My Favorite Road Trip Music
What’s a road trip without road trip music? Here is a list are some of my favorite road trip songs, and videos to accompany most of them.
Johnny Cash – I’ve Been Everywhere
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmFN9C9PVpg]
Steppenwolf – Born To Be Wild
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdiWEmTpwCY]
Jerry Reed – East Bound And Down
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnRwQjTYfGI]
Junior Brown – Highway Patrol
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_wLVCLPx0M]
Rascal Flatts – Life Is a Highway
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QM88kxxMlhQ]
Lindsey Buckingham – Holiday Road
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nLiQBV6A7c]
The Doors – Roadhouse Blues
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XU9JWukf07c]
Buster Poindexter – Hit The Road Jack
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBfWJDg9Pwk]
Ray Charles – Mess Around
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmpMqa89wx8]
Roger Miller – King of the Road
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmOe27SJ3Yc]
C.W. McCall – Convoy
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1t6zQsjzYE]
Nelson Riddle & His Orchestra – The Theme From Route 66
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXw5qyW6YIQ]
Bobby Troup – Route 66
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLUYf6cekMA]
B-52’s – Love Shack
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=leohcvmf8kM]
Beach Boys – I Get Around
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cJOevhjS20]
Eagles – Take It Easy
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPospvRqP_s]
Dave Dudley – Truck Driving Man
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISlQTT7iYIQ]
Dave Dudley – Six Days On The Road
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKcYRkUI0Dk]
Willie Nelson – On The Road Again
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSICoacOT60]
Gary Numan – Cars
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ldyx3KHOFXw]
Junior Brown – Broke Down South of Dallas
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRlcWvVYItA]
Sammy Hagar – I Can’t Drive 55
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_QmludKu1g]
Eddie Rabbitt – Drivin’ My Life Away
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PtClFWTIyc]
Weird Al Yankovic – Truck Drivin` Song
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OuLegnMsVKw]
Weird Al Yankovic – Biggest Ball of Twine in Minnesota
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=daZtLf6TceU]
Fabulous Thunderbirds – Way Down South
Dusty Chaps – Don’t Haul Bricks on 66
Mary Cutrufello – The Long Red Line
America – Ventura Highway
Delta Rhythm Boys – Dry Bones
Simon & Garfunkel – Homeward Bound
Kevin Welch – Willy Rogers Highway
LeRoi Brothers – California Sun
Two High String Band – Goodbye California (Hello, Illinois)
One Comment
Jim
Great list. A couple from my list:
Wings – Helen Wheels (“Spend my day on the motorway where the carbuerators clash” and “Shake some dust of of this old bus, gotta get her out of town”)
Deep Purple – Highway Star (“Eight cylinders, all mine! All right, hold tight, I’m a highway star!”)