Bob Stroud's "Used Car Lot" Show 5-27-07

One of my favorite radio stations to listen to is WDRV, the Drive, 97.1 FM out of Chicago. It plays classic rock music. They also have one of my favorite deejays, Bob Stroud, who essentially became a deejay for the same reason I did. He'd go to parties and always ended up playing the music so decided, "Why not get paid for it as well?"

He has been in his own band, Bob Stroud's Rockorchestra, and he also is now the lead singer of one of my favorite Chicago bands from the 60s, The Cryan' Shames.

He does a show in the midafternoon with his much anticipated Ten at Ten where he plays ten songs from one year at 10 AM and at 1:45 plays one 45 from his massive collection. Even better, every Sunday from 7AM to 10 AM, he hosts a very popular Rock and Roll Roots Show. The depth of his knowledge is astounding. Every week, he has a theme. It might be a particular band or performer who is having a birthday that week, or he might spotlight this day on two years, usually about five years apart. Sometimes it is just a theme like Living in the USA, Summer Songs, or Car Songs.

This past Sunday, he did one called "Used Car Lot." Of course, this was right up my alley.

These are the songs he played:

1. Hot Rod Lincoln- Commander Cody- "Son, you're gonna drive me to drinkin' "
2. Maybelline- Chuck Berry- "As I was a motivatin' over the hill"

3. Little Old Lady from Pasadena- Jan & Dean- "Don't try to pass her."
4. Low Rider- War- one of my all-time favs- If you can't groove to this, ya can't groove
5. Back Seat of My Car- Paul McCartney- Hhhmmmnnnn! Sir Paul's gettin' a little randy.

6. Uneasy Rider- Charlie Daniels- go ahead and kick ol' Green Teeth
7. Ol' 55- Eagles
8. Gasoline Alley- Rod Stewart

9. Custom Machine- Beach Boys
10. Expressway to Your Heart- Soul Survivors- a great intro
11. Mustang Sally- Wilson Pickett- the greatest effort of the Wicked Pickett
12. Cadillac- New Colony 6- great 60s Chicago band- "C-a-d-i-l-l-a-c"-How fast can you say it

13. Drive My Car- Beatles- "Baby, you can drive my car."
14. Indiana Wants Me- R. Dean Taylor- Indiana Wants Me, Lord I can't go back there."
15. Lake Shore Drive- Alliotta, Haynes & Jeremiah "You can go from rags to riches" Chicago's waterfront

16. Crosstown Traffic- Jimi Hendrix- great guitar riff
17. Baby Driver- Simon & Garfunkel
18. Drag City- Jan & Dean- "...gonna have some fun."
19. Mercedes Benz- Goosecreek Symphony- Southern take on Janis Joplin classic

20. Radar Love- Golden Earring- one of the great road songs
21. Fun, Fun, Fun- Beach Boys- Where's she gonna go when she gets the keys to Daddy's car?
22. Get Your Kicks on Route 66- Rolling Stones- It's a good thing he played this one!!
23. Let It Roll- Bachman Turner Overdrive- "Ride, ride, ride, let it ride."

24. Let Me Be Your Car- Rod Stewart
25. No Particular Place to Go- Chuck Berry- "Ridin' around in my automobile..."
26. In the Driver's Seat- Sniff 'N Tears- Great sound on this one
27. Cruisin'- Jefferson Starship

28. Vehicle- Ides of March- another great Chicago band, this one featuring horns
29. Mercury Blues- Steve Miller Band
30. Little GTO- Ronny & the Daytonas- What can I say, the great old goats, the first muscle car

31. Little Cobra- Rip Chords
32. Chevy Van- Robert Johns- What goes on in the back of one of those, anyway?
33. See the USA in Your Chevrolet- Probably one of the greatest road song commercials ever written
34. Rockin' Down the Highway- Doobie Brothers- a vocal classic

35. Shut Down- Beach Boys- Now how are you gonna have a group of car songs and not this one?
36. Sweet Hitchhiker- CCR- my all-time favorite band. I had all of their albums.
37. Take the Highway- Marshall Tucker- great song, but too long
38. Traffic Jam- James Taylor- Boy, can I relate to this one.
39. Going Mobile- Who- This is a good one to close out the show.

By the way, these would be an excellent group to record for a cruise down that old road. Stay off the Super Slabs!!!! Or, as we say on Route 66 here in Illinois, "Friends don't let friends drive I-55" Sorry about that Sammy Hagar.

The Drive does stream live, so check out his show sometime.

Keep on Down that Two Lane Highway. --RoadDog