Keep on Truckin

11 months ago by Jeff Woods | October 30, 2009 9:58 am

If you submitted your favourite road songs, and even if you did not, I’m counting them down on this weekend’s hour long episode of ‘Legends’.     Speaking of the devil …

Though they’d make their name as one of rock’s biggest concert attractions, life on the road wasn’t always sunshine daydreams for the Grateful Dead. It was 1970. The Dead had been touring the country for months on end, traveling from places like Buffalo to Dallas, and trashing the odd hotel room along the way. The road stories became a little more serious when the band shuffled into New Orleans and wound up getting as the story goes, set up like  bowling pin and busted down on Bourbon Street.   After getting pinched for possessing a personal pot stash, they swore they’d never return to Bourbon Street after that.   Truth is some good did come out of all the adventures on the road. The Grateful Dead would be inspired to be put the trials and tribulations of their long strange trips into a song that guitarist Bob Weir would call totally autobiographical. Not only would it go down as one of rock’s greatest road songs, it would in turn become the Grateful Dead’s first notable radio hit upon its release in January 1971, Truckin’.

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  • VME
    October 30, 2009 at 1:45 pm

    The stuff you can learn by reading this blog, and to think my boss says I’m spending time with my pet!(polite way of putting it). Really, the info you bring to the table is obscure but can be broght up in conversation and I WIND UP LOOKING LIKE A MUSIC JUNKIE,I love it.
    Keep up the good stuff, do you want honourable mention on this stuff?

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  • s. spence
    October 30, 2009 at 8:27 pm

    wicked tune ,, nothing to add to that

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  • Rick Hansen
    October 31, 2009 at 1:29 am

    I know it’s blasphemy, but Willie Nelson’s “On the Road Again”!

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  • Rick Hansen
    October 31, 2009 at 1:29 am

    I know it’s blasphemy, but Willie Nelson’s “On the Road Again”!

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  • Chris Uttley
    November 1, 2009 at 10:21 pm

    Best road song in a luxury car?
    Keith Jarrett – the Koln Concert.

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  • dawn
    November 2, 2009 at 7:33 am

    Off topic but i finally caught up with part deux of the Space ‘Legends’ on Saturday morning. I have to say you are getting very good at this. Well researched, well written, blah, blah, blah. LIVE 2112 (genius) AND a Moon song; you sure do know how to make a girl happy. For a while there i was worried about you goin all American on us but i guess i should have known better. Yeah, Yeah they have some good tunes too.

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  • Mike
    November 2, 2009 at 3:47 pm

    Jeff: Loved the show this weekend!

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  • elaine
    November 3, 2009 at 7:35 am

    haha, good one!

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  • Gary Cleeton
    November 7, 2009 at 12:08 pm

    This was a great show but the fact is all your shows are great. Living the music since the 60′s you always bring back good memories.
    Thank You & please don’t stop.

    Also can I get a song list of the show today (Nov 7th @ 9’00am)there was a few songs I want to search & find for my listening.

    Thank you again

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