Night Train Absinthe

I have been listening to Bruce Cockburn’s 1996 album The Charity of Night today, and remembering how much I love it.

The album opens with Night Train, a song that, as Cockburn explains in this live set, was written under the influence of absinthe. It is among my favourite of his canon.

My personal experience with absinthe, somewhat predictably, lies in Olle’s kitchen in Copenhagen. Unlike Cockburn, I didn’t get a song out of it, but it was a good day.

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Bree's picture
Bree on October 10, 2021 - 00:16 Permalink

Night trains seem to get more musical play than I would expect.

"...you took the night train for a reason..."

O.D. Lowell Rukavina's picture
O.D. Lowell Rukavina on October 12, 2021 - 09:10 Permalink

That Song is Champagne Problems by Taylor Swift.

Leo's picture
Leo on October 13, 2021 - 14:51 Permalink

Local absinthe can be obtained from Deep Roots Distillery and Mike Beamish at Farmer's Market