Road Songs

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
• Promised Land - Chuck Berry, James Taylor
• The Wheels on the Bus - Too many to mention!

• Car Songs:

• Geronimo's Cadillac - Michael Martin Murphy
• Long May You Run - Stephen Stills & Neil Young
• Mercedes Benz - Janis Joplin
• Pink Cadillac - John Prine
• Pink Cadillac - Bruce Springsteen
• Take You Riding in My Car - Woody Guthrie
• Traffic Jam - James Taylor
• Used Cars - Bruce Springsteen

• Truck Songs:

• Brother Trucker - James Taylor
• Keep on Truckin' - Hot Tuna
• The Load Out - Jackson Browne
• Truckin' - Grateful Dead