The B & O Railroad. If you have any interest in such things, I encourage you to read the wikipedia, because I really can't pick out the fun facts to include here, let alone facts relevant to the song/glee club.
The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad employees' Glee Club is referenced a lot in
this book on corporate management, of all things. It looks like it could be an interesting book.. I at least find the preface engaging. However an amazon reviewer condescendingly notes:
"A word of warning as stated by the author in his preface: This is NOT a "choo-choo" book!...... This is a MUST READ for all those in corporate venues who want to get ahead." Uh okay guy.
Well anyway, it appears that the B&O Glee club formed during the mid-twenties, was successful in glee club competitions (perhaps in part due to the "selected non-employees" that had been added?), had a record on Decca in 1945 and this self-released record from.. also the 40s?
The song is kind of fun, not to mention the wanton self-references to B&O, and Baltimore, and Ohio. That's how I like it.
The guy who recorded this record is someone special, so if you
really want to get intense on reading about some 78s,
check out this page on Orlando Marsh. And even better,
this one. Hell yeah.
The Baltimore & Ohio Glee Club
Casey's ghost Comes Back
year: ?Labels: baltimore, history
