Lonesome Whistle Boxcar Willie

[@bonnets777]

All I can say is Boxcar Willie is one of the all time GREATEST!!!!!!!

[@zebsouth7734]

Best version I've ever heard of this song

[@rikthomas2489]

my dad loved boxcar---- so i too enjoy his music

[@Johnnynbk]

family traditions

[@edallen1224]

Riley is 100% spot on. 12 years old, spent every summer with grandparents,Pulaski, TN No tv, Friday night warm up, Saturday night Grand Old Opry on Clear Channel 650, 50,000 watts of the grandest performers of all time! YES Riley, you are spot on. Ed Allen

[@ShawndaQueen-c6b]

Beautiful song, I love Boxcar Willie

[@roberthunerberg1509]

The King Of The Freight Train RIP Boxcar Willie.

[@ChetThiele-oz5kk]

Boy he warms my heart thank you sir

[@possummanrld]

We got to see Boxcar Willie at his theater in Branson, back in 1986. He was great and it was a great experience! He did his Willie Nelson spoof too, and it was hilarious!

[@carolynjones6457]

That Lonesome Whistle used to get me to running just to the Train that ran below the Hill I lived as a child growing up. Even as an adult I still love that sound. Boxcar Willie was the best at imitating that "Lonesome Whistle." God Bless You.

[@pamcross7092]

there will never be another boxcar willie hank sr johnny cash george jones. the list could go on and on. music with meaning i mean real meaning. thank you Lord

[@stevenlantrip6214]

Pam, you hit it dead center, I to could name a lot of them back then, and I love them all, two more I will add to your list is Jim Reeves, and great Whispering Bill Anderson

[@deanliggett6985]

Pam Cross your right my friend

[@softie461]

B.W. - what a (country) voice - and what a wonderful singer of country ballads - R.I.P. - Willie !

[@audreyrunions1599]

what a beautiful country song..I love it. brings tears in my eyes. ❤❤

[@frankcaplette8765]

NEVER WILL REPLACE THESE OLD SINGERS > OR THE MUSIC

[@ChetThiele-oz5kk]

Thank you sir you always make crie so sweet sound

[@kazemmalek6907]

Boxcar Willie, un grand "chanteur à vapeur" de la musique country .

[@zachjacobson2828]

God bless from Beaverton, OR USA. 🇺🇸 vive la révolution mon Ami 🇫🇷

[@ellenseidel490]

For me the very best version of this song!!!

[@davidsweed2654]

I miss the sound of the train coming through the valley and watching the head light glide along the far side of the crick at night as I lay in bed . I wish I could go back but like they say , you can never go back home once you leave .

[@rileylong8000]

if you love this music hold onto it. this music is dead in the times we live in. i love this music. the outlaws were pure gold. all of the great music has already been made. if you were ever privileged to see one of the outlaws walk up to a hot mic with nothing more than a guitar and captivate an entire arena, consider yourself lucky. you'll not see this again in this lifetime.

[@donmcleod5966]

saw George Jones and also The Highwaymen. You are correct and I was doubly blessed.

[@johncallahan8107]

Quinn fat bottom girls

[@shirleylarson4697]

riley long p

[@panchovilla3790]

It is never dead as long as we listen to it, my great great nephew who is 8 loves this type of music.

[@wayfordcox8081]

I was fortunate enough to meet George Jones in person .

[@zachjacobson2828]

I will go to my grave saying that American country and western music is the purest form of expression humans have seen in thousands years. It’s incomparible to anything else, it’s like if emotions had sound.

[@spahjrp]

We were a little bit poor so we lived by "the tracks". The "whistle" was part of my growing up. I love the singers and songs about this kinda stuff...

[@carolynjones6457]

webspyder I lived above them, they are gone now and a Subdivision has taken their place. Now, ( Due to a Wildfire the last part of the Denver and Rio Grande Narrow Guage Railroad,) could be taken out of the County I live in, the Train is being blamed for for starting the Wildfire, despite the Owners taking every precaution to prevent it from happening. God Bless You.

[@robinbrown3347]

When I was really young the tracks were just across the field. I still remember the steam engines leaving town picking up speed spewing smoke and steam. At night we could see the fires in the bush from the hobos. In the daytime my 3 older brothers and I would visit them. They were polite and friendly. My mother never worried about us because we had a big dog.

[@MacAucha-kiltedbikerReptilian]

There was a Conrail track in my back yard as a kid. It cut through the middle. Sometimes they'd just stall for days and we'd crawl under them to get to the other side of the yard. 🤫

[@terrymcdaniel7494]

box is one of the best the love for his music will never die..

[@billbrown8006]

Love this mans singing to bad he left us bet the Angles like him

[@russellwoodward2947]

How could anybody dislike this song ?

[@cwo4ssret]

TALENT!

[@ericerb2592]

Great song!

[@troymayes8078]

I was born in Harlan County Ky. Before I was in school I lived in a valley that had an elevated railroad along side a river. It was elevated 18 feet to kept it from flooding when we had a lot of rain, which drained from all of the valleys and hollows upstream from us. Our house was one of five about 2 feet above the river. But the coal train was much, much more important than us. We heard them day and night. I grew to love the lonesome sound of that whistle. Visiting relatives couldn't sleep without being awakened many times every night. When we moved away (before being washed away), I missed that whistle so much I couldn't sleep. Years later When I was in High school they started playing Lonesome Whistle on the radio, I told my mother the person who wrote that song sat on our front porch all night. That huge, ugly machine blocked my horizon and It's very, very ugly black smoke blocked out our world, If the wind was wrong. But my memory only wants to hear that sad soothing whistle. Thanks for letting me ramble, .

[@jessetouchette02]

Way too shoo the blues from the day, just take a toke and put this on, sing a song and feel fine, thanks Willie.

[@victorjeffers1993]

One of the Greats that's been forgotten ! Boxcar Willie voice had a unique sound pure country !

[@willowanonymous195]

Salt of the earth "folks

[@madpuppy8]

Love Box Car Willie.......

[@samspringer7726]

Beautiful music pity they don't write songs like this anymore.

[@muffa9125]

Newcomers tell you all about mud on their tires , tailgates on their pickups , John Deere tractors , a bale of hay , anything to convince you that they are truly country , I'd say , B S. I first saw Boxcar on the Gong Show 40 + years ago , , he won , I knew there was something special about the man ,he was on his way

[@frankcaplette8765]

ONE OF THE BEST

[@davidgreen8057]

Good voice he is right there side by side with Hank

[@zachjacobson2828]

Hank was a better writer, Willie was a better singer

[@elmerlarimer9026]

thank you R I P

[@caroledavis3010]

boxcar willie u are a man with an angels voice

[@marcieswadener6011]

yes that is true i a

[@carolvilleneuve401]

yes best songs ever

[@Justice777_]

Lov u paps . Uit het oog maar niet uit ons hart. San Roses.❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@thelockharts8226]

MY B DAY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@MrBJWEST]

Very Nice , and Great Pic,s !!! --- :-))

[@stephaniedavidson152]

my grandpa and Grandma used to listen to boxcar Willie on heehew

[@johnhostetler7165]

I love this man's songs an I am only 30

[@lewiswereb8994]

You are one of the few with common sense and a good ear.

[@steamfan4014]

I'm only 17 and I love man's songs

[@Justice777_]

Pap in heaven 31 jan 2012 kwam paps te overlijden. Sterke pappie. Maar nu met te engeltjes. Je dochter Sandra en je 2 klein zoons. Uit het oog maar niet uit het hart.❤️✨️❤️✨️❤️✨️❤️✨️❤️✨️❤️✨️❤️✨️❤️

[@edamann1199]

Directly from the heart.

[@grenongary]

Thumbs up. Just great..

[@patriciajensen1541]

last one i rode . Santa fe' calif. cple yrs ago .. aint no hobo' s now . .. always hoppn trains..in boise idaho ..

[@patriciajensen1541]

the last Train driver had lot stories to tell' he lives in boise idaho .real nice olde timer . must be in his 90 now . . The Train is on Display. Olde TRAIN DEPOT'* BOISE IDAHO. NAME OF TRAIN... . is-->"BiG MiKE". IS A REALLY. BIGG SHINEY BLACK."

[@mikejmanbodh5861]

I just love country music, all of my friends think I'm crazy

[@lewiswereb8994]

Get new friends. Yours are idiots.

[@christopherjones8197]

They don't know what real country music is

[@anjajanse3795]

hee eindelijk gevonden zo mooi

[@russellwoodward2947]

granted it's not Hank but it's followed word for word RIP Boxcar you are truely missed.

[@timladlee8366]

Yeah most of the great country singers are gone and like ol no show Jones asked who will fill there boots I don't know but I know that there's not many left

[@montrose1000]

thank you

[@raymondjoiner6936]

HE COULD REALLY SING THOSE TRAINS SONGS

[@CrampedGrampy]

Boxcar Willies wasn't with us long enough, not for my money!

[@curtisneilson5829]

CrampedGrampy the man was pure gold

[@CrampedGrampy]

With you on that, thank you for your comment. Box appeared in Norfolk NE, obviously many long years ago. I am so glad for the opportunity to see and hear him then. Further, he was photographed with my daughter at that time making my memory that much more pleasing. Be well.

[@CrampedGrampy]

BTW: How many folks know, or remember, Box was a veteran and high ranking officer in the USAF?

[@curtisneilson5829]

I knew he was in the Air Force

[@zanetalley1766]

Riley Long, you are a wise man.

[@joelejo1587]

nice and sweet song

[@TheYupikeddy]

In the Alaska Fiddle scene.

[@billsventure]

A Hank Williams song that Willie sings great.

[@cogidubnus1953]

We were a tad hard up and lived in the basement (cellar) of grandad's house under the embankment of the Southern Railway Brighton to London Railway until I was five and my parents could afford a mortgage...my dad and uncle hand-built a couple of radiograms and this was the kind of music they listened to....

[@Some_Kong]

0:49 That's the locomotive I actually worked on!

[@barbaraferrell396]

My kind of music !!!

[@loisraymcinnis6006]

2024 written on the train.

[@dakotashowalter5949]

Is this man stall living

[@brendaleegraham9845]

Dakota Showalter unfortunately box is no longer with us

[@allanhunter2328]

Boxcar Willie is dead I believe more than a year ago not sure

[@TheYupikeddy]

To all my INMA, ANEA and the Athabaskan Fiddlers! Lets bring this song back!

[@ellisrodden6224]

Gorge straight

[@locodriver107]

I LIKE TRAINS.......

[@elmerlarimer9026]

chasles a larimer 1911-2002

[@elmerlarimer9026]

emerson scott larimer 1870-1948

[@trevacrock6168]

to the 32 I you who gave this a thumbs down shame on you

[@gerrybrown1043]

Gold dust

[@marcieswadener6011]

i love old train tuens

[@ernestparker6792]

Reminds me of Hank

[@rodneymcpherson2806]

D.C.

[@elmerlarimer9026]

need a girl crying

[@brittanypotter2688]

Dude wtf

[@kazemmalek6907]

Je préfère d'être mort à sa place.

[@robertbingaman6823]

L

[@richardeaton8670]

I hate riing junk

[@stephaniedavidson152]

my grandpa and Grandma used to listen to boxcar Willie on heehew

[@trevacrock6168]

to the 32 I you who gave this a thumbs down shame on you

[@johnhostetler7165]

I love this man's songs an I am only 30

[@EarthMistressTeyha-ms9lv]

Me too

[@trevacrock6168]

to the 32 I you who gave this a thumbs down shame on you

[@trevacrock6168]

to the 32 I you who gave this a thumbs down shame on you