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Sep 15, 2021
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Gandy Dancers
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Gandy Dancers
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Before modern technology, Gandy Dancers could be heard singing from wherever there was a railroad. Rail maintenance crews were once led by track callers, or lead singers, whose purpose was to uplift their men, physically and emotionally, while overseeing the coordination of the work at hand. The crews became known as the Gandy Dancers because when they all began pulling the lining bars together while singing, they also looked to be dancing in sync. Eventually replaced by machines, MSE had one of
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Before modern technology, Gandy Dancers could be heard singing from wherever there was a railroad. Rail maintenance crews were once led by track callers, or lead singers, whose purpose was to uplift their men, physically and emotionally, while overseeing the coordination of the work at hand. The crews became known as the Gandy Dancers because when they all began pulling the lining bars together while singing, they also looked to be dancing in sync. Eventually replaced by machines, MSE had one of
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Gandy Dancer - Doug Spears & the Florida Cracker Collective - Nov 16, 2024
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Song of the Gandy Dancers (Concert Band)
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The Last of the Gandy Dancers in Mobile, Alabama (June 7, 1983)
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Gandy Dancers: The Unsung Heroes of American Music | Musical Minute | Green Bean's Music
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Gandy Dancers: Railroad Workers With the Most Dangerous Job in America
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YouTubeLomax Film Collection
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Gandy Dancers
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Our wonderful Gandy Dancer House Band!!! | Gandy Dancer Mercantile
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George Johnson: Casey Jones (1978)
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YouTubeLomax Film Collection
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Our Gandy House Band! Performances EVERY Friday from 2:30-4:30! How wonderful to get live music in Ogden in the middle of the day!🎼🎵❤️ | Gandy Dancer Mercantile
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Our wonderful live jam is finishing up this session…the last session at the Gandy Dancer Mercantile! What a treat this has been for us, the customers and the musicians!🎼🎶🎵❤️ | Gandy Dancer Mercantile
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Last of the Gandy Dancers | Railroad History
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Fun! | Gandy Dancer Mercantile
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BLACK DANCE HISTORY on Instagram: "“Gandy dancers” was a nickname for railroad section gangs in the days before modern mechanized track upkeep. The men were called dancers for their synchronized movements when repairing track under the direction of a lead workman known as the “caller” or “call man.” The name “gandy” supposedly arose from a belief that their hand tools once came from the Gandy tool company in Chicago (though no researcher has ever turned up such a company that made railroad tools
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Gandydancer
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The Gandy Dancer (1938) - Nan Wynn
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