Silver Train (song)

"Silver Train"
Song by The Rolling Stones from the album Goats Head Soup
Released 1973
Genre Rock and roll, blues-rock
Length 4:26
Label Rolling Stones/Atlantic
Writer Mick Jagger, Keith Richards
Producer Jimmy Miller
Goats Head Soup track listing

"Silver Train" is a song by the rock and roll band The Rolling Stones, from their 1973 album, Goats Head Soup.[1] The lyrics deal with the singer's relationship with a prostitute.[2] Recording of the song had already begun in 1970 during sessions for Sticky Fingers.

Rolling Stone critic Bud Scoppa had this to say of the song:

“ Side two begins modestly with "Silver Train," a rock & roll song with a pre-rock flavor. The Stones' approach is like their treatment of "Stop Breaking Down," one of Exile's sleepers: lots of whiny slide guitar and harp. They also emphasize, with their ragged ensemble shouts, the song's appealing chorus. "Train" is the best of the album's secondary songs.[3] ”

Johnny Winter had heard a demo of the tune and recorded a cover of it for his album Still Alive and Well in 1973 (Columbia Records). Song written for Johnny Winter by Mick Jagger & Keith Richards. His album's version was released even before Goats Head Soup.[2] The Black Crowes have also covered the song live.[4] Silver Train also appears on the Carla Olson / Mick Taylor "Too Hot For Snakes" album first released in 1991 and reissued autumn of 2012.

The song was played 4 times in 1973 and wasn't played again until 2014 in Tokyo on the 14 On Fire tour with Mick Taylor, who played on it originally, as a special guest.[5]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.allmusic.com/album/r16789
  2. 1 2 http://www.allmusic.com/song/t806666
  3. ↑ http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/therollingstones/albums/album/241801/review/6068195/goats_head_soup
  4. ↑ Black Crowes - Frayed.org
  5. ↑ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75uPIiqDjOo
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