Gandy Dancer Work Songs Recording

In 1988, seven former railroad workers met in Calera, Shelby County, to reminisce and record some of their old “gandy dancer” work songs. From left: Abraham Parker, Arthur James, Cornelius Wright, Willie Henderson, John Mealing, Henry Caffey, and John Cole.

 

Courtesy of the Alabama State Council on the Arts; photograph by Maggie Holtzberg