Favorite driving songs

[lotusland]

There are some all-time greats that I like a lot like Maybelline, Roadhouse Blues, Radar Love, etc. It helps if the song is about driving but for me it’s most essential for a driving song to have some attitude and raw bluesy or rockabilly guitar. Dire Straits and Petty’s Damn the Torpedos in it’s entirety work well for me. Lately I’m partial to some Telecaster twang. My current Google Play driving playlist starts like this:

Ray Wylie Hubbard - Bad on Fords
https://youtu.be/QdZqxIHrunU

Chris Knight - Hammer Goin Down
https://youtu.be/OfwEpUrlQXw

William Topley- Uptown Baby
https://youtu.be/NFDR3zs8xBk

Robert Earl Keen - Amarillo Highway
https://youtu.be/jFd0m5nJ3Mc

The Ravyns- Raised on the Radio
https://youtu.be/jFd0m5nJ3Mc

Kelly Willis - Red Sunset
https://youtu.be/W8oCfG_ZiDs

Mozella - You Don’t Love Anyone ( yeah kind of an outlier I know)
https://youtu.be/e-GTKTmSWO8

The Derailers - There Goes the Bride
https://youtu.be/qhMenoEUSDE

Steve Earle - Hardcore Troubadour
https://youtu.be/trYtqya9MjU

Lucinda Williams - Can’t Let Go
https://youtu.be/uvA1grwbdNg

[OldPhiKap]

Great topic, will respond in more detail later. Two of my faves off the top:

Running on Empty, Jackson Browns:
https://youtu.be/Vq25ZJwZJzU

Jet Airliner, Paul Pena (he wrote the song, even though he let Steve Miller record it first — Pena’s version is better IMO):
https://youtu.be/Cjr5U7g6aiA

(Would also post Truckin’ by the Grateful Dead, but would like to find a version friendly to those not predisposed towards the band. This one is short: https://youtu.be/qaQ8r-SwR2c )

[devildeac]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3jf9_rua5Q

[devildeac]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLdvnQD_eio

[tteettimes]

Eddie Rabbitt......Drivin’ My Life Away”

[Devilwin]

"Everybody Wants To Rule The World", Tears For Fears.

"Radar Love", Golden Earring.

"Four Sticks", Led Zeppelin.

"Abbey Road", entire album. The Beatles.

"Kashmir", Led Zeppelin.

"Pet Sounds", entire album, Beach Boys.

"Endless Summer", entire album, Beach Boys.

"Running On A Dream", Tom Petty.

" White Album", entire album, The Beatles.

"Sympathy For The Devil", Rolling Stones.

[OldPhiKap]

I vowed that if I ever got a shot to DJ, this would be the first song I played:


https://youtu.be/aFnmWkr5A8s

Brand New Cadillac. the Clash

[Dr. Rosenrosen]

Anything by Uncle Tupelo.

[lotusland]

I vowed that if I ever got a shot to DJ, this would be the first song I played:


https://youtu.be/aFnmWkr5A8s

Brand New Cadillac. the Clash

Excellent choice! I’ll add 2 more Cadillac driving tunes:

Southern Culture - Voodoo Cadillac
https://youtu.be/7rf3ljr36uI

Chris Knight - Devil Behind the Wheel
https://youtu.be/uZu2Gx8gVto

[lotusland]

Anything by Uncle Tupelo.

Passenger Side fits if you’ll take a Wilco tune
https://youtu.be/mhM5iyqc13k

And I like Moonshiner anytime
https://youtu.be/mhM5iyqc13k

[fidel]

Doobie Brothers - Best Of - Black Water if I had to pick one

Talking Heads - Take me to the River

Steely Dan - Kid Charlemagne

Driving at night...Springsteen, Born to Run album

[Devilwin]

Anything by SCOTS (Southern Culture On The Skids), especially "Camel Walk" and "Daddy Was A Preacher But Mama Was A Go Go Girl"...lol:cool:

[duke74]

First thing that comes to mind is Aqualung...in its totality. And to be eclectic, anything by Gordon Lightfoot.

[lotusland]

Anything by SCOTS (Southern Culture On The Skids), especially "Camel Walk" and "Daddy Was A Preacher But Mama Was A Go Go Girl"...lol:cool:

Yeah me too. A friend of mine used to book those guys at the Music Farm in Charleston back in the 90s. I’ve had an opportunity to talk to them several times. Rick primarily plays a modified Sears and Roebuck guitar for his unique rockabilly/surf-rock hybrid sound.

Too Much Pork for just one fork
https://youtu.be/rQ7i1j_Si3U
My House has Wheels
https://youtu.be/UC5eUVV0FgI
Fried Chicken and Gasoline
https://youtu.be/BCCqeHm5VDY
Soul City
https://youtu.be/FP-rt7NefYE
Chicken Sh!t Farmer
https://youtu.be/BuxbqQAHCZk

[jimsumner]

Is Born to Run too obvious?

Add Don Henley, "Boys of Summer."

Mahler's second symphony always revs me up.

Maybe not what you're looking for.

[lotusland]

Doobie Brothers - Best Of - Black Water if I had to pick one

Talking Heads - Take me to the River

Steely Dan - Kid Charlemagne

Driving at night...Springsteen, Born to Run album

Hmm Born to Run has a pretty good rocker titled “Night”. BtR also has Thunder Road and, of course the song “Born to Run” which are both good driving songs. “Drive all Night” is on The River. It’s an 8 1/2 minute song
that’s a little dark and slow for by driving playlist. “Racing in the Streets” is on Darkness on the Edge of Town

[lotusland]

Is Born to Run too obvious?

Add Don Henley, "Boys of Summer."

Mahler's second symphony always revs me up.

Maybe not what you're looking for.

I agree on “Boys of Summer” I hadn’t thought of that one but there is something about it that is suitable for highway driving. I’ll have take your word on the symphonies though.

[Mtn.Devil.91.92.01.10.15]

Life is a Highway?

[lotusland]

“Boys of Summer” reminds me of “Driving” by Patty Griffin. Something about the guitar creates tension and sense of desperation or loss.
https://youtu.be/NVgi1NhTihs

Here’s another very similar one that just came to mind
https://youtu.be/qXuPyE7CKZQ

And this is the only Patty song that’s actually on my driving playlist https://youtu.be/fvDatU7C7eU

[CrazyNotCrazie]

China Grove - Doobie Brothers
Best of What's Around - DMB
Rosalita - Springsteen
Numerous Allmans songs, best is likely Jessica
Boys are back in town - Thin Lizzy
Peg - Steely Dan
Army - Ben Folds Five
We Built this city on rock and roll - Starship
America - Simon and Garfunkel

[jimsumner]

China Grove - Doobie Brothers
Best of What's Around - DMB
Rosalita - Springsteen
Numerous Allmans songs, best is likely Jessica
Boys are back in town - Thin Lizzy
Peg - Steely Dan
Army - Ben Folds Five
We Built this city on rock and roll - Starship
America - Simon and Garfunkel

America only works if you boarded a Greyhound in Pittsburgh.

Let me suggest, Hendrix's take on All Along the Watchtower.

[OldPhiKap]

Steely Dan - Kid Charlemagne


Is there gas in the car?

Yes, there’s gas in the car.

Promised Land by Chuck Berry is a great rocking travel song.

I’ve Been Everywhere by Hank Snow is too.

[tteettimes]

Bellamy Brothers
If I said you had a beautiful body would you hold it against me

[OldPhiKap]

Though it’s cold and lonely
In the deep, dark night,
I can see paradise
By the dashboard light . . . .

[camion]

Roy Orbison - I Drove All Night

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5N9IHqqGcA
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5N9IHqqGcA)

Just because, well, Roy Orbison.

[MartyClark]

A little melancholy compared to most of your picks but "Fast Car" by Tracy Chapman.

[rsvman]

An oldie but a goodie:

Run, Run, Run by JoJo Gunne

[OldPhiKap]

I heard East Bound and Down by Jerry Reed on XM just now. Even though it was for a goofy movie, that’s a good driving song.

[jimsumner]

If it's melancholy you're after, go for Springsteen's Stolen Car.

[lotusland]

If it's melancholy you're after, go for Springsteen's Stolen Car.

I love that song and I love melancholy but that’s not my go to when I want to have fun driving with the windows down. Highway 29 is melancholy like only Springsteen can do tragic/melancholy

https://youtu.be/3snH98WI7jM

Same for Mr. State Trooper off Nebraska but this Steve Earle Cover is more like a driving tune for me. Steve on the Gibson and Michael McAdam on the Tele
https://youtu.be/eTLa-tA2KDI

[jimsumner]

I love that song and I love melancholy but that’s not my go to when I want to have fun driving with the windows down. Highway 29 is melancholy like only Springsteen can do tragic/melancholy

https://youtu.be/3snH98WI7jM

Same for Mr. State Trooper off Nebraska but this Steve Earle Cover is more like a driving tune for me. Steve on the Gibson and Michael McAdam on the Tele
https://youtu.be/eTLa-tA2KDI

If you want to have fun driving the Boss, go for Darlington County.

[lotusland]

In my book, road songs, like Homeward Bound are a different category for another day. There are some intersections like , “6-days on the Road” and possibly “On the Road Again”

Restless Youthful Angst is another category that can intersect with both. I fear the connection between cars and restlessness my be lost on current and future generations though. Here’s a couple I like a lot:

Steve Earle - Someday (also a cool cover by Shawn Colvin on Cover Girl)
https://youtu.be/cGKuhUpV-bk

Asheville’s own David Wilcox - Saturday They’ll all be Back Again
https://youtu.be/TUUtSqP5Zwk

Also Eye of the Hurricane by DW (although he’s said the song is about addiction)
https://youtu.be/6ECqrs9P9C4

[lotusland]

A couple of humorous road rage songs:
REK - Swervin in my Lane
https://youtu.be/yuKHqK8EPJo

DW - Blow ‘em Away
https://youtu.be/yvdW0AQcLzc

[wavedukefan70s]

Black sunshine by white zombie
https://youtu.be/sqPClltS5k8
which is what I call my 71 mustang convertible. black on black on black.
521 big block 600 hp 580 pounds of torque .3 speed tci streetfighter transmission 2200 stall.ford 9 inch rear end.i may sell her.scares the crud out of me at times.ladies love it.its like george micheal.it attracts them by the dozens but has absolutely no use for them.

[TruBlu]

Hellbound Train - Savoy Brown
Train Train - Blackfoot

(Yes, I know that these are actually “train” songs, but I love them for driving.)

[fidel]

Springsteen - Pink Cadillac
Prince - Little Red Corvette
Coven - One Tin Soldier

[Indoor66]

Jewel - Standing Still

[MartyClark]

Steppenwolf - Born To Be Wild
Los Lobos - Last Night (I got loaded)
Steve Goodman - City of New Orleans (train song)
Sly and the Family Stone - Dance to the Music
Bruno Mars - Uptown Funk

[Tripping William]

Drive In, Drive Out (https://youtu.be/EayuuISrIw0)

Ants Marching (https://youtu.be/IXPOHCsgWFw) (“Driving in on this highway, all these cars and up on the sidewalk...”).

[jimsumner]

Steppenwolf - Born To Be Wild
Los Lobos - Last Night (I got loaded)
Steve Goodman - City of New Orleans (train song)
Sly and the Family Stone - Dance to the Music
Bruno Mars - Uptown Funk

Make that . . .

Los Lobos-Last Night I Got Loaded, But I had a Designated Driver.

[lotusland]

Steppenwolf - Born To Be Wild
Los Lobos - Last Night (I got loaded)
Steve Goodman - City of New Orleans (train song)
Sly and the Family Stone - Dance to the Music
Bruno Mars - Uptown Funk

My playlists is heavy on Prince but otherwise pretty soul deficient. I’m sick of Little Red Corvette and 1999 but I never tire of When Doves Cry, KISS, Tambourine and Alphabet Street. I’d include Temptation and If I was your GF except for the over the top endings that are a little too Prince for my Drive playlist. My favorite Prince for driving is his best B side - “She’s Always in my hair”. I link a YouTube version but you can’t cuz Prince. I like the New Power Generation stuff a lot too. The musicianship was upped with those guys. Sexy MF and Get Off are a blast!!

[aimo]

I second Steppenwolf's Born to Be Wild.

Plus, Allman Bros' Nobody Left to Run.

And Grateful Dead's Ripple for a mellower tone.

[OldPhiKap]

Ramblin’ Man — Allman Bros.

[Duke79UNLV77]

War, "Low Rider"
Paul Simon, "Graceland"
Rush, "Red Barchetta"
Tom Waits, "Long Way Home"
Prince, "Little Red Corvette"
The Who, "Going Mobile"
Cake, "Bucket Seats and Safety Belts"
Jimi Hendrix, "Highway Chile"
BoDeans, "Texas Ride Song"
Albert King, "Matchbox Blues"
CCR, "Playing in a Traveling Band"
Bright Eyes, "Travelin' Song"
Jason Isbell, "Traveling Alone"
Chuck Berry, "Maybellene"
Talking Heads, "Road to Nowhere"
John Hiatt, "Tennessee Plates"

[94duke]

Rolling Stones - Don't Stop

Note all of the references in the video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNX_UCEzu7w

[Reddevil]

Highway Song ~Blackfoot
Takin' Care of Business and You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet ~BTO
Keep Your Hands to Yourself ~Georgia Satellites
Night Moves ~Segar

[JNort]

I can't stand music while driving most of the time. Give me a podcast or some good ole talk radio.

[moonpie23]

from someone who's spent decades on the "road", if you need to be ALERT during those long evening legs, just slip that cassette of HIGHWAY TO HELL in...


you're good for while...


oh, and jack it up...

[RPS]

Lots of great ones have already been mentioned. I'll add the following ten.

Come on Baby Drive My Car (The Beatles)
Take It Easy (The Eagles)
Mustang Sally (Wilson Pickett)
American Pie (Don McLean)
Sweet Home Alabama (Lynyrd Skynyrd)
I've Been Everywhere (Johnny Cash)
I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles) (The Proclaimers)
Ramblin' Man (Allman Brothers)
Born to Be Wild (Steppenwolf)
Hit the Road Jack (Ray Charles)

[Reddevil]

from someone who's spent decades on the "road", if you need to be ALERT during those long evening legs, just slip that cassette of HIGHWAY TO HELL in...


you're good for while...


oh, and jack it up...

I was tempted to include this as a guilty pleasure since I love to play this during my extremely annoying morning and evening commute. Ya see, some genius here in Richmond, VA decided it would be a good idea to merge I-95 and I-64 for six miles in the middle of the city. What a freakin daily disaster. This is what can happen when you try to engineer a highway system around a colonial city. It got my blood pressure up just thinking about it so I went with the concept of driving songs on the way to a beach vacation instead.

[killerleft]

I've always associated bluegrass music with movement, and have listened to a lot of instrumentals when travelling. A particularly fine one is Foggy Mountain Breakdown. No one can do it better than the composer himself, Earl Scruggs. He was a true giant of American music, and here he performs with a little help from his friends:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQIJuu3N5EY

He had a lot of friends.

[lotusland]

I've always associated bluegrass music with movement, and have listened to a lot of instrumentals when travelling. A particularly fine one is Foggy Mountain Breakdown. No one can do it better than the composer himself, Earl Scruggs. He was a true giant of American music, and here he performs with a little help from his friends:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQIJuu3N5EY

He had a lot of friends.

I enjoyed the heck outta that! Purist might thumb their noses at “bluegrass” with drums, keyboards and electric guitars but I’ll take Leon Russell and Albert Lee anyway I can get them.

I love Bluegrass and I love Steve Earle so Steve’s bluegrass record with the Del McCoury band is an all time favorite. The Mountain was the 3rd of 4 records in 4 years from SE that were pure genius. The whole record is outstanding but these are on my Google drive tunes playlist

https://youtu.be/65Fj-LeEaQk
https://youtu.be/sROgp6QG7nQ
https://youtu.be/mY2FVUAWow8
https://youtu.be/ukvUqaCe8To

Not on my drive playlist but this is another great one featuring Iris Dement
https://youtu.be/BUGYzSoi_Vk

[Tommac]

Rockin' Down the Highway by the Doobie Brothers, Take the Highway by The Marshall Tucker Band, Smoke on the Water by Deep Purple, Born to be Wild by Steppenwolf.

[Dr. Rosenrosen]

To expand on my earlier vote for Uncle Tupelo, I have trained a Pandora station to pretty much play nothing but Uncle Tupelo, Son Volt, Jay Farrah, The Jayhawks, Magnolia Electric Co., Wilco, Whiskeytown and a little from Old 97’s. It’s obviously pretty chill but the time just flies by.

[jimsumner]

To expand on my earlier vote for Uncle Tupelo, I have trained a Pandora station to pretty much play nothing but Uncle Tupelo, Son Volt, Jay Farrah, The Jayhawks, Magnolia Electric Co., Wilco, Whiskeytown and a little from Old 97’s. It’s obviously pretty chill but the time just flies by.

As an aside, Son Volt is playing in Raleigh June 16, NC Museum of Art.

[killerleft]

I enjoyed the heck outta that! Purist might thumb their noses at “bluegrass” with drums, keyboards and electric guitars but I’ll take Leon Russell and Albert Lee anyway I can get them.

I love Bluegrass and I love Steve Earle so Steve’s bluegrass record with the Del McCoury band is an all time favorite. The Mountain was the 3rd of 4 records in 4 years from SE that were pure genius. The whole record is outstanding but these are on my Google drive tunes playlist

https://youtu.be/65Fj-LeEaQk
https://youtu.be/sROgp6QG7nQ
https://youtu.be/mY2FVUAWow8
https://youtu.be/ukvUqaCe8To

Not on my drive playlist but this is another great one featuring Iris Dement
https://youtu.be/BUGYzSoi_Vk

Those are super. The McCoury's are legends, of course, and Iris Dement was born (I'm thinking) perfect and has stayed that way!:o

[Turk]

I was tempted to include this as a guilty pleasure since I love to play this during my extremely annoying morning and evening commute. Ya see, some genius here in Richmond, VA decided it would be a good idea to merge I-95 and I-64 for six miles in the middle of the city. What a freakin daily disaster. This is what can happen when you try to engineer a highway system around a colonial city. It got my blood pressure up just thinking about it so I went with the concept of driving songs on the way to a beach vacation instead.

That same genius was probably the same person who decided it would be a good idea to put 4 toll gates on I-95 in Richmond and Petersburg, where you had to throw a quarter or two into a basket. You'd have to be pretty Crusty to remember those. P.S. How much worse would it be without the I-295 bypass?

(Apologies for the "detour")

[Reddevil]

That same genius was probably the same person who decided it would be a good idea to put 4 toll gates on I-95 in Richmond and Petersburg, where you had to throw a quarter or two into a basket. You'd have to be pretty Crusty to remember those. P.S. How much worse would it be without the I-295 bypass?

(Apologies for the "detour")

Certainly I-295 and I-195 help, but if you work downtown in the financial district there are few options for getting in and out. Richmond is divided into north and south by the James River which only exacerbates the situation. It is best to find a job in the surrounding counties and avoid downtown altogether. It can take 30-45 minutes to get home and only takes 12 minutes with no traffic. A single accident can make it and hour to and hour and a half. This city could really benefit from a mass transit upgrade. Back to the music.....(for some reason I have Zeppelin's Communication Breakdown in my head right now).

[Ggallagher]

Roll Me Away - Bob Seger

Although I suppose it's technically a riding song, not driving.

It's also a great song to end a workout at the gym with. Listening to this at the end of a workout always makes me push just a little bit harder.

[devildeac]

That same genius was probably the same person who decided it would be a good idea to put 4 toll gates on I-95 in Richmond and Petersburg, where you had to throw a quarter or two into a basket. You'd have to be pretty Crusty to remember those. P.S. How much worse would it be without the I-295 bypass?

(Apologies for the "detour")


Grrrr....

[lmb]

Those are super. The McCoury's are legends, of course, and Iris Dement was born (I'm thinking) perfect and has stayed that way!:o

On a side note, I grew up next to the McCoury family in Pennsylvania. They still own the farm house and stop in every once in a while even though they live in Tennessee. When I think of Del I picture a man on a riding mower with his shirt unbuttoned. :D

[TruBlu]

That same genius was probably the same person who decided it would be a good idea to put 4 toll gates on I-95 in Richmond and Petersburg, where you had to throw a quarter or two into a basket. You'd have to be pretty Crusty to remember those. P.S. How much worse would it be without the I-295 bypass?

(Apologies for the "detour")

I second DD’s “Grrrr”. Yes, I am crusty.

I was stationed in Maryland, but my girlfriend was home in NC. Made the trip about every other weekend.

Getting back on the right road, and in that time frame, how about:

Ina-Gadda-Da-Vida by Iron Butterfly, but only on an 8-track player.

[killerleft]

On a side note, I grew up next to the McCoury family in Pennsylvania. They still own the farm house and stop in every once in a while even though they live in Tennessee. When I think of Del I picture a man on a riding mower with his shirt unbuttoned. :D

Did he seem to be high and lonesome?:o:)

[RPS]

Did he seem to be high and lonesome?:o:)The following piece from The New Yorker (surprisingly) is pretty interesting.

The Discovery of Roscoe Holcomb and the “High Lonesome Sound” (https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/the-discovery-of-roscoe-holcomb-and-the-high-lonesome-sound)

But why read when you can listen and learn?


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlQJcSy6lHA

I'm a big fan of both Vince Gill (who I will see with the Eagles in September) and the magnificent Alison Krauss (who everyone should see/hear in concert). Since I am only permitted to provide one video per post, you may watch and listen to them on Gill's "High Lonesome Sound" here (https://youtu.be/5J-iG5cweus).

[duke74]

The following piece from The New Yorker (surprisingly) is pretty interesting.

The Discovery of Roscoe Holcomb and the “High Lonesome Sound” (https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/the-discovery-of-roscoe-holcomb-and-the-high-lonesome-sound)

But why read when you can listen and learn?


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlQJcSy6lHA

I'm a big fan of both Vince Gill (who I will see with the Eagles in September) and the magnificent Alison Krauss (who everyone should see/hear in concert). Since I am only permitted to provide one video per post, you may watch and listen to them on Gill's "High Lonesome Sound"
here (https://youtu.be/5J-iG5cweus).

I too love Alison Krauss. Single and w Union station. And live her duet with Tim Waits on “Missing You”

[jimsumner]

Has anybody mentioned "Willin' " by Little Feat?

Or "White Line Fever" by Merle Haggard?

[RPS]

You could do a lot worse that Sister Rosetta Tharpe, perhaps the most overlooked talent in rock-n-roll history.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MnAQATKRBN0

[lotusland]

I too love Alison Krauss. Single and w Union station. And live her duet with Tim Waits on “Missing You”

Bluegrass fans check out the Mark O’Conner Band first chance you get. Mark has been around since the 80’s playing in super-bands with David Grisman, Sam Bush and Tony Rice. This is mostly an O’Connel family band with his Wife Maggie, son Forest, Forest’s wife Kate. Kate rivals Allison Krause in her prime as a bluegrass singer. It’s a fiddle heavy band as Mark, Maggie and Kate are all fiddlers. Forest is and excellent mandolin player and the the base and guitarist are great too. Probably as tight a bluegrass band as you can find these days.

https://youtu.be/MmIQy0ghgjs

[OldPhiKap]

Has anybody mentioned "Willin' " by Little Feat?

Or "White Line Fever" by Merle Haggard?

The story I heard is that Lowell George wrote “Willin’l while he was in the Mother’s of Unvention, and brought the song to Zappa. Zappa said it’s great, but if you want to play that you better form your own band. So he did.

[lotusland]

Has anybody mentioned "Willin' " by Little Feat?

Or "White Line Fever" by Merle Haggard?

I’ve got “Think I’ll just stay here and Drink” by Merle on my drive list. What could be cooler than Merle on the Telecaster with some hot sax?? I’ve always thought the beauty of twang was being able to rhyme “drink” with “bank”.

https://youtu.be/M1bRGH9eD5o

Don’t have any Little Feat on my drive list but I’d pick Dixie Chicken over Willin’. The Commodore hotel is not in Memphis btw.

[OldPhiKap]

I’ve got “Think I’ll just stay here and Drink” by Merle on my drive list. What could be cooler than Merle on the Telecaster with some hot sax?? I’ve always thought the beauty of twang was being able to rhyme “drink” with “bank”.

https://youtu.be/M1bRGH9eD5o

Don’t have any Little Feat on my drive list but I’d pick Dixie Chicken over Willin’. The Commodore hotel is not in Memphis btw.

I’ll just take Waiting for Columbus end to end, and be happy when I get there.

[RPS]

Bluegrass fans check out the Mark O’Conner Band first chance you get. Mark has been around since the 80’s playing in super-bands with David Grisman, Sam Bush and Tony Rice. This is mostly an O’Connel family band with his Wife Maggie, son Forest, Forest’s wife Kate. Kate rivals Allison Krause in her prime as a bluegrass singer. It’s a fiddle heavy band as Mark, Maggie and Kate are all fiddlers. Forest is and excellent mandolin player and the the base and guitarist are great too. Probably as tight a bluegrass band as you can find these days.O'Connor's Appalachian Christmas (https://www.amazon.com/Appalachian-Christmas-Mark-OConnor/dp/B0050VMJ3K) includes guest turns from Alison Krauss, Yo-Yo Ma and more. It's fantastic.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_SyJ-yxU30

If you're a fan of fiddle music, you might want to pay a visit to Cape Breton Island in Nova Scotia. The Scottish music of the 18th C. is beautifully preserved there and played there all the time. Natalie MacMaster (https://youtu.be/EB5mHI4WXn8) is one popular practitioner. And the scenery is unbelievably gorgeous.

[Reddevil]

Keep on Smilin' -Wet Willie

Do You Know What I Mean? -Lee Michaels

You Make Me Smile -Uncle Kracker

Every Morning -Sugar Ray

Smile, sing, and watch the mile markers go by.