Talking Heads‘ “Road to Nowhere.”
Beat Farmers‘ “Road to Ruin.” These guys were a great bar band.
Steve Earle‘s “Copperhead Road.”
Bruce Stringbean & the E Street Band‘s “Thunder Road,” in 1976.
Roger Mitchum‘s “Ballad of Thunder Road.”
Johnny & Edgar Winter, 2007, with Dylan’s classic “Highway 61 Revisited.”
The cooler’s full, the car’s gassed up, and we’re outta here. Have a great weekend, folks, and we’ll see you at the first rest stop after sunup.
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Saturday, 28 May 2011 at 5:42 AM |
Oh, great choices…. except Springsteen. Can’t abide him. But MITCHUM singing?? Oh totally worth it!! 🙂
Saturday, 28 May 2011 at 4:21 PM |
LC Aggie– The only reason I included Stringbean was the date of the vid, and that the song title had “Road” in it. He was way over-hyped in the mid 70s. I liked Southside Johnny better.
Here’s some trivia: The Ramones played with Springsteen on the same bill, and asked him to write a song for them. “Hungry Heart” was the result, but Springsteen’s manager told him to keep it for himself.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hungry_Heart
Sunday, 29 May 2011 at 4:37 AM |
Edgar and Johnny…Don’t mess with Texas.
Sunday, 29 May 2011 at 1:45 PM |
SG– I’m kind of surprised they’ve lasted so long. JW’s had health problems for years.