Songs for the Road

On our travels across America my mind gets stuck on songs that certain locations seem to invoke. Here are a few that have come to my mind (and tend to get stuck there) because of where we've been.

On the Road Again - Willie Nelson


Walking to New Orleans - Fats Domino


The City of New Orleans - Arlo Guthrie


Amos Moses - Jerry Reed


Born on the Bayou - CCR


(Going Back to) Houston - Dean Martin


San Antonio Rose - Patsy Cline


The Streets of El Paso - (OK, it's Laredo, not El Paso, but be creative) Marty Robbins


Tombstone Territory - theme from the TV Western


Wyatt Earp - theme from the TV Western


Bat Masterson - theme from the TV Western


The Ballad of Johnny Yuma - sung by Gail's cousin Johnny Cash


A Horse With No Name - America


California Dreamin' - The Mamas and the Papas


California Girls - The Beach Boys


Ventura Highway - America


Do You Know the Way to San Jose? - Dionne Warwick


San Francisco (Be sure to wear some flowers in your hair) - Scott MacKenzie


San Francisco Open Your Golden Gates - (Gail was singing this one in the car!)


The Big Valley - theme from the TV Western (I was looking for Audra)


Bonanza - the theme from the TV show as sung by Lorne Green. Lorne should have stuck with acting. (The Map of the Ponderosa shows the Cartwrights ranch bordered Lake Tahoe.)


Take It Easy - The Eagles. (I stood on the corner in Winslow, AZ.)


Living on Tulsa Time - Don Williams


Okie From Muskogee - Merle Haggard


So click on the links and turn up the volume. If the rest of the trip inspires more I'll add them.