“Casey Jones”

Cultural  

1. A popular American song from the early twentieth century, about an actual American railway engineer, John Luther (“Casey”) Jones. When his train was about to crash, Casey told his assistant to jump but stayed at the controls himself and applied the brakes. Although his train crashed and Casey was killed, the passengers survived.

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Example Sentences

F&M;’s student newspaper, The College Reporter, covered the Dead’s performance, noting it opened with “Casey Jones” and closed with “Uncle John’s Band.”

From Washington Times • Jul. 4, 2015

He plans on including “Touch of Grey,” as well as, possibly, “Casey Jones” and “West LA Fadeaway,” but he said that, for the most part, he likes to keep the set list a surprise.

From The New Yorker • Jul. 21, 2014