Soul on Sunday - Come on Train / Don Thomas

Sometimes it's nice, in this information-saturated age, to not know anything about a song. Don Thomas, the writer and performer of this mid 70s classic seems to have left no trace on the internet. There was a follow up as he continued the theme with "Train Start Movin'", but more than that I have been unable to find out...

All that's left then is the music, and I love the production on this. Horns, strings, that distinctive plucked melody all contribute to backing up Thomas' bluesy wailing. Unsurprisingly for a Soul on Sunday track, it deals with a failed romance, although this time the protagonist still has hopes as he waits for the train to come so he can try and win back his lover.

Got to get my baby back:


Come on Train appears on a number of Northern Soul compilations, I own this one:
Cooler Shakers - 20 Northern Soul Footstompers