Brakeman

Here he was with gloves on and a cap with a silver label which said "Brakeman," and he was the happiest man you ever see.

Mitch Miller Edgar Lee Masters 1909

The eventual recognition of the Carters as progenitors of country music's more harmonious, domesticated, Sunday-friendly side, and of "Singing Brakeman" Rodgers as the father of country's more individualist, slier, more raucous Saturday-night music, led the Bristol Sessions to be referred to as "The Big Bang of Country Music."

Country's Big Bang, Revisited Barry Mazor 2011

(Soundbite of song, "Sandman, the Brakeman and Me") Mr.M. WARD (Band Member, Monsters of Folk): (Singing) Roll on Roll on, oh, little train.

Indie Stars Become 'Monsters Of Folk' 2009

And it took me a while to realize that the singer on an old African record called "Chimiraja," accompanied only by a loosely tuned guitar and someone banging on a Coke bottle, was actually singing about "Jimmie Rodgers," the "Singing Brakeman" of country music.

RJ Eskow: Global Pop: Finding Michael Jackson in Albania 2009

He is a retired elementary teacher, newspaper columnist, and Strasburg Railroad Brakeman.

Chicken Soup for the Soul: Inside Basketball Jack Canfield 2009

Brakeman blow your whistle, throw you weight upon the chain.

Indie Stars Become 'Monsters Of Folk' 2009

(Soundbite of song, "Sandman, the Brakeman and Me") Mr.M. WARD (Band Member, Monsters of Folk): (Singing) Roll on Roll on, oh, little train.

Indie Stars Become 'Monsters Of Folk' 2009

(Soundbite of song, "Sandman, the Brakeman and Me") Mr.M. WARD (Band Member, Monsters of Folk): (Singing) Roll on Roll on, oh, little train.

Indie Stars Become 'Monsters Of Folk' 2009

Brakeman blow your whistle, throw you weight upon the chain.

Indie Stars Become 'Monsters Of Folk' 2009

Brakeman blow your whistle, throw you weight upon the chain.

Indie Stars Become 'Monsters Of Folk' 2009