Blue Railroad Train

Bio:

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Blue Railroad Train

Combine an American veteran bluegrass player and three top French musicians who all share a common passion for traditional bluegrass and country music -- with the accent on that bluesy, high-lonesome sound – and you get Blue Railroad Train. The repertoire is delightfully unpredictable and includes bluegrass and old-time classics as well as country, swing, and even rock ‘n roll tunes. They also have several original songs and instrumentals, all firmly rooted in the tradition.

Blue Railroad Train's reputation for hard-driving, crowd-pleasing music reaches across two continents. In Europe, they’ve been featured at festivals in France, Switzerland, Holland, Ireland, Denmark, Norway, Spain, and the UK.

BRT has twice toured the USA, entertaining concert and club audiences in Tennessee, Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas. They played six showcases at the IBMA World of Bluegrass and made two apearances at Byron Berline’s Oklahoma International Bluegrass Festival.

FLASH! Sacré bleu! BRT is just back from another fabulous tour of the USA, including the honor of playing the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC. Just enough time to catch our breath and get ready for our next mini-tour: ....

Cornwall, Bath, London, and Southampton, England.

Come on out and say hello!

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On this 15-track disc, Blue Railroad Train offers
an incredible amount of variety, ranging from
basic bluegrass to mainstream country...
Blue Railroad Train has created an album
with a few different twists that is
totally entertaining from start to finish.
Bluegrass Unlimited

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This is a band that plays and sings with an energy
that gets an immediate reaction from the audience.
In five minutes, they had them out of their seats
and dancing in the aisles.
Franz Elsener, Over Easy Festival

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Carefully blended harmonies,
straight-ahead bluegrass instrumentation
and a Gallic charm that has made this group
one of the top European bands.
Bluegrass Breakdown,
The California Bluegrass Association

Member Since:

January 24, 2007

Members:

James Field - Vocals, rhythm guitar. (Chant, guitare rhythmique).

Thierry Lecocq - Vocals, mandolin, fiddle. (Chant, mandoline, violon).

Jean-Marie Redon - Vocals, banjo. (Chant, banjo).

Sharon Lombardi - Vocals, bass. (Chant, basse éléctrique).


And an original member, heard on our CD,
Philippe Perrard, flatpicker extraordinaire.

Influences:

Bill, Hank, Newgrass Revival, Jimmy Martin, the Stanley Brothers, Flatt & Scruggs, Jim & Jesse, Bob Wills, Doc Watson, Jerry Lee Lewis, Tony Rice, Red Steagall, Johnny Rodriguez, Buddy Holly, Webb Pierce, Hot Rize, Ray Charles.

Sounds Like:

Not quite anybody else. Personne d'autre.

Record Label:

Redstart Records