It's always a lot of fun doing these songs about local towns. Plus it's also an education to learn the history of some of them. Fultonville,New York is no exception.
This was quite a bad scene along a very busy section of Route 5. It actually prompted the Governor to show up. Montgomery County was the scene of a terrible train wreck
Update - June 28, 2013
It was originally said that there were 20 cars involved, but after the investigation continued, it's now believed that the derailment involved over 40 cars.
The Small Town Tour keeps chugging along. We had an absolute blast in Duanesburg. Now we're going farther west, young man. We're going to the Fonda-Fultonville area, and I am groveling for information so I can write you a song too.
Two brothers from Montgomery County have been charged with reckless endangerment and menacing because they were having a fight about not completing the chore of washing some dishes.