One of our readers has declared Hank Snow’s I’ve Been Everywhere as the RVer’s National Anthem. We’ve driven thousands of miles, yet we’ve just begun the fulltiming chapter of our lives, so we couldn’t agree more! Check out the Original Recording Remastered, and the Encore Collection, or download the MP3 from Amazon.com!
“I’ve been everywhere, man
I’ve been everywhere, man
Crossed the deserts bare, man
I’ve breathed the mountain air, man
Of travel I’ve had my share, man
I’ve been everywhere“
This slideshow below includes classic travel songs we’ve deemed worthy for our cross country road trip soundtrack. Scroll down for our first selections and more lyrics we found applicable to our trip. We also have links to some interesting internet radio we have discovered and local stations that stuck on our radio dial as we passed through their towns. Enjoy!
“Looking out at the road rushing under my wheels
I don’t know how to tell you all just how crazy this life feels
I look around for the friends that I used to turn to to pull me through
Looking into their eyes I see them running too“
“Take It easy, take it easy
Don’t let the sound of your own wheels drive you crazy
Lighten up while you still can don’t even try to understand
Just find a place to make your stand
and take it easy“
On The Road Again by Willie Nelson The Essential Willie Nelson
(2-disc set of all your favorites from the red Headed Stranger)
“On the road again
Like a band of gypsies we go down the highway
We’re the best of friends
Insisting that the world be turnin’ our way
And our way
Is on the road again“
“You’re sick of hangin’ around and you’d like to travel;
Get tired of travelin’ and you want to settle down.
I guess they can’t revoke your soul for tryin’,
Get out of the door and light out and look all around.“
One Toke Over the Line by Brewer & Shipley Weeds/Tarkio
“I want to be
One toke over the line sweet Jesus
One toke over the line
Sittin’ downtown in a railway station
One toke over the line“
“Well, I don’t care if it rains or freezes
Long as I have my plastic Jesus
Riding on the dashboard of my car
Through all trials and tribulations
We will travel every nation
With my plastic Jesus I’ll go far“
“And they call me Speedball, Speedball Tucker,
terror of the highway and all them other truckers
will tell you that the boy is mad
to be drivin’ in a rig like that“
Many thanks to Mad Dr. Matt for all the awesome road trip songs he played during Alternative Therapy on KHSU the weekend we left Eureka on our full-time RVing sabbatical. Below are some links to other good radio stations we’ve found on the dial and on the web during our travels…
WERU – Great music across the board, from classical to world beat. Community radio from Bangor, Maine. But get close for decent reception
WBTN – Vermont Public Radio can be heard all over New England and provides a good feel for the people and politics of Vermont
KGHR – Broadcasting out of Tuba City, AZ. As we drove through the Navajo Nation, this station was playing an eclectic mix of traditional Native American music and old cowboy songs.
KUWR – Wyoming Public Radio broadcasts from 91.9 in Laramie, WY. We listened on KUWD 91.5 out of Sundance while staying at the Devil’s Tower KOA. Aside from its NPR programming, this appears to be one of the the only Wyoming radio stations that doesn’t constantly blare hesher music from the likes of Motorhead, Pantera and Linkin Park! Listen online via the WPR RealPlayer Stream
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