Wednesday, March 30, 2011

41 Songs That Crossed My Mind As I Crossed The Country

A lot of songs kept crossing my mind during my two different 6,000-mile cross-country road trips during the last six months.


As Mugs (I was solo on the trips except for my English Bulldog) crossed the USA via four different routes, we were able to put places and landscapes with a lot of songs I’ve heard over the years.Route%2066%20copy


Below are YouTube and other links to just 41 songs that came to mind, in no particular geographic order (enjoy) :


Bobby Bare 500 Miles Away From Home


Emmylou Harris Boulder to Birmingham


Josh Ritter Idaho


Pam Tillis Maybe It Was Memphis


Collin Raye Little Rock


Merle Haggard’s Vietnam War anthem Okie from Muskogee


George Strait’s Amarillo By Morning


Ruby Jane Smith Beautiful You, Happy Me and Valentine


Jon Bon Jovi’s Santa Fe


Glenn Campbell By The Time I Get To Phoenix


Gary Puckett & Union Gap (WA) Over You


Bobby Bare Detroit City


Asleep at the Wheel Route 66


Garth Brooks Beaches of Cheyenne


Dan Seals Everything That Glitters


Marie Osmond and Dan Seals Meet Me In Montana


John Denver Country Roads


Dwight Yoakum Good Time Charlie’s Got The Blues


Mormon Tabernacle Choir Come Come Ye Saints


John Denver Rocky Mountain High


Tim McGraw Telluride


Judy Collins Someday Soon


Dave Loggins Please Come To Boston


Chris LeDoux Take Me Back To Old Wyoming


Sawyer Brown Six Days On The Road


Elvis Presley Blue Moon Over Kentucky


Sissel Shenandoah


Blackwater Union Missouri Song


Willie Nelson & Merle Haggard Poncho & Lefty


Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson Mammas Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys


Anne Murray Tennessee Waltz


Roger Miller Hot Rod Lincoln


Dar Williams Iowa


R. Dean Taylor Indiana Wants Me


Nanci Griffith Deadwood, South Dakota


Kansas Carry On My Wayward Son


Alvin Youngblood Hart Illinois Blues


Gillian Welch Look At Miss Ohio


R.Carlos Nakai & Peter Kater Nez Perse Flight Song


Mormon Tabernacle Choir God Bless America


Scott Ainsle Bull City Blues

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