On July 3, 1981, Ervin Rouse, composer of “Orange Blossom Special,” the “unofficial anthem of bluegrass,” died. Plagued by alcoholism and mental illness, he was living on the edge of the Everglades ...

We know that Ervin T. Rouse never rode the train he wrote about. In fact, there's a chance he never saw the train at all. Yet the fiddle tune he wrote, "The Orange Blossom Special," has become a ...

It's one of the most famous fiddle tunes around. The strings wail briefly before breaking into a series of short staccatos reminiscent of a chugging steam train. "Talk about a-travellin'/ she's the ...

While most every Southerner over the age of 50 knows the song "Orange Blossom Special," every bluegrass fan of any age today knows it, too. It used to be that any fiddle player wishing to play in a ...

From 1925 through 1953, the luxury passenger train Orange Blossom Special traveled from New York City to Miami and back. Other Florida stops included Jacksonville, Ft. Lauderdale, and Hollywood before ...

Look a-yonder comin'Comin' down that railroad trackIt's the Orange Blossom SpecialBringin' my baby back Well, I'm going down to FloridaAnd get some sand in my shoesI'll ride that Orange Blossom ...

CSX Corp. is consolidating two northbound freight trains, including the Orange Blossom Special, which hauls fresh citrus and other produce from Florida to the Northeast. Company officials squelched ...

WEIRSDALE - This town is 639 miles away from Nashville, Tenn., but the sounds of the music are much closer. Judging by the resumes of members of the Orange Blossom Opry Band, the road from the Ryman ...

“Orange Blossom Special,” a painting by Terry Long of Redlands, will be the grand prize at Saturday’s “Swingin’ at the Grove” party at the San Bernardino County Museum. Long created “Orange Blossom ...