Road Tunes

The song list: Dave Matthews (most/all albums that we have) They Might Be Giants (most/all albums that we have) Elvis Costello (most/all albums that we have) 10,000 Maniacs  – In my Tribe (album) Squeeze – Singles – 45’s and Under (album) Paul Simon – Graceland Suspicious minds – Elvis Little less Conversation – Elvis Alive – Pearl Jam Pictures of you  – The Cure Let’s Go to Bed – The Cure Hit the Road, Jack- Percy Mayfield On the Road Again- Willie Nelson Drive My Car- The Beatles Start Me Up- Rolling Stones Already Gone- The Eagles Fast Car- Tracy Chapman Life Is a Highway- Rascal Flatts or Tom Cochrane Ramblin’ Man- The Allman Brothers Little Red Corvette by Prince Me and Bobby McGee by Janis Joplin Roam – B52s Born to Run – Bruce Springsteen Rosalita – Bruce Springsteen Cadillac –  Bruce Springsteen No Particular Place to Go by Chuck Berry Truckin’ by The Grateful Dead Driving My Life Away – Rhett Akin’s or Eddie Rabbit Country Road – John Denver Little Deuce Coupe – Beach Boys California Dreamin – The Mamas & the Papas or Beach Boys Young Americans- David Bowie Tiny Dancer  –  Elton John Benny and the Jetts – Elton John Maggie May by Rod Stewart Horse with No Name  – America San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Some Flowers In Your Hair) – The Mamas & the Papas Joy to the World – Three Dog Night Cherry Bomb –  John Cougar Mellencamp Little Pink Houses  – John Cougar Mellencamp Goin’ Down the Road Feeling Bad – Grateful Dead One Less Set Of Footsteps  – Jim Croce Take the Long Way Home – Supertramp Landslide – Smashing Pumpkins/Dixie Chicks/Stevie Nicks Crash Into Me – Dave Matthews Band You’re my home – Billy Joel Round Here, Counting Crows Long December, Counting Crows Mr. Jones, Counting Crows Satellite, Dave Matthews Band Red Red Wine, UB40 Wonderful World, Louis Armstrong Everyday, Dave Matthews Band These Are the Days, 10,000 Maniacs Ants Marching, Dave Matthews Band Best of What’s Around, Dave Matthews Band American Girl, Tom Petty The Gambler, Kenny Rogers Glory Days, Bruce Springsteen Blister in the Sun, Violent Femmes The Dock Of The Bay, Otis Redding I Can’t Get No Satisfaction, Rolling Stones Jailhouse Rock, Elvis Presley Bohemian Rhapsody, Queen Good Vibrations, Beach Boys Imagine, John Lennon Let’s Stay Together, Al Green Hotel California, The Eagles I Can See For Miles, The Who Take It Easy, The Eagles Running on Empty, Jackson Browne Road Trippin’, Red Hot Chili Peppers Vacation, the Go Gos Closer to Fine – Indigo Girls Let the Good Times Roll – The Cars Always Something There to Remind Me, Naked Eyes Take Me to the River – Talking Heads Once in a Lifetime – Talking Heads Driving My Life Away – Rhett Akins or Eddie Rabbit Sing, Sing, Sing – Benny Goodman and his Orchestra Love Shack – B-52s Country Road – John Denver Freebird – Lynyrd Skynyrd Sultans of Swing: The Very Best of Dire Straits (album) Bruce Springsteen Thunder Road, Born in the USA Everyday Is a Winding Road – Sheryl Crow A Beautiful Day – U2 Paul Simon – Graceland (album) Tom Petty- Free Falling Sailing to Philadelphia – Mark Knopfler (album) Albequerque – “Weird” Al Yankovich King of the Road – Roger Miller

This is not our fault

Our little clan started as relative nomads–seven homes in the first six years, I think–so it’s no surprise that  a sedentary life might have its consequences. But a wanderlust has been haunting our house for months (maybe years).  It’s not a scary haunt; more like a friendly, “I saw it on the landing, waving at me” kind of poltergeist.  You know it won’t hurt you, but it gives you butterflies in your stomach, nonetheless.  Because you know your partner just might take the bait. Mo or I will often tease the other: “Let’s move to Idaho and eat what we grow”.  (A friend once used this exact phrase to describe his frustration with life.)  We laugh every time we say it , but deep down we know there’s something to it.  We’ve “fed the beast” with a trip to Disney here, a camping trip there.  But it wants more … it always wants more. When Maureen began researching travel books on Costa Rica, I knew immediate action was necessary. “Let’s take a month off,” I said.  The look in her eyes said (as the movie quote goes): “You had me at ‘hello’”. So here we go…