Music Break #5

Hello Everybody,

Taking a break to share some traveling music with you. To prepare for my trip down the Mother Road, I felt it was important to have just the right mix of music.

 I bought myself an iPod Shuffle, which holds about 14 and a half hours of music or just over 200 songs, and I started working on adding music. I first went through all the music I have collected over the years and started adding songs that I thought was traveling related. You know like, On the Road Again, by Willie Nelson.

After I added that kind of themed music, I started adding songs that I liked that were not traveling related and noticed that I was picking songs based on other themes. Below is just part of my road trip mix. Let me know what you think. Got any suggestions to add? I am always adding and deleting music from this compilation so I’d love to hear what you got to say. Who knows, you might influence what I listen to every time I take a road trip.

Even though I am a fan of classic rock, I did purposely added other genres just to shake up things up a bit.

In Part 4, I had a list with 100 songs. Here is the list again, but with 25 more songs...

Travel Related Music (Classic Road Tripping music or a play of words regarding the Title)

Route 6, by Chuck Berry, The Doughboys, Glenn Frey, and The John Malino Band

Highway to Hell, by ACDC

Ramblin’ Man, by The Allman Brothers

Roll on Down the Highway, by Bachman-Turner Overdrive

Mustang Sally, by Buddy Guy

Born to Run, by Bruce Springsteen

Pink Cadillac, by Bruce Springsteen

Run to You, by Bryan Adams

Drive, by The Cars

No Particular Place to Go, by Chuck Berry

Rockin’ Down the Highway, by The Doobie Brothers

Life in the Fast Lane, by Eagles

Take It Easy, by the Eagles (Props to Winslow, AZ)

My Kind of Town, by Frank Sinatra (Great song about Chicago, the starting point of Route 66)

Radar Love, by Golden Earring

Running on Empty, by Jackson Browne

I’ve Been Everywhere, by Johnny Cash

Wheel in the Sky, by Journey

All Time Favorite Song from that Group/Artist (Everyone has a favorite of a favorite)

Thurderstruck, by ACDC (Perfect for driving in thunderstorms)

Love Shack, by The B-52’s

One Week, by Barenaked Ladies

Hey Jude, by The Beatles

While My Guitar Gently Weeps, by The Beatles

Piano Man, by Billy Joel

She Talks to Angels, by Black Crowes

I Feel Love, by Blue Man Group

Like a Rock, by Bob Seger

Summer of 69, by Bryan Adams

Space Oddity, by David Bowie

Hotel California, by Eagles

All Shook Up, by Elvis

Lose Yourself, by Eminem

Tusk, by Fleetwood Mac

Shake it Out, by Florence and The Machine

Learn to Fly, by Foo Fighters

My Way, by Frank Sinatra

Iris, by Goo Goo Dolls

Feel Good Inc., by Gorillaz

Good Riddance (Time of Your Life), by Green Day

Sweet Child of Mine, by Guns N’ Roses

Life’s Been Good, by Joe Walsh

In Repair, by John Mayer

Pink Houses, by John Mellencamp

Don’t Stop Believin’, by Journey

Stairway to Heaven, by Led Zeppelin

Are You Gonna Go My Way, by Lenny Kravitz

Great Cover Songs of Classics

Mony Mony, by Billy Idol

Hard to Handle, by Black Crowes

Rock-n-Roll Related

It’s Still Rock and Roll to Me, by Billy Joel

Old Time Rock and Roll, by Bob Seger

Rock of Ages, by Def Leppard

Jailhouse Rock, by Elvis

I’ve Got a Rock ‘N’ Roll Heart, by Eric Clapton

Has Personal Meaning (Usually involves or reflects a special time in my life)

Give You Hell, by All American Rejects (Can you tell I went through a divorce?)

All You Need it Love, by The Beatles (Would like to have a lot of people lip sync to this a do an awesome video)

It’s My Life, by Bon Jovi

Just for Fun (Usually upbeat and Usually replaced by other songs)

A Hard Day’s Night, by The Beatles

Eleanor Rigby, by the The Beatles

I Got a Feeling, by Black Eyed Peas

Sing Along, by Blue Man Group

We Didn’t Start the Fire, by Billy Joel

Bo Diddley, by Bo Diddley

Hollywood Nights, by Bob Seger

Just What I Needed, by the Cars

Roll Over Beethoven, by Chuck Berry

Johnny B. Goode, by Chuck Berry

You Never Can Tell, by Chuck Berry

Every Teardrop is a Waterfall, by Coldplay

Changes, by David Bowie

Fame, by David Bowie

Pour Some Sugar On Me, by Def Leppard

Jesus is Just Alright, by The Doobbie Brothers

Black Water, by The Doobbie Brothers

Give Me Some Water, by Eddie Money

The Benny Hill Show, by The Edwin Davidson Jazz Band

War, by Edwin Starr

Can’t Help Falling in Love, by Elvis

Tears in Heaven, by Eric Clapton

Sweet Dreams, by Eurythmics

Would I Lie to You?, by Eurythmics

Don’t Stop, by Fleetwood Mac

Dog Days are Over, by Florence and The Machine

Everlong, by Foo Fighters

My Hero, by Foo Fighters

Hot Blooded, by Foreigner

Urgent, by Foreigner

That’s Life, by Frank Sinatra

Some Nights, by Fun.

Move It On Over, by George Thorogood

Let Love In, by Goo Goo Dolls

Sympathy, by Goo Goo Dolls

Last Living Souls, Kids with Guns, Dare, Clint Eastwood, 19-2000, Rhinestone Eyes, Some Kind of Nature, Superfast Jellyfish, all by Gorillaz

21 Days, by Green Day

Tongue Tied, by Grouplove

Day-O and Jump the Line, by Harry Belafonte

You Sexy Thing, by Hot Chocolate

It’s Time, On Top of the World, and I Bet My Life, by Imagine Dragons

New Sensation and Need You Tonight, by INXS

Never Know and Banana Pancakes, by Jack Johnson

You’ve Got a Friend, by James Taylor

Analog Man and All Night Long, by Joe Walsh

Who Says, Waiting on the World to Change, and Daughters, by John Mayer

Get Rhythm, I Walk the Line, and Ring of Fire, by Johnny Cash

Sex on Fire, by Kings of Leon

The Ocean, by Led Zeppelin

Fly Away, by Lenny Kravitz

Pro America

Born in the USA, by Bruce Springsteen

These are just a sample of what I have on my mix so far. I’ll be updating this every so often.

You got an idea of song that should go on my mix? Let me know, make a comment down below.

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Thanks again,

Rich

Cruising Through Bloomington then It Gets Funky

Hello Everyone,

Before Bloomington, Illinois, is a little town called Towanda. There is a Mystery Geocache along the Route, but not having confidence in solving puzzles, I skipped it. If you have the time and energy for puzzles, I suggest you try RT66-IL: Towanda (GC1DHNC, hid by wvhillbilly59, 5 favorite points).

There is another geocache in town at neat park called Boyd-Wesley Park. There is off street parking and a short walk to the cache. The geocache is called, To Wanda on Route 66 (GC6611X, hid by DebbieG, 1 favorite point). It is also a great place to picnic if you need an eating break in your day.

When I prepared for geocaches in Bloomington, I studied the two paths Route 66 took over the years I couldn’t find any geocaches that was Route-Related for my trip. I put a couple of sounds-sort-of-interesting geocaches on my list, but lost interest as I drove through town. There is a population of over 75,000 in Bloomington, but being totally Route 66 friendly, it is not. One of the reasons my interest receded was that Bloomington didn’t seem to embrace The Mother Road and it’s history. If you look up Bloomington, Illinois on Wikipedia there is only one mention of Route 66 when it talks about their McLean County Museum of History. The feeling I got as I drove through town was this was a college town and they don’t need Route 66.

After Bloomington, Route 66 clips the small town of Shirley and has a fun little geocache called, Shirley there’s gotta be something here! (GC3E42C, hid by pawprintlogic1, 4 favorite points). A neat little place to find a geocache and works as a warm up for finds in Funk’s Grove.

Here is what it says about Funk’s Grove on theroadwanderer.net .

"Funks Grove is a pleasant place amidst a hectic world. In the stillness of the grove it’s hard to believe that the Interstate with its frenzied traffic is just a couple of miles away. You are in a different world here. But now you know all about the less traveled road that will take you to yet another magical place. A place to rest and gather your strength. I would have to say that Funks Grove is one of my favorite places along Route 66 in Illinois. There’s timelessness about this place that goes back almost two hundred years. It has a fascinating history too.

In 1824 Isaac Funk found a large stand of native Maple trees growing on the Illinois prairie here. Being a foresighted man he located his farm in the grove and set about building a family business that has lasted almost 180 years! Little did Isaac know that a hundred years later a celebrated highway would pass by his front door! I would hazard to say the Funk's family business just might be the oldest family business along all of Route 66!

In the early years, Isaac and his sons started making maple sirup for personal use. They cooked the sap down in kettles over a fire. In 1860 Isaac's son, Isaac II, took over production of the maple sirup. Arthur Funk, Isaac II's son opened the first commercial sirup camp here in 1891.

Lawrence, Arthur's brother, took over production in 1896. The reins of control were passed to Hazel Funk Holmes in the 1920s. It was during this time period that Route 66 was finished near the sirup camp. Foresight must run in the Funk family because Hazel arranged for her timber and farmland to be protected by a trust insuring that the Funks Grove Pure Maple Sirup would be around for generations to come. In this same trust she expressed her wish for the traditional spelling of sirup with an "i" to be used. In her honor the Funk family still uses that spelling today. See I didn't misspell sirup at all!

In 1947, Stephen Funk, son of Lawrence, and his wife Glaida, took over the operation. Stephen and his son Mike formed a partnership in the late 1970s. Stephen and Glaida retired in 1988 and Mike and his wife Debby took over the business. The sugar house now being used was built in that year and continues to serve as the heart of the operation as well as a great little gift shop too. Debby and Mike Funk continue the fine family traditions lay down by previous generations of Funks at Funks Grove.

The famous grove is one of the prettiest places along Route 66 in Illinois. Even the Illinois DOT realized this when they built the Interstate for they located a rest area in Funks Grove also. The Illinois Route 66 Association has set up a fine exhibit on Route 66 at the Funks Grove Rest Area too. If you must travel the super-slab at least you can stop at the rest area to savor the atmosphere of the place and check out the cool Route 66 exhibit to boot."

I went the place where they make the sirup but it was getting late and everything was closed up. Did get a couple pictures though.

The geocache I found nearby was Curvy 2, or Funks Grove - Country Road Series (GC1N1G0, hid by wvhillbilly59, 2 favorite points).  It’s worth the stop.

Further down the road is a series of geocaches called, Sugar Grove Trails. I didn’t stop for these. It was getting late and it was getting close to finding a place to stay.

That’s it for now. Next time I find a cache in McLean and find something big in Atlanta.

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I had the time of my life on Route 66. I think you would too. But don't take my word for it...Go Experience It For Yourself.

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