Summer Road Trip

This past Sunday, Bob Stroud did a Rock and Roll Roots Show on that all-American Summer Road Trip. I like nothing better than taking several road trips every summer, but haven't gotten around to many this year because of Big Oil's money grab.

However, these tunes will definitely get you in the mood for a trip. Stroud's show is on WDRV, Chicago's Drive at 96.9 and 97.1 FM. The show also streams live.

Here is a list of the "Road" songs he played. There were about ten others that he had that were for birthdays this coming week, so I didn't include them. Also, after some, you will see Stroud's comment. Mine will be in parentheses.


1 Country Road- James Taylor
2. (Take Me Home)- Country Roads- John Denver- (My song when I was in the Marines. Get me out of here. Well, at least the first three weeks. After that, I got used to it.)
3. Main Street- Bob Seger- with the Silver Bullet Band

4. Toulouse Street- Doobie Brothers- 1972
5. Thunder Road- Bruce Springsteen
6. Tobacco Road- Nashville Teens (Were they talking about that Carolina road between UNC and Duke?)

7. Positively Fourth Street- Bob Dylan- You better sit back and take the street like a man- (You've got s lot of nerve to say you're my friend. When I was down, you just stood there grinning.")
8. Penny Lane- Beatles (I just read that Penny Lane, the actual street in the song, is not capitalizing on it.)
9. Blue Jay Way- Beatles- George Harrison's song- (What were they trippin' on when they wrote and did this song?)

10. Free Ride- Edgar Winter- produced by Rick Derringer- (Always reminds me of the ride out to Galena for our honeymoon. Don't start off on the honeymoon on a 70 mile drive after the reception.)
11. Funky Broadway- Wilson Pickett- the Wicked Pickett- my 2nd favorite soul singer.)
12. Wall Street Shuffle- 10CC- the last two because they were in New York City

13. Ventura Highway- America
14. Cobblestone Road- Cryan' Shames- Chicago band- from "Scratch in the Sky" album- they still do it in concert- (Stroud should know. He is their lead singer now. One of those great Chicago sixties bands)
15. Yellow Brick Road- Elton John- (OK, so this one doesn't inspire me to get out on the road.)

16. Gasoline Alley- Rod Stewart- (Probably my second-favorite Stewart song.)
17. Get Your Kicks on Route 66- Rolling Stones- Going out west with Mick and the boys- (You just can't go on a road trip without this one. However, this is the only one Bob ever plays. Hey, Bob, how about Chuck Berry's version? A lot of bands have done it. Check them out.)
18. Highway 61 Revisited- Bob Dylan- (Hey, wasn't that where Robert Johnson made his deal with the devil?)
19. E Street Shuffle- Bruce Springsteen- from second album

20. Crossroads- Cream-- (Speaking of Robert Johnson.)
21. Long Lonesome Highway- Michael Parks- from TV show "Then Came Bronson"
22. Carefree Highway- Gordon Lightfoot

23. Pacific Coast Highway- Mamas and Papas- (Never heard this one before, but it's a good one about a very famous road up the Pacific coast.)
24. Lake Shore Drive- Alliotta, Haynes & Jeremiah- (What other song would you close with in Chicago?)

Great songs. Time to hit the road!!!

By the way, my favorite soul singer is the late, great Otis Redding. My favorite Rod Stewart song is "Maggie Mae."

On the Road Again, I Just Can't Wait to get on the Road Again. --RoadDog