Night Train

[andrew walser]

      First, of course, all credit and respect to James Brown.
        Second, "Night Train" is not his composition, but Jimmy Forrest, Oscar Washington, and Lewis Simpkin's.  (Most sources credit the riff itself to Duke Ellington -- "Happy-Go-Lucky Local," I believe.)
        By the time Brown released his definitive rendition, in 1962, "Night Train" had become a standard -- which means that Pynchon may have had dozens of other versions in mind, particularly since the composition of the passage in V. may predate 1962.
        RIP anyway, JB.  And merry Christmas to all, whatever that may mean to you.  (To me it means, mostly, French silk pie.)
   
                                               Andrew Walser
   
   
  
Keith <keithsz at mac.com> wrote:
  http://tinyurl.com/ybsklj

On Dec 25, 2006, at 8:49 AM, Ya Sam wrote:

"Uncle McClintic, he play you de finest Night Train you evah did hear."

Night Train
280; early 60s James Brown song




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