No Tracks Home - A Train-Hoppers Documentary

Josh Harrell's documentary on two train-hopping musicians in Asheville, NC.

[@chancefoley8767]

"We're as free as the rent we don't pay" -Johnny Hobo

[@AbsolutelyNoOne-qi4ye]

I like these dudes, I hope they’re doing good 11 years later ! If possible maybe an update would be sick

[@alexcheatham5000]

For real love train life

[@Trainman46]

Definitely not in Asheville anymore. It’s insane how much it’s changed .

[@supernerd6983]

I second this. Please!

[@moorshound3243]

Got jobs kids bills have grown up.

[@supernerd6983]

@@moorshound3243 Do you know for sure?

[@supernerd6983]

Well I did not expect to be crying when I started this video 19 minutes ago but here we are. Wow. This is one of the most beautiful pieces of filmmaking I have ever seen. Well done.

[@jimbeam5074]

So I'm a hobo.. and proud... y'all wit the negative comments... I don't and never will get it... if I had to explain youd never understand..

[@davidwadsworth8982]

Jim Bam, , are you kidding, using the name of a Bourbon and not your own, says something. Yeah,you do not want to WORK. My taxes are paying for your freedom. We tax payers support the TRAINS, tracks, police, clinics ( through government subsidies.)you go to. I do not want to support your lazy lifestyle any longer. Time to grow up, responsibility is waiting for you.

[@jameskaufman4590]

Fuck off David

[@cornonthecobbob5617]

Jim Beam if you did explain it.. If you HAD to bridge the gap between David Wadsworth and yourself... it would be a great read. Just sayin. Also “You would never understand” is a very prideful statement to a planet with over 7billion people living on it haha

[@yakamarezlife]

@@davidwadsworth8982 I'm One too I work and pay taxes in the 4 States I work though the year don't look down on anyone you could never understand the life of one of us

[@yungsloth420]

David Wadsworth I wouldn’t be so quick to judge something you obviously no nothing about

[@srpdesigns]

Just kept smiling through this whole video.. Good people Right here no doubt. God Bless Guys

[@carlhayes2299]

Hey y'all howdy from Saluda NC. Look brothers of the human friggin race, I'm a 60 yr old white dude that has done a whole lot in my days on this ball. I've thumbed to California,Texas, Illinois, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, florida, oh god and New York that one was crazy, so I get it. I personally just simply loved the absolute freedom that I have and had. I beleive that a man can go anywhere he wants to go in this country. We are free so do what you want to do just don't expect anything from anybody, and just treat people the way you would like to be treated and man I had a great time and I wish you guys all the best on your journey just becareful and stay straight with the law and you'll have the time of your life. Good luck and we'll be prayin for you

[@davidwadsworth8982]

you telling us you never worked right?

[@joemomma1968]

Congratulations

[@Archer-fi4si]

​@@davidwadsworth8982what you talking about. Travelers work. I'm pretty sure they talked about working in the beginning. I'm pretty conservative but i can respect travelers. In used to be one. So eat a dick

[@rezvernon8329]

these are some cool cats. i like their music, ridin, style, etc... keep that song wailin all over!

[@chrisgold8684]

Great musicians. I dig it.

[@davidwadsworth8982]

Great?No fucking way,Toby Keith is great.

[@returnofthedoggo7994]

@@davidwadsworth8982 you fucking kidding me? im genuinely asking you, are you kidding? that shit is traaaaasssssshhhhhhh my dude. ill give you a list of way better musicians to listen to: 1. arctic monkeys 2. jane reynolds virtual bird 3. these guys 4. sub urban 5. pat the bunny 6. ajj 7. just nick 8. ramshackle glory 9. johnny hobo and the freight trains 10. wingnut dishwashers union 11. dead kennedys 12. honestly anyone else

[@mebeasensei]

Yep, they are naturals...they feel it..and transmit.. Good enough for me..Plenty.

[@adambussert3383]

@@davidwadsworth8982 what a miserable person, if you don’t like the music, why are you watching the video? Anything else? Negative Nancy

[@davidwadsworth8982]

@@adambussert3383 I have heard way better music,wife is a singer. You still have no point so just leave.

[@ryanhewison2615]

you guys are awesome, hopefully still here and doin well, just now seeing this, 11 years later wow

[@alexcarter8807]

Oh Gawd what a nightmare when I was a real housie with an apartment and a Prius. I felt like I was working my guts out for the landlord, the Toyota Motor Company, the utilities, the restaurants because so often it was easier to shell out $15 for a meal then cook for myself due to time constraints, etc. Thank God the 08 crash freed me from that.

[@lotharroberts5978]

These guys are actually really good.

[@dragonxxx53]

Thanks so much for doing this. Awesome project!

[@langdonius]

Absolutely excellent documentary

[@mydogneo]

Amazing! These dudes really enjoy what they do.

[@gaylelauren5691]

I’ve been searching for documentaries about people who do this.. interesting - seem like really cool people❤

[@haroldwilsie8284]

There is a whole subculture that does this!!! I did it for years

[@jasonwilde197]

Very well done! You should bring this back, it's 2021 now and a lot more people are gonna be ridin'.

[@haroldwilsie8284]

Train hopping is alive and well bra

[@DadaPoopoo]

great show!

[@leemartin9579]

I was a traveling musician for over a decade. It was a lot of fun, but the drugs/ alcohol got the best of me. I had to straighten out my health and spirit in the ICU for a few months. It feels nice having a home now, and a healthy life. The time I spent traveling was fun, but it takes a toll on your body, mind, and spirit. Thank God that traveling life lead me to Jesus Christ.

[@wonderful-wafwaf]

Praise God!

[@wonderful-wafwaf]

Good fight ministries watch

[@That-Wanderer]

Amen brother in Christ ❤️

[@JP-vs1ys]

honestly, what you say seems like more of the truth to me than the glamour of this supposed freedom. i hope all these folks are doing ok, but it just seems like a very tough existence. i'm very glad that you are doing well. keep it up!

[@khadijahd3911]

I cherish and appreciate the days of travel where I was looking for answers. Didnt know what I was looking for till I found it. But there it was laying at the end of the tracks. Closeness to The Creator. I found Islam, finding that spirituality out there, man thats a blessing right there.

[@sk8sk8sk824]

Amazing documentary. Can't stop watching the part at the very end. Love the music.

[@joelcormier2519]

Awesome music!!

[@byronsmith3234]

Awesome DOC!! 👍

[@Kringspiermusketier]

I have some big respect for you guys out there in the streets... wish I could do that. But I have a home, a car and stuck in the system. And I'm AFRAID of getting depressed when giving up on this all.

[@camcollier8671]

Live life you will still have your home I promise

[@kennethguitarfiend4493]

Home is where the hearth is, and your heart is not well apparently…

[@chipsimon9607]

Ime alot of crust punks have nice houses with cars to go back home to

[@dirtyworks13]

I'm already depressed to the point I couldn't do this but I still make 🎵 Rebel Scum the Movie

[@King_Mathuselah]

That fear is the jail. No system can hold a man. Only u can be ur own jailer.

[@siddadood]

I enjoy Asheville so much came across this randomly and was hype it was in NC

[@SnakeRiverFishing]

Freedom is not a constitution it's a state of mind

[@davidwadsworth8982]

Freedom is EARNED, freedom requires being responsible for others,freedom is fought for.It ain't free you dope.I paid for your freedom,you owe me dummy,pay me by growing the hell up. back

[@hailyjeanne9607]

@@davidwadsworth8982 true freedom is being a bitter old man who's never been happy in his life angrily trawling through youtube comments and judging others I guess.

[@lilbit12]

That is the lifestyle I miss. I would do anything to go back to being homeless. I miss it. Im one of those 9-5ers. I was happiest when I was free. Keep on keepin on✌🏻

[@dancer1]

Why don’t you go back to being a hobo then? And we ain’t homeless 🤡

[@lilbit12]

wow. my bad. Didnt mean to offend. Gotta sell off the baggage i own and become a minimalist again... quit my job.. sell my car. then I will be home free again!

[@viperrr6886]

@@lilbit12 maybe someday that will happen I wish I had a small little house and just chill there and do that lol

[@appalachiabrauchfrau]

yeah its really hard to explain to someone why i miss it because they take it the wrong way

[@dancer1]

@@appalachiabrauchfrau nah. Just don’t say that all train hoppers are homeless some choose the lifestyle.

[@gracejames1334]

One of the most beautiful pieces of media I've ever seen

[@jupiterinaries6150]

Bumming and just having fun...

[@pbnaj]

"I like rolling into a town I've never been to and just see what happens."

[@davidwadsworth8982]

You are a poser. See freight lines do not roll into the middle of a town.Usually the out skirts,some very not nice area,really do not see much except trains.

[@pbnaj]

@@davidwadsworth8982 Quotation marks denote a quote from a third party. In this case, the author of the video we are all watching. Easy there killer.

[@davidwadsworth8982]

You can get paid to do that like in he service or Merchant Marine.Hey how about working for a rail company. But that would require you being able to take instruction. And be responsible and ADULT!

[@pbnaj]

@@davidwadsworth8982 Yeah, okay, we get it your life is so righteous and we all need to be more like you. You clearly have all the answers and see no need for individuality or personal variance.

[@zerofox7347]

@@davidwadsworth8982 what are they taking? Why is there business different to yours? incidentally there's appears to make people happy and couples dance!

[@tammyslagle9607]

I just found you guys! Love it

[@BEACHBUM320]

Thank you

[@sophiecrumb9386]

Awww adorable... and great saw playing! Freedom!!!

[@JAK3THETUB3]

Love it.

[@JAK3THETUB3]

That's me. Five years ago. Hah. Here I am, 5 years later. Still a great story. I vaguely recall watching it.

[@irishrepublican3739]

Vreeland Homestead crazy

[@blankface_]

Very well done

[@mkaiser29]

Well made, cool doc

[@kiyotemajick4906]

fuck so sweet. this brings me back. big up fowler and saw a few old sweet hearts. miss that town, that life. amazing film.thanks

[@brownedward93]

Good shit man that sounded really good.

[@roygumpel8415]

good job on this guys

[@Bluefoot423]

awesome songs :)

[@SPARKLEDAZEY]

"Ya... the train guy..."

[@mkaiser29]

You should see if you can track these dudes down today and do a follow up documentary

[@Straightahead101]

Seriously that'd be coo

[@mroche329]

Very talented guys

[@Str8upbrah]

1:15 Was that a saw that was making that cool noise? That sound is pretty cool :)

[@murdermuseum8280]

Musical saw. Google it.

[@earthchild7215]

Travelers are the American way. Do you think your ancestors and grandpa's looked clean and neat / tidy when they were settling in this land your sitting on. Of course not. When people are not FREE the people will travel to find it. If you were FREE you wouldn't have to ride boxcars, right. You would all be first class.

[@davidwadsworth8982]

child,my uncle and great uncle rode the rails.Actually they drove the trains. It is called work,try it.

[@jasonmiles302]

@@davidwadsworth8982 😆

[@davidwadsworth8982]

Hey stupid child, they were working that land dummy. WORK, you are not 60, more like 16 at most. You fucking fake.

[@guyfrom8659]

@@davidwadsworth8982 doubt he woulda been there if they hadn't been paying him . These guys are there ! Not because of pay grades but because that's how they view being free

[@gbod55]

Love that they have each other.

[@nadiaiscoool]

one day i wish to have the bravery to be as free as these people are.

[@Breeder333]

Rad, keep rollin.

[@jonmonk5113]

awesome

[@leo_714]

01:03 that saw sound melody kept running thru my mind

[@JZZA1]

wonderful:)

[@kennethguitarfiend4493]

Inspiring.

[@ramblinmanoutdoorstv4917]

Love to hear that saw

[@gosho9403]

Nice. !!!

[@Anders7109]

These people are so cool

[@peterbeans7606]

Very good friends.only they know how happy they are living that life .god is good

[@dylonoverton3738]

I'd love to see them play

[@HomemakerDaze]

i'd love to see you poopy your pants

[@antoniusmilesdale6120]

I wipe tword my penus

[@christopherdibble5872]

The engineers don't wave from the trains anymore, not like they did back in 1954 still get a tear in my eye, when I hear an old train in the night.

[@viperrr6886]

awesom

[@EmmyMania]

I hope their still kickin round

[@Shatterproof315]

Nice fresh Fowl panel

[@damian7opez]

this just makes me want to do it more

[@sorrycharlie5773]

OH.....!!! I Love trains....😍

[@jimsteele2072]

Livin life! 👍

[@zhukovleninovsky2018]

Where these two at these days?

[@systematicsuicide5355]

you guys got the right attitude about life. You get to see new places , and meet people from all over, plus, you are doing what you love in playing and writing songs. Fuck being a battery in a predatory economic system. Fuck the lifetime of labor at the job we hate, for what? I'm Chris, I am a writer and multi- instmentalist. I have 2 very different you tube channels.

[@nevertoopoortotour.3033]

Loving you family

[@alexcarter8807]

Damn that's some GOOD saw playing. Saw is not easy to play.

[@poisonjoe1812]

"*digs through trash, smells trash* It all smells like trash"

[@Rainydaydreamaway7]

13:10 playing Crow Jane by Skip James. Sounds good too

[@steveburke3923]

Last scene...trash out the door. Fitting!

[@waste218]

Never give up never give in. We werr born to ride. I've been riding and squatting in Pocatello Idaho cherrs to you kidz

[@John-mf6ky]

This two seem like some good dudes. I'd share a rolly and a 40 with them anyday

[@wealldieatthehandsoflovedones]

I love different people

[@powelltheresa2411]

Hello travellers. Myself & my man are out there by rails in Blo/No IL. We've just enjoyed a visit by a traveler by the name of 'Zen' & his 2 dogs Downtown & Princess. Benjamin 'Zen' & the dogs came to my camp a few times for fireside chat & some flower. Travelers are always welcome we have opened our door many times on the CHI Union Station to STL Gateway line. The stop is Bloomington IL stay under rail bridge one of us will find You shortly after your steel wheel plane rolls out Stay safe out there Keep us informed of potential arrivers we have dry room for 3-4 inside & more out & a storage cap too

[@daveyboy_]

1:11 what a crazy sick instrument he's playin'

[@poca007]

Some oldtime hillbilly picker. Look up info on the Appalachian people from the 1800s

[@lorenzojoneson]

it can also be used to play down a tree.

[@chevyblue10]

I love the music. Wish I was young again. I'd ride... ML&R to #HobeStobe...yall check out his KZbin channel. RIP Jim Stobie.

[@abdikerboya5635]

Loved his videos.He wasn't exaggerating shit.Just beer and the rails.May his soul rest on the rails

[@waynecote31]

He was Something, wasn't he?

[@kalanyou3275]

How do I find more of their music

[@_seventh_son]

Been 10 years where they at now

[@friedcaramel8445]

Keep it moving brothers

[@jjmcessy2258]

I just met Dewitt in dunsmir few months back while I was riding he rolled me like 10 cigs guys nice

[@SmokeDodyAllDay]

i wanna know the names of the songs they're singing if possible.

[@drew6273]

At 9:00 behind his head that train is badged from a place about 20 min from my house. Lol

[@stephenpeppin5537]

Wow I love this documentary so much, hit me right in the heart. Jesus was homeless too

[@adamr149]

Jesus from mazatlan?

[@stephenpeppin5537]

@@adamr149 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. John 3:16,17

[@element5092]

I said that to a pastor who looked at me funny for sleeping on the street.

[@stephenpeppin5537]

@@element5092 And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst. But I said unto you, That ye also have seen me, and believe not. All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out. For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me. And this is the Father's will which hath sent me, that of all which he hath given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day. And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day. John 6:35-40

[@tammyslagle9607]

Do u ever come around tn?

[@cokepartyusa]

damn, I'm sitting about 100 yards from the free graffiti wall yall are drinkin whiskey at in this video. what instrument is that youre playing? that thing's awesome

[@stinkykootersandthehobos3993]

I miss you guys I'm up high on the line ya dig ?

[@hobonegro]

If you want to see more train hopping I have an entire channel dedicated to documenting different routes I've ridden. I'm Dwight. Just search hobonegro on youtube. This was almost 5 years ago, a film maker approached us and asked if he could follow us around for a couple weeks. After shooting we were compensated $30 each.

[@jameshitson8948]

can you please get ahold of me if you guys still ride I just hope to find someone that rides that will let me tag along

[@avalondreaming1433]

You guys should have been paid more than that. I hope you are both still doing ok

[@EatPsychedelics]

@@jameshitson8948 shit I heard that man

[@suzz1776]

what is that instrument he is playing? that is awesome

[@josephpublico2337]

It's called a guitar! Oh, the other one?

[@Rustygondolas]

Love Dwight!

[@jacobortwine7063]

Id like to see where they are today

[@huggs73]

14:05 No Trespassing - Norfolk Southern Corp LoL

[@effnfreddy4814]

How do I get hold of 5he saw plàyer does he fb...

[@jalen9649]

12:23 “he knows france” lmaooo

[@WeComeOutAtNight1999]

I hope I see them on the road. Or the rails. haha.

[@futball24]

Kameron Kolding Me too. I’ll stomp them out. FTRA for life!

[@imilf2003]

futball24 sure tough guy

[@mike2833]

where are they now

[@ejm6460]

He looks like a young Matt Damon

[@williamlewin9610]

Each time a store employee throws trash out there good food in the dumpster. Make sure the meat dosen't smell.

[@pplepi]

Anybody seen my girl is a great song.

[@wookiedude600]

Do you know what they are up to now?

[@clems6989]

Education, Work, Money etc. Are all tools. You use these tools to get where you want to go.. The only thing that matters is whether or not you are happy where you are... If not you must pick tools to get where you want to be..

[@That-Wanderer]

How are they doing now?