Songfacts®:

• "Silver Train" is a reference to the Texas rock singer Johnny Winter, who was an albino. Winter heard an early take and released his own version in March 1973, a few months ahead of The Stones. >>>

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• Mick Jagger blew the train whistle.
• This was driven by the piano of Ian Stewart, who was not a member of the band because their manager felt he did not fit the image. Stewart was known as "The 6th Stone."
• Recorded in London, this is one of the few songs on Goats Head Soup that was not recorded in Jamaica.