You know, the far-off-stare inducing kind? Here's a few of my favorites: - Long as I can see the light (CCR) - Ol 55 (The Eagles) - Ramble On (Led Zeppelin) - Mike Oldfield - Adrift and at peace (Nine Inch Nails)
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#110438 - 01/31/0901:33 AMRe: What songs remind you of the Road?
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kevonionia
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The song that's always playin' in my mind when I'm getting weary on a hike or a run or just need a lift is "Gettin' By" by Jerry Jeff Walker. Here's the lyrics:
OK buckaroos, Scamp Walker time again I'm trying to slide one by you once more Don't matter how you do it Just do it like you know it I've been down that road once or twice before
Chorus: Just gettin' by oh gettin' by's my stock in trade Living it day to day Pickin' up the pieces wherever they fall Just letting it roll, letting the high times carry the low I'm just living my life easy come, easy go
Last week I was thinking, it's record time again And I could see Mike making those faces Ah Mike, don't you worry, something's bound to come out Besides, I've been down this road once or twice before
Chorus
Income tax is overdue, I think she is too Been busted and I'll probably get busted some more But I'll catch it all later, can't let em stop me now I've been down this road once or twice before.
I got to hear him sing this song at a little dive in Austin while I was a freshman at UT. Maybe 30 people there, including Darryl Royal, the championship football coach, at the bar (in February) in a straw cowboy hat and white tennis shoes. At least I think Jerry Jeff sang it -- he (honestly!) passed out mid-song falling back off his barstool, set over.
#110445 - 01/31/0908:37 AMRe: What songs remind you of the Road?
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I got to hear him sing this song at a little dive in Austin while I was a freshman at UT. Maybe 30 people there, including Darryl Royal, the championship football coach, at the bar (in February) in a straw cowboy hat and white tennis shoes. At least I think Jerry Jeff sang it -- he (honestly!) passed out mid-song falling back off his barstool, set over.
JJW. Good stuff. The Armadillo, Austex Lounge, Soap Creek Saloon, Antone's.
Were you fortunate enough to see SRV at Steamboat on 6th St?
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#110446 - 01/31/0908:43 AMRe: What songs remind you of the Road?
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Kevon, when were you at UT?? I was probably in that bar...."Jer Jeff" made a habit of partying a little hearty. Last saw him at Bass Hall in Ft. Worth where he played so long he outlasted the audience. Ever make it to AWH? "Gettin' By", "London Homesick Blues", and "Redneck Mother" are etched into my brain. Still play those for folks on my guitar. Willie's "On the Road Again", "Lefty and Pancho", Nanci Griffith's "Great Divide", and Steve Fromholz's "Texas Trilogy"....the heyday of Austin music! All great road music.
#110451 - 01/31/0911:20 AMRe: What songs remind you of the Road?
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kevonionia
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Paul & Scottyb, we got a common love here. I was at UT '74-'78 (and UH, TT and SMU, too! -- shoulda wrote a guidebook.) Yeah, spent many a night at Armadillo World HQ. You named some great ones, esp. "Texas Trilogy." Was Lefty Frizell the guitar player missing the fingers? What was the name of that great music store near The Drag and that flea market? Trying to remember it for years, but with diminished brain cells from AWH and that place out on Bee Caves road, can't. Scottyb: Was that the Soap Creek Saloon on Bee Caves? Remember the ruts in the dirt road to that place?
(BTW, Paul, how'd you make it thru your ice storm?)
#110464 - 01/31/0902:32 PMRe: What songs remind you of the Road?
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Scottyb: Was that the Soap Creek Saloon on Bee Caves? Remember the ruts in the dirt road to that place?
That was it, one of it's locations. It moved several times after that. Remember, they filmed some shots of that movie there, with Peter Fonda, "Outlaw Blues".
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Goin' down the road feeling bad, by any of the musicians that covered it, but I really like Grateful Deads version from 1970 Harpur College
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#110515 - 02/01/0901:20 PMRe: What songs remind you of the Road?
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Oh, Dryer, you're now my favorite! So few people have ever heard of Nanci Griffith. She is one of my all time favorites, and I used sing Great Divide as well as many of her other songs with a group that played for mostly cops.
Oh, and I'll add to the list just about anything by Kate Wolf.
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So few people have ever heard of Nanci Griffith. She is one of my all time favorites, and I used sing Great Divide as well as many of her other songs with a group that played for mostly cops.
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