Steve Walker and the Bold

STEVE WALKER AND THE BOLD

The song that I love best on Pebbles, Volume 10 is "Train Kept A-Rollin'" by the Bold (also known as Steve Walker and the Bold) – actually there is a song by this band on both Pebbles, Volume 9 and Pebbles, Volume 10. This was the first time that I had heard this song; I have since collected several more that include versions of "Train Kept A-Rollin'" by luminaries like the Yardbirds and Aerosmith, and it has become one of my very favorite songs regardless of who is doing it. It is hard to top this blistering performance, however.

(July 2013)

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The only song on Magic Lantern not written by the bandmembers in Haymarket Square is one of my all-time favorite songs, "Train Kept A-Rollin'" – in a world filled with great train songs, this might the best of them all for my money. The first time I encountered "Train Kept A-Rollin'" was on the Pebbles, Volume 10 LP, one of the first Pebbles albums that I purchased. This rapid fire rendition by the Bold (also known as Steve Walker and the Bold) – which actually has some train sounds in the intro and at the end – is still the best I have heard; but like the Bo Diddley song "I'm a Man", the Van Morrison song "Gloria", and the timeless "Louie Louie" that was written by Richard Berry, I have never heard a version of "Train Kept A-Rollin'" that wasn't great.

(June 2015)