Tallifero Lawrence Seibert toured the vaudeville circuit in a five-character act. The Casey Jones ballad familiar to most Americans, sprang from Wallace Saunders' song by way, curiously, of the vaudeville stage. The original song memoralizing Casey Jones was written a few days after the accident by Jone’s friend Wallace Saunders, An African-American engine wiper. This “Casey Jones” was different, however, because it also dipped into the folk tradition of cocaine songs, making it a warning to Casey and the world to “watch your speed.” Kennedy Stadium, Washington, D.C.The Dead’s take on the legend of John Luther “Casey” Jones, from Cayce, Kentucky, who did indeed leave Memphis' Central Station at a quarter to nine, ignored a signal to stop, and died.
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