Oh, my goodness. You have got to get a copy of Bela Fleck’s 1988 masterpiece, Drive.
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.”
“Endless Grey Ribbon,” Nick Lowe
“Hot Rod Lincoln,” Commander Cody and the Lost Planet Airmen
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.
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.
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.
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
Just Keep Me Moving - kd lang
From this box set:
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.
An absolute must IMHO, Windfall by Son Volt.
Actually, most of Son Volt is great, but that song in particular is essential driving music.
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
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!
What happened to Me and Bobby Magee?