Jan 6, 2012

More songs about dusty roads and special riders

I’ve been walking forty miles of bad road
If the Bible is right, the world will explode


-- Bob Dylan, "Things Have Changed"

Make it one for my baby
And one more for the road


-- Billie Holiday, "One More for My Baby (And One More for the Road)"

Cotton fields stretching miles and miles
Hank's voice on the radio


-- Lucinda Williams, "Car Wheels on a Gravel Road"

This place ain’t doing me any good
I’m in the wrong town, I should be in Hollywood


-- Bob Dylan, "Things Have Changed"

A Friday-night playlist (partial) ...

1-2. "Going Down the Road" and "Bad Reputation," Woody Guthrie
3-4. "Down the Dirt Road Blues" and "A Spoonful Blues," Charley Patton
5-6. "On the Road Again" and "Things Have Changed," Bob Dylan
7-8. "The Road" and "Leaving Louisiana in the Broad Daylight," Emmylou Harris
9-10. "Six Days on the Road" and "Hot Burrito, No. 1," Flying Burrito Brothers
11-12. "101 is a Hard Road to Travel" and "Special Rider Blues," John Fahey
13-14. "One More for My Baby (And One More for the Road)" and "What a Little Moonlight Can Do," Billie Holiday
15-16. "Down By the Side of the Road" and "Mexican Home," John Prine
17-18. "Car Wheels on a Gravel Road" and "Joy," Lucinda Williams
19-20. "Down the Road a Piece" and "A Damn Good Country Song," Jerry Lee Lewis

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