# Rustle me up some road songs **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 12, 2006, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rustle-me-up-some-road-songs/368390 "2006-08-12T02:20:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2006, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rustle-me-up-some-road-songs/368390/21 "2006-08-12T14:03:13Z")
Oh, my goodness. You have _got_ to get a copy of Bela Fleck’s 1988 masterpiece, [Drive](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0000002IS/sr=1-1/qid=1155391252/ref=pd_bbs_1/002-1092998-5832810?ie=UTF8&s=music). See first review: “My brother and I popped this CD into the deck of a rented truck as we headed from Jackson, WY, out toward the Wind River Range. About three tracks into it, we realized we were going nearly 90 miles an hour… **Drive** is the tightest, most frenetic, river-water-rolling, sleekest, greatest frikkin’ 'grass disc out there. Please listen responsibly.” ---
**Author:** ![ColonelDax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@ColonelDax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ColonelDax)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2006, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rustle-me-up-some-road-songs/368390/22 "2006-08-12T14:57:32Z")
“Endless Grey Ribbon,” Nick Lowe “Hot Rod Lincoln,” Commander Cody and the Lost Planet Airmen ---
**Author:** ![Tortuga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c4cdca/32.png) [@Tortuga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tortuga)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2006, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rustle-me-up-some-road-songs/368390/23 "2006-08-12T16:54:52Z")
Rolling by Soul Coughing Thousand Miles from Nowhere by Dwight Yoakam nearly anything by Creedence Clearwater Revival The Road Goes on Forever and I’m Coming Home and Feelin’ Good Again and Crazy Cowboy Dreams and Copenhagen by Robert Earl Keen Jr. I like Yonder Mountain String Band’s Rambler’s Anthem and Half Moon Rising and [The Whoreshoes](http://cdbaby.com/cd/whoreshoes). Of course, you’ve got to have cheezy eighties song breaks, like Flying Lizard’s version of “Money” or Jim Carroll’s “People Who Died” that you can sing along and freak out to when you’ve been driving for a long stretch. ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2006, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rustle-me-up-some-road-songs/368390/24 "2006-08-12T23:40:41Z")
I love a road trip too, **Kalhoun**. Last time I did this I was Ellie Mae Clampett with 2 big dogs, 3 cats, 4 parrots, 2 goldfish and a newborn. This time it’s whittled down to me, Mr. 'addi, a dog, a cat, a grown up kid and one kick-ass soundtrack. I already have a bunch of these, so I’m going to include: _Whipping Post Midnight Rider Ramble On Roundabout I’ve Been Everywhere Thunder Road Willin_ (both versions mentioned) _Back in the Saddle Again City of New Orleans Hot Rod Lincoln 500 miles_ - Peter, Paul and Mary and hey, while I’m there – _Early Mornin’ Rain Roadhouse Blues & Riders on the Storm_ _Lodi_ for **Tortuga** ’s CCR _Six Days on the Road_ – I’ve got the Livingston Taylor version, **Kat** and hey, **mick2940** , does the Doc Watson parody of _Movin’ On_ count? I’ve got that somewhere too. **AveDementia** I’ll report back on the Woody Guthrie, if I can find it in this mess. > [@Ukulele Ike](#): > > Oh, my goodness. You have _got_ to get a copy of Bela Fleck’s 1988 masterpiece, [Drive](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0000002IS/sr=1-1/qid=1155391252/ref=pd_bbs_1/002-1092998-5832810?ie=UTF8&s=music). > > See first review: “My brother and I popped this CD into the deck of a rented truck as we headed from Jackson, WY, out toward the Wind River Range. About three tracks into it, we realized we were going nearly 90 miles an hour… **Drive** is the tightest, most frenetic, river-water-rolling, sleekest, greatest frikkin’ 'grass disc out there. Please listen responsibly.” Sweet! I don’t have this one, but I’m getting it. I _love_ Bela Fleck and it looks like a perfect CD. (I bet you only saw about 10 other cars the whole across the basin.) Thanks everyone. Next time I check in it’ll probably be for unpacking songs. I’ve got one so far: Bob Dylan’s _Everything is Broken_ ---
**Author:** ![Yookeroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yookeroo/32/323_2.png) [@Yookeroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yookeroo)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2006, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rustle-me-up-some-road-songs/368390/25 "2006-08-13T00:50:57Z")
_Just Keep Me Moving_ - kd lang ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2006, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rustle-me-up-some-road-songs/368390/26 "2006-08-13T00:57:56Z")
From [this box set](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/samples/B00000I5M0/ref=dp_tracks_all_1/002-6925092-0580816?ie=UTF8#disc_1): Stick Shift - The Duals Hot Rod Man - Tex Rubinowitz Hotrod Gang - Stray Cats Cruisin’ - Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps Radar Love - Golden Earring Mercury Blues - David Lindley Maybellene - Chuck Berry & His Combo The Ballard Of Thunder Road - Robert Mitchum Forty Miles Of Bad Road - Duane Eddy(His ‘Twangy’ Guitar & The Rebels) SS 396 - Paul Revere & The Raiders See The U.S.A. In Your Chevrolet - Dinah Shore Little Deuce Coupe - The Beach Boys Hot Rod - The Collins Kids Mr. Highway Man (Cadillac Daddy) - Howlin’ Wolf Lost Highway - Hank Williams Highway Patrol - Junior Brown Heavy Traffic Ahead - Bill Monroe Radar - Mr. Bear & His Bearcats Motorhead Baby - Johnny ‘Guitar’ Watson Led Sled - Denny Freeman Rockin’ Down The Highway - The Dobbie Brothers Hey Little Cobra - The Rip Chords Hot Rod Queen - Deke Dickerson & The Ecco - Fonics Hot Rod Lincoln - Johnny Bond Hot Rod Race - Ramblin’ Jimmie Dolan Draggin’ - Curtis Gordon Dragster - Johnny Fortune Race With The Devil - Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps Devil In My Car - The B - 52’s Ride On Josephine - George Thorogood & The Destroyers Rocket ‘88’ - Jackie Brenston & His Delta Cats Key To The Highway - Little Walter & His Jukes Low Rider - War Whittier Blvd. - The Midniters Every Woman I Know - Billy ‘The Kid’ Emerson One Piece At A Time - Johnny Cash & The Tennessee Three Cadillac Assembly Line - Albert King I Want A Lavendar Cadillac - Maurice King & His Wolverines Bring My Cadillac Back - The Knighmares Pink Cadillac - Sammy Masters & His Rocking Rhythm Crawling From The Wreckage - Dave Edmunds Dead Man’s Curve - Jan & Dean Let’s Go For A Ride - The Collegians On The Road Again - Canned Heat Drive South - John Hiatt I Gotta New Car - Big Boy Groves & Band No Money Down - Chuck Berry & His Combo Dear Dad - Dave Edmunds Little Forty Ford - Leon Smith '41 Ford - The Grand Prix ‘64 Ford - Phranc Stolen Car - The Green Hornets Go Lil’ Camaro Go - Ramones Road Runner - Bo Diddley Beep Beep - The Playmates Black & White Thunderbird - The Delicates '54 Corvette - The Customs Sting Ray - The Routers Route 66 Theme - Nelson Riddle Gasoline Alley - Rod Stewart Mustang Sally - Wilson Pickett Listen Listen Listen Wild, Wild Mustang - Dick Dale & His Del-Tones 409 - The Quads Automobiles - The Spaniels V-8 Ford Blues - Mose Allison Pontiac Blues - Sonny Boy Williamson G.T.O. - Ronny & The Daytonas Go Go G.T.O. - Carol & Cheryl Bite Bite Barracuda - Buddy Randell & The Knickerbockers Ford V-8 - Honey Boy Allen No Particular Place To Go - Chuck Berry Four In The Floor - The Shutdowns Big Green Car - Jimmy Carroll Spark Plug - Four Teens Buick 59 - The Medallions Freeway - The Fugitives Two Lane Highway - Pure Prairie League Six Days On The Road - Dave Dudley Wheels - Flying Burrito Bros. ---
**Author:** ![psycat90](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@psycat90](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psycat90)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2006, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rustle-me-up-some-road-songs/368390/27 "2006-08-13T06:31:31Z")
An absolute must IMHO, _Windfall_ by Son Volt. Actually, most of Son Volt is great, but that song in particular is essential driving music. ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2006, 8:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rustle-me-up-some-road-songs/368390/28 "2006-08-13T08:55:42Z")
Day driving: **Heartbreaker** - by Led Zeppelin **Roadhouse Blues** by The Doors **Take it Easy** The Eagles **Jessica** by the Allman Brothers Band **Molly Hatchet** - the entire ‘Flirtin’ With Disaster’ CD. The entire **Lynyrd Skynyrd** “Gold and Platinum” set. Night Driving: **Radar Love** by Golden Earring **Texas Flood** by Stevie Ray Vaughan **LA Woman** by The Doors **Don’t Fear the Reaper** by Blue Oyster Cult **Lodi** by Creedence Clearwater Revival **The Weight** by The Band **Moondance** by Van Morrison **Stairway to Heaven** by Led Zeppelin **Dark Side of the Moon** - the whole album by Pink Floyd **Wish You Were Here** - the whole album by Pink Floyd ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2006, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rustle-me-up-some-road-songs/368390/29 "2006-08-13T11:47:35Z")
The biggest problem with the Road Trip Songs CD is that I invariably don’t have time to assemble enough songs to get me through the trip. Then I end up in Cornhusker, Nebraska listening to the sow report for four hours. I _hate_ when that happens! ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2006, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rustle-me-up-some-road-songs/368390/30 "2006-08-13T13:06:42Z")
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