The Call of the Open Road

The No Show | Mar 30, 2010
PLAYLIST
THEME: "How Long Blues" - Jimmy Yancey
"Crazy 'Bout an Automobile" - Ry Cooder
"Key to the Highway" - Jazz Gillum
"Highway 49" - Howlin' Wolf
"Route 66" - Nat King Cole
"Hard Travelin'" - Woody Guthrie
"The Car Song" - Woody Guthrie
"Mercedes Benz" - Janis Joplin
"I Can't Help But Wonder
Where I'm Bound" - Tom Paxton
"Going Down the Road" - Ramblin' Jack Elliott
"Lost Highway" - Hank Williams
"Ramblin' Boy" - Tom Paxton
"Ramblin' Man" - Hank Williams
"I'm Gonna Walk the Street in Glory - Ramblin' Jack Elliott

Steve Post participates at an early age in that American ritual of self-realization and personal transformation, the cross-country automobile trip. Join Steve as he thrills to the call of the open road. Be there as Steve's father critiques the techniques of his fellow motorists. Listen as Steve says, "More sourballs, please." You probably could have programmed the music yourself, but we did it for you. [This program was first broadcast January 25, 2003.]

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