Steve Martin and the Steep Canyon Rangers featuring Edie Brickell LIVE was released March 11, 2014. In the 2-disc set is one of music and the other a video of the live performance. I listened to the album tonight and will be watching the video soon and possibly updating the post after watching it.
The Steep Canyon Rangers personnel:
Woody Platt – acoustic guitar, lead vocals
Graham Sharp – banjo, lead/harmony vocals
Mike Guggino – mandolin, harmony vocals
Nicky Sanders – fiddle, vocals
Mike Ashworth – box kit, cajón, vocals
Barrett Smith – upright bass
The music is hopping bluegrass, with a creative and interesting variety of song subjects. Various people sing, sometimes alone, sometimes as a group. When the group sings, there’s wonderful harmony going on.
The song I chose from the 19 tunes is, “Sarah Jane and the Iron Mountain Baby” as much for the story it tells as the music.
Thrown off the bridge
To the river by the ridge
Was the iron mountain baby
A man walking by
Said he heard a little cry
And he found him in a suitcase
Fifty feet down from the train to the ground
It’s a miracle that he survived
What are the chances that a man would be standin’ there
And take him home to his wife
Sarah Jane
Sarah Jane
Be a mama to the boy from the train
Five days old with a hand that could hold in a grip around your finger
Old Sarah Jane no she never did complain ’cause she loved the little
Stranger
She brought him back to health
And she kept him for herself
When some women tried to claim him
“If you’d been a good mama then you never would’ve wanna
Gone and thrown him off of the train then
Sarah Jane
Sarah Jane
Be a mama to the boy from the train
Woo oo baby!
Woo oo you’re my baby now!
A picture in the paper
Showed the baby like an angel
With the savior and the suitcase
What kind of devil
Could have thrown the little fellow
Off the train in the first place
His mama musta died givin’ birth to the child and the daddy went crazy
Got on the train with a heart full of pain and took it out on the baby
Sarah Jane
Sarah Jane
Be a mama to the boy from the train
Woo oo baby!
Woo oo you’re my baby now!
A Civil War vet went to see if he could get a bit of timber for a new barn
The number 4 sped from the train overhead came the itty bitty newborn
Woo oo baby!
Woo oo you’re my baby now!
Songwriters: Edie Brickell / Stephen Martin
Tao Talk 
I can’t tell you how much I like this one…it will be on my playlist. Love her voice and the feel of the song.
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Max, didn’t you post about Edie Brickell before or mention her? The whole album has good songs. Can’t wait to watch the video.
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Yes the band she was in… The New Bohemians in the 90s… never heard this
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I don’t remember her having a southern twang to her voice in The New Bohemians either.
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Yea me either…she may have hid it… she is from Texas I think…
I love it though… it’s pure and could have been released in the 40s
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What a weird song! Cool tho…
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When I was watching the youtube, it makes me wonder if it’s based on actual events. Glad you thought it was weird and cool 🙂
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Banjo and fiddle! What could be better? (K)
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I remember Steve Martin saying on SNL one time that it’s impossible to play sad music on a banjo. Maybe he uses banjo as his anti-depressant?
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Could be. I think he’s right.
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