Americans and Canadians have long sung the praises of the open road. Below
is a list of songs that focus on the highways, roadside culture and vehicles.
Please send your favorite roads songs to
Road songs:
Country Road - James Taylor
Crossroads - Ry Cooder and others
Down the Road - Little Feat
Get Your Kicks (on Route 66) - Bobby Troup, and too many to mention
Goin' Down that Road Feelin' Bad - Woody Guthrie
Hard Travelin' - Woody Guthrie
Hejiera - Joni Mitchell
Highway 13 - John Lee Hooker
Highway 23 - Ry Cooder
Highway 40 Blues - Cordle & Duncan, Ricky Scaggs
Highway 51 - Bob Dylan
Highway 61 Revisited - Bob Dylan
Highway 99 with Melange - Michael Nesmith
Highway Blues - Clifton Chenier, Roy Harper
Highway Cafe - Kinky Friedman & the Texas Jewboys
Highway Cafe of the Damned - Austin Lounge Lizards
Highway Calls - Tish Hinojosa
Highway Kind - Townes Van Zandt
Highway Man - Howlin' Wolf
Highway My Friend - Howlin' Wolf
Highway of Heartaches - Seldom Scene
Highway of Pain - High Country, Del McCoury, Seldom Scene
Highway of Regret - Ralph Stanley, Southern Rail, Stanley Brothers
Highway of Sorrow - David Grissman, Doc Watson
Highway Patrolman - Bruce Springsteen
Highway Song - James Taylor
Highways and Heartaches - Joe Ely
Hobo's Lullabye - Woody Guthrie
I Ain't Got No Home - Woody Guthrie
Let Me Ride - James Taylor
The Load Out - Jackson Browne
The Lonesome Road - James Taylor
Natchez Trace - Michael Martin Murphy
Promised Land - Chuck Berry, James Taylor
Ramblin' Man - Allman Brothers
Ramblin' Man - Hank Williams
Ramblin' Round - Woody Guthrie
The Road - Danny O'Keefe, Jackson Browne
Road Again - Grateful Dead
The Road and the Sky - Jackson Browne
Road Goes on Forever - Too many to mention
Road Hawg - Joe Ely
Road is Rough - John Lee Hooker
Road is So Rough - John Lee Hooker
Road Ladies - Frank Zappa
Road of Love - Duanne Allman, Ted Taylor
Road Race - Duane Eddy
Road to Mexico - Rory Block
Road to the Sun - MobyGrape
Route 1 - Duane Eddy
Route 66 Revisited - Jimmy LaFave
Route 90 - Los Lobos, Johnny Winter
Running Down the Road - Arlo Guthrie
Running on Empty - Jackson Browne
Shaky Town - Jackson Browne
Take it Easy - Eagles, Jackson Browne
Thunder Road - Bruce Springsteen
Traffic Jam - James Taylor
Walking Man - James Taylor
Wandering - James Taylor
Willin' - Little Feat, Lowell George, Linda Rondstadt
Working on the Highway - Bruce Springsteen
Bus Songs:
America - Simon & Garfunkel, Yes
Does this Bus Stop at 82nd Street? - Bruce Springsteen