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John Cletheroe's
USA and Canada Holiday Hints |
Mick Abrahams (El Pea) - Greyhound Bus
Gregg Allman (Laid Back) - Midnight Rider
Gregg Allman (Laid Back) - Multi-Coloured Lady ("Got on the bus, destination Rome")
Allman Brothers Band (Brothers And Sisters) - Ramblin' Man
Doug Ashdown - Winter In America
Blessing (Highway 5) - Highway 5
Brewer And Shipley (Rural Space) - Blue Highway
Brewer And Shipley (Weeds) - Rise Up Easy Rider
Sawyer Brown - Six Days On The Road
Jimmy Buffett (Son Of A Son Of A Sailor Man) - Cheeseburger In Paradise
Byrds (Easy Rider) - Wasn't Born To Follow
Belinda Carlisle (Runaway Horses) - Leave A Light On (Motel 6's slogan)
Johnny Cash - I've Been Everywhere
Tracy Chapman (Tracy Chapman) - Fast Car
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra (American Jubilee) - America The Beautiful
Marc Cohn (Marc Cohn) - Silver Thunderbird
Perry Como - What Did Delaware? (includes dreadful puns on most US state names)
Doobie Brothers (Best Of) - Rockin' Down The Highway
Dvorak/London Philharmonic Orchestra (Classic Experience 1) - Largo From The New World Symphony
Electric Light Orchestra (Balance Of Power) - Calling America
Richard W Gilks (Road Dreams) - Road Dreams Theme
Arlo Guthrie (Alice's Restaurant) - Highway In The Wind
Leo Kottke (Mudlark) - Machine #2 (Road Dreams introduction. Road Dreams is a television series shown on Channel 4 (UK) some years ago featuring a selection of 8mm films taken over a period of several years by an English visitor to the USA; it also features some excellent music. The following caption appears at the start of each programme: "In 1968 Elliott Bristow went to New York for a two week holiday. In 1980, after twelve years and 500,000 miles on the road in America he returned to England with three trunks containing 75 hours of silent Super 8 film - his diary of this 'holiday'!".
Leo Kottke (Ice Water) - Pamela Brown ("One of these days I might be in your town...")
Gordon Lightfoot (Sundown) - Carefree Highway
Gordon Lightfoot (If You Could Read My Mind) - Me And Bobby McGee
Lobo (Greatest Hits) - Me And You And A Dog Named Boo
John Cougar Mellencamp (American Fool) - Jack And Diane ("outside the Tastee Freez...")
John Cougar Mellencamp (Scarecrow) - Rain On The Scarecrow
John Cougar Mellencamp (Scarecrow) - Small Town
Pat Metheny Group (American Garage) - Cross The Heartland
Roger Miller (Bonanza) - King Of The Road
Steve Miller Band (Greatest Hits) - Mercury Blues
Steve Miller Band (Greatest Hits) - Rock 'n' Me (Phoenix, Tacoma, Philadelphia, Atlanta, L.A., Northern California)
Joni Mitchell (Hejira) - Amelia ("I dreamed of 747's, over geometric farms")
Michael Murphey (Land Of Enchantment) - Route 66 (see separate article)
Michael Murphey (Blue Sky Night Thunder) - Without My Lady There
Outlaws (Lady In Waiting) - Breaker Breaker ("Clear that highway for me")
Tom Paxton (Ramblin' Boy) - I'm Bound For The Mountains And The Sea
Gene Pitney - Trans-Canada Highway
Martha Reeves And The Vandellas (Motown Chartbusters) - Dancing In The Street (Chicago, New Orleans, New York City, Philadelphia, Baltimore, DC, the Motor City and L.A.)
Charlie Rich (Dream On) - My Elusive Dreams
Rockingbirds (Cooking Vinyl Sampler Volume 4) - Roll On Forever
Runrig (Heartland) - Dance Called America
Say Zuzu (Live) - Highway Sign
Gil Scott-Heron (Best Of) - Winter In America
John Sebastian (The Four Of Us) - The Four Of Us
Pete Seeger (Best Of) - This Land Is Your Land
Bob Seger And The Silver Bullet Band (The Distance) - Comin' Home ("...Trailways bus was right on time..."; "...saw your uncle's store on Mainstreet...")
Bob Seger And The Silver Bullet Band (Night Moves) - Mainstreet
Bob Seger And The Silver Bullet Band (The Distance) - Roll Me Away
Simon And Garfunkel (Collection) - America
Sousa/Marine Band Of The Royal Netherlands Navy - Stars And Stripes Forever
Billie Jo Spears (Dream On) - '57 Chevrolet
Bruce Springsteen (Born To Run) - Born To Run
Bruce Springsteen (Born In The USA) - My Hometown
Bruce Springsteen (Darkness On The Edge Of Town) - Racing In The Street
Bruce Springsteen (The Ghost Of Tom Joad) - The Ghost Of Tom Joad (a reference to Steinbeck's "The Grapes of Wrath")
Bruce Springsteen (Born In The USA) - Working On The Highway
Steppenwolf (Easy Rider) - Born To Be Wild
Survivor (Eye Of The Tiger) - American Heartbeat
James Taylor (Flag) - Brother Trucker
James Taylor (Walking Man) - The Promised Land
Unknown Artist (Truckin') - Convoy
Unknown Artist (Truckin') - Old Home Fill Her Up
Unknown Artist - The Fugitive Theme (from the original 1960's television series)
Suzanne Vega (Solitude Standing) - Tom's Diner
U2 (Rattle And Hum) - Heartland
Hank Williams - Lost Highway
Hank Williams (Dream On) - Ramblin' Man
Jesse Colin Young (Together) - Pastures Of Plenty
Neil Young (Sleeps With Angels) - Trans-Am
Neil Young (Harvest Moon) - Unknown Legend ("Somewhere on a desert highway/she rides a Harley-Davidson...")
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