I'm sorry but a complete turn off.
 

can the Log Lady be far behind...
Posted 12 years ago by MiracleDrug    [ Reply ]
 rapdas wrote:
Sounds like a freakish creature from a weird David Lynch movie struggling with childbirth to me (the aaaaaa part I mean). I'm sorry but a complete turn off.
 
Don't be sorry. I feel the same way. I'm not really digging this....derail.
Posted 12 years ago by ziakut    [ Reply ]
 heliskimaster wrote:
Train Song!!
 

I'm on.
Posted 12 years ago by Lrobby99    [ Reply ]
Train Song!!
Posted 12 years ago by heliskimaster    [ Reply ]
Sounds like a freakish creature from a weird David Lynch movie struggling with childbirth to me (the aaaaaa part I mean). I'm sorry but a complete turn off.
Posted 12 years ago by rapdas    [ Reply ]
 Randomax wrote:
Rem hearing this on Pacifica underground radio when I was in Jr High (listening late at night on a transistor radio!!)....of course Pacifica was literally blown off the air (bomb!) 2 or 3 times back then....redneck Houstonians!
 

...such a shame what became of KPFT in the late nineties after all those struggles...  :(
Posted 12 years ago by mandolin    [ Reply ]
 DrCyKosis wrote:
There seems to be an obsession with Savoy Brown and trains.
 
You say that like it's a bad thing...

Posted 13 years ago by cc_rider    [ Reply ]
Dig this song.  Let's hear I'm Tired by Savoy Brown.
Posted 13 years ago by bachbeet    [ Reply ]
 jagdriver wrote:
{#Mrgreen}
 
{#Motor}

Posted 13 years ago by jagdriver    [ Reply ]
takes me back... thanks!
Posted 13 years ago by anabel    [ Reply ]
Rem hearing this on Pacifica underground radio when I was in Jr High (listening late at night on a transistor radio!!)....of course Pacifica was literally blown off the air (bomb!) 2 or 3 times back then....redneck Houstonians!
Posted 14 years ago by Randomax    [ Reply ]
I saw these guys at a small gig at a school in Bristol in 1973, I couldn't see the stage so some kind taller lad just hoisted me up on his shoulders, got a brilliant view. I was about 4 foot nothing. They were on with a band called Trapeze and both sets were really good.
Posted 14 years ago by gumbo73039    [ Reply ]
Reminds me of old groups like 10 Years After and Quicksilver Messenger Service ....................

scads of vinyl albums, dozens of songs, and maybe ......... oh ........... maybe 2 or 3 that actually were worth listening to.

Being in the audience at a concert and being stoned out of your gourd helped.
Posted 14 years ago by lwilkinson    [ Reply ]
Great - but is does sound a bit like very early Marc Bolan played at 33 and not 45...
Posted 14 years ago by jools    [ Reply ]
My assistant Delora just asked, "what in the world are you listening to?"
Posted 14 years ago by Geecheeboy    [ Reply ]
You know, I own a couple of their vinyls ... and now I remember why I haven't listened to them in a long while.

Posted 14 years ago by unclehud    [ Reply ]
Just love it...
Posted 14 years ago by DaveInSaoMiguel    [ Reply ]
{#Mrgreen}
Posted 14 years ago by jagdriver    [ Reply ]
 Misterfixit wrote:
Herein is awesome percussion .. not a snare in the place.
 
Um, there's plenty of snare. The drummer is just using brushes instead of sticks.
Posted 14 years ago by jpronline    [ Reply ]
Talk about a trip down memory lane. Love it.
Posted 14 years ago by GerJib    [ Reply ]
Too bad there's no remastered version of this gem.
Posted 14 years ago by PeorgieTirebiter    [ Reply ]
Tune that kick drum.  It sounds like a piece of plexiglass.
Posted 14 years ago by FallOutOfWindow    [ Reply ]
 jagdriver wrote:
FINALLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

SAVOY BROWN ON RP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

(And I always loved Chris Youlden's vocals.....)

 

{#Iamwithstupid} But I'm wondering why you refer to Simmons as "Kenny." Also, It's John Mayall, folks.

Posted 15 years ago by jagdriver    [ Reply ]
 kh808 wrote:
All time album
Street corner talken !!!!
I saw Kenny Simmons last year with John Mayhall
He still plays a great AXE!!!
Aloha Gang!
 
You've got great taste kh
Street Corner Talking is my favorite album of all time
I saw Kenny and the boys in a shithole in Omaha 3 years ago
John Mayall and Savoy Brown opened my ears to "British Blues" back in the late 60's

Posted 15 years ago by boober    [ Reply ]
 DrCyKosis wrote:
There seems to be an obsession with Savoy Brown and trains.
 
And with good reason: they both took us to wonderful places!  Savoy Brown were part of the British Blues pantheon, deservedly so.

Posted 15 years ago by Govi    [ Reply ]
There seems to be an obsession with Savoy Brown and trains.
Posted 15 years ago by DrCyKosis    [ Reply ]
FINALLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

SAVOY BROWN ON RP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

(And I always loved Chris Youlden's vocals.....)

Posted 15 years ago by jagdriver    [ Reply ]
Hmmm. Separated at birth?
Posted 15 years ago by Hannio    [ Reply ]
Herein is awesome percussion .. not a snare in the place.
Posted 15 years ago by Misterfixit    [ Reply ]
It's the trip that matters, not the destination... Anyway, Savoy Brown have their very own room in the panteon of blues.
Posted 16 years ago by Moak    [ Reply ]
Very strange, in the cut played yesterday I heard Jimi Hendrix. This song - no way. I am confused.
Posted 16 years ago by Ericac    [ Reply ]
CCinSB wrote:
yep! the good ol days
And WHFS in Bethesda, Maryland -- 102.5 FM -- Damien, Cerphe, Et Al. Ruined, destroyed, and debased by the Big Radio Suits.
Posted 16 years ago by Misterfixit    [ Reply ]
I first heard this song when I bought the album "Blue Matter" off a mark down bin for $1 in 1969-70 when I was a kid living in El Paso, TX... there wasn't much of a following for them there at that time. (Jeeze was that a long time ago!) Song still holds up to my taste.
Posted 16 years ago by SDBob    [ Reply ]
Ages since I last heard them. Thank you!
Posted 16 years ago by Bleyfusz    [ Reply ]
well this doesn't sound dated at all.
Posted 16 years ago by wrangler    [ Reply ]
thewiseking wrote:
not a personal fave. this whiteboy singin the blues doesn't quite cut it for me. gimme johnny winter anyday.
Or SRV for that matter!
Posted 16 years ago by nigelr    [ Reply ]
intherough wrote:
KTYD was a great station before it was "channeled"
yep! the good ol days
Posted 16 years ago by CCinSB    [ Reply ]
CCinSB wrote:
wow, Clear Channel KTYD played this yesterday on their Deep Cuts at noon.
KTYD was a great station before it was "channeled"
Posted 16 years ago by intherough    [ Reply ]
wow, Clear Channel KTYD played this yesterday on their Deep Cuts at noon.
Posted 16 years ago by CCinSB    [ Reply ]
Woot! I've been waiting all week to hear this song - ever since they played it on CSI NY last week
Posted 16 years ago by AmandaMaria    [ Reply ]
not a personal fave. this whiteboy singin the blues doesn't quite cut it for me. gimme johnny winter anyday.
Posted 16 years ago by thewiseking    [ Reply ]
My favourite segue! Ben Harper - Homeless Child to Savoy Brown - Train to Nowhere. Thanks Bill!
Posted 16 years ago by AmandaMaria    [ Reply ]
All time album Street corner talken !!!! I saw Kenny Simmons last year with John Mayhall He still plays a great AXE!!! Aloha Gang!
Posted 16 years ago by kh808    [ Reply ]
I first heard Savoy Brown in the early or mid-70's, and oft wondered if they had been earlier or later they wouldn't have been better known & perhaps more famous ? During their peak, there were so many living legends making music! Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix, Stones, Cream, Beatles, Dylan, Pink Floyd, Creedence, Jethro Tull,Chuck Berry, Van Morrison, Santana,The Who,The Eagles, The Guess Who, Three Dog Night, C,S,N, & Y, and god knows I have missed 5 X this many who were cranking out rock and roll that was and still is "Blow you away ROCK and ROLL." Song after song. This in no way demeans how good Savoy Brown was but the music "of the day" was of an incredibly high standard. Oh ya, and The Moody Blues, The Band, Janis, Deep Purple, Bruce Springsteen, Cat Stevens, and, and, and, .............. Rock and Roll That_SOB
Posted 16 years ago by That_SOB    [ Reply ]
OK, at first I thought he meant a train to the land of the dead, but now I'm thinking drugs (as in Social Distortion's "Drug Train"). . . anyone got any idea which would be correct?
Posted 16 years ago by meydele    [ Reply ]
White Stripes! I tell you the White Stripes sound like these dudes!
Posted 16 years ago by Alpine    [ Reply ]
My bananas exactly. Never heard this before but this is just groovin'. jenakle wrote:
Posted 16 years ago by xkolibuul    [ Reply ]
You all should hear Kim's latest album ... yeah, it's a ten too ....
Posted 16 years ago by Misterfixit    [ Reply ]
Posted 16 years ago by jenakle    [ Reply ]
Moak wrote:
Legendary
Posted 16 years ago by Mari    [ Reply ]
boober wrote:
I'm sorry I lifted the rating so much higher with my "9" but Kim Simmonds is one of the best..."old school" blue guitarists.
Legendary
Posted 16 years ago by Moak    [ Reply ]
Wizzuvv_oz wrote:
Kinda funny to juxtapose this comment with talent/Bucharest below. East (ern Europe) meets West
Legendary
Posted 16 years ago by Moak    [ Reply ]
Wizzuvv_oz wrote:
Kinda funny to juxtapose this comment with talent/Bucharest below. East (ern Europe) meets West
Good point- Sometimes music is East Vs.West...but I hope I'm not prejudiced by what I hear and how I feel about a group or a musician.I met Kim Simmonds recently in Omaha,Ne of all places(2 years ago)and spoke to him in length of how he took in everything(and copied of course).But he has a great appreciation for everything blues.I am one the biggest Savoy Brown fans around,so my opinions are MY opinions.
Posted 16 years ago by boober    [ Reply ]
boober wrote:
I'm sorry I lifted the rating so much higher with my "9" but Kim Simmonds is one of the best..."old school" blue guitarists.
Kinda funny to juxtapose this comment with talent/Buhcarest below. East (ern Europe) meets West
Posted 16 years ago by Wizzuvvoz    [ Reply ]
I'm sorry I lifted the rating so much higher with my "9" but Kim Simmonds is one of the best..."old school" blue guitarists.
Posted 16 years ago by boober    [ Reply ]
Re: \"roots\" comment. I\'ve never heard this Savoy Brown song and when I did today (5/7/03), I thought it a poor recording, but contempory sounding. In my mind, that makes it classic and roots indeed. My personal take is it\'s a great tune and song!
Posted 20 years ago by jabuda    [ Reply ]
I really like this track. But it sure seems like I\'m hearing a lot of it lately. Is that here, or on the Pig?
Posted 20 years ago by AC    [ Reply ]
What were you expecing? Elton John and his band playing Yellow Brick Road? Ever heard a turn of the century blues recording from the Appalachians? You don't have to like it but this is about as root as it gets. It's called "Blues". Reminded me I need to pick up Street Corner Talking. Now that was an album! ;)
Posted 21 years ago by ezzyme    [ Reply ]
Song to nowhere. Hooooh, this one hasn\'t aged well. Lamest guitar solo in some time on this station. Oh well, can\'t win \'em all.
Posted 21 years ago by rgrace    [ Reply ]
ho-hum.
Posted 21 years ago by obzidian    [ Reply ]