Best traveling and road trip songs

[RonBoyd]

How about:

YouTube - Kathy Mattea-18 Wheels And A Dozen Roses

 

[bbbamI]

YouTube - Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band- Katmandu

 

[audreyh1]

Man, don't give me the slow stuff when I'm driving the rig!!! I need the energetic stuff to get me down the road.

This keeps me hopping!!!! HIGHWAY STAR
YouTube - Deep Purple - Highway Star Lyrics

(Ian Gilliam - IMO Best Rock and Roll Singer of all time, but that would be a much debated title)

And don't forget Steppenwolf! Getcha Motor Runnin! Head out on the highway!

YouTube - Steppenwolf - Born To Be Wild

Audrey

 

[audreyh1]

+1 on Radar Love
Open all Night - SpringSteen
State Trooper - Springsteen
and of course

YouTube - Deep Purple - Highway Star

And

YouTube - Steppenwolf - Born To Be Wild

OK - This is too funny!!! Obviously we would make ideal co-pilots!

Head banging down the road!

+1 on Radar Love too!!!!!

Audrey

 

[Purron]

Kick back.

YouTube - Air - La Femme D'Argent

 

[Avalon]

YouTube - A Walk On The Wild Side

 

[Ed_The_Gypsy]

YouTube - Tom Waits - Burma Shave (Summertime) - part 1

Tom Waits: On the Road to Burma Shave

 

[Urchina]

Nancy Griffith: Ford Econoline
YouTube - Nanci Griffith - Ford Econoline

Steve Earle and/or Taj Mahal: Six days on the road
YouTube - Steve Earle - Six Days on the Road (Live)

 

[Ed_The_Gypsy]

Really good stuff here! Thanks to all.

 

[RonBoyd]

Or about reasons to:

YouTube - Dixie Chicks - Wide Open Spaces

(I looked for "Nothin like a hundred miles" by Ray Charles but was unsuccessful.)

Of course, there is good advice:

YouTube - Guardian Angel by The Bellamy Brothers and Willie Nelson

 

[Sarah in SC]

Steve Earle and/or Taj Mahal: Six days on the road
YouTube - Steve Earle - Six Days on the Road (Live)

Great minds think alike! I posted this as one of my all time faves for road trips. I speed up every time it comes up on my iPod! Love Steve Earle!

 

[bruce1]

OK - This is too funny!!! Obviously we would make ideal co-pilots!

Head banging down the road!

+1 on Radar Love too!!!!!

Audrey

Way cool Audrey. I used to take the Charger up to 85 put on Highway Star and cruise the 401 across the top of Toronto at 2AM. Long time ago. I could add Travelin Band by Creedence to the list although it is different.

 

[kyounge1956]

These aren't exactly "road trip" songs, but they're three of my automobile-oriented favorites.
YouTube - The Beach Boys - Little Deuce Coupe
YouTube - Hot Rod Lincoln
YouTube - The Little Nash Rambler

 

[Sarah in SC]

Oh, I have that album with Hot Rod Lincoln on it--Commander Cody and the Lost Planet Airmen. I know the words by heart!

 

[Free To Canoe]

YouTube - Gordon Lightfoot - Carefree Highway

Many very good songs in this thread!

The Peter, Paul and Mary one made me think of this gentleman.

Free to canoe

 

[bbbamI]

YouTube - Jim Croce - I Got a Name (1973)

 

[bbbamI]

YouTube - Roger Miller - King Of The Road

 

[bbbamI]

Eagles - Midnight Flyer - YouTube

 

[GregLee]

From the film "Sun Valley Serenade" (1941), featuring Glenn Miller Orchestra, Tex Beneke, Paula Kelly and The Modernaires.
Chattanooga Choo Choo - Glenn Miller Orchestra - YouTube

Chuck Berry - Maybelline - YouTube

 

[Purron]

"Counting the cars on the New Jersey Turnpike, they've all gone to look for America"

Simon & Garfunkel - America - YouTube

 

[HFWR]

Road Fever - Foghat - YouTube

 

[Sarah in SC]

"Counting the cars on the New Jersey Turnpike, they've all gone to look for America"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W773ZPJhcVw

Oooh, good one! I forever associate that song with Stephen King's The Stand. One of my all time favorite books, btw.

 

[Nodak]

Canned Heat:
Canned Heat - On The Road Again - YouTube
Little Feat:
Little Feat - Let It Roll (Video) - YouTube

 

[Purron]

OMG, I'd forgotten about that Canned Heat song. That's some primo $hit