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Music Break #6

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 5, I had a list with 125 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)

Versions of Route 66, by Chuck Berry, The Doughboys, Glenn Frey, The John Malino Band, and Nancy Sinatra

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)

Drivin’ My Life Away, by Eddie Rabbitt

Long Black Road, by ELO

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

Free Bird, by Lynyrd Skynyrd 

Paradise By the Dashboard Light, by Meat Loaf

Middle of the Road, by Petenders

Little Red Corvette, by Prince

I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles), by Proclaimers

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

What’s Up, by 4 Non Blondes

Thurderstruck, by ACDC (Perfect for driving in thunderstorms)

Love Shack, by The B-52’s

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

Mr. Blue Sky, by ELO

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

Carry On Wayward Son, by Kansas

Stairway to Heaven, by Led Zeppelin

Are You Gonna Go My Way, by Lenny Kravitz

What a Wonderful World, by Louis Armstrong 

Hypnotize, by Notorious BIG

In the Air Tonight, by Phil Collins

Comfortably Numb, by Pink Floyd

Every Rose Has Its Thorn, by Poison

Let’s Go Crazy, by Prince

Bohemian Rhapsody, by Queen

Great Cover Songs of Classics

Mony Mony, by Billy Idol

Hard to Handle, by Black Crowes

Dancing in the Streets, by Martha Reeves

Rock-n-Roll Related

Rock Around the Clock, by Bill Haley

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

Old Time Rock and Roll, by Bob Seger

Rock & Roll Band, by Boston

Rock of Ages, by Def Leppard

Jailhouse Rock, by Elvis

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

Juke Box Hero, by Foreigner

I Love Rock N Roll, by Joan Jett

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)

I Got a Feeling, by Black Eyed Peas

Sing Along, by Blue Man Group

Bo Diddley, by Bo Diddley

Hollywood Nights, by Bob Seger

More Than a Feeling and Don’t Look Back, by Boston

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

Give Me Some Water, by Eddie Money

The Benny Hill Show, by The Edwin Davidson Jazz Band

War, by Edwin Starr

Dream a Little Dream of Me, by Ella Fitzgerald/Louis Armstrong

Don’t Bring Me Down, by ELO

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

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

21 Days, by Green Day

Tongue Tied, by Grouplove

Jump the Line, by Harry Belafonte

You Sexy Thing, by Hot Chocolate

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

Are Your Gonna Be My Girl, by Jet

All Night Long, by Joe Walsh

Take Me Home, Country Roads, by John Denver

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

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

Sex on Fire, by Kings of Leon

Fly Away, by Lenny Kravitz

Tutti-Frutti, by Little Richard

Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah and La Vie En Rose, by Louis Armstrong

Ho Hey, by Lummineers

I Will Wait, by Mumford and Sons

Just a Girl, by No Doubt

Spirit in the Sky, by Norman Greenbaum

Time and Money, by Pink Floyd

Don’t Stand Too Close to Me, by Police

Somebody to Love, by Queen

Pro America

Star Spangled Banner/4th of July Resprise, by Boston

Born in the USA, by Bruce Springsteen

America, by Neil Diamond

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

Finding Big Things in Atlanta, Illinois.

Hello Everyone,

After my stopping in Funk’s Grove, the next town is McLean, Illinois. The Sun was showing the early signs of setting, so I had to choose between seeing the couple of route related stops in McLean or go for a geocache called, Ron’s Steakhouse - McLean (GC2X0R1, hid by Razor1965, 2 favorite points). I picked the geocache. It wasn’t a difficult find, but a quick fun one.

If you are McLean, there is place you may to stop at and take a look, it’s called Dixie Truck Stop. It’s considered Illinois’ oldest truck stop. Dixie Truck Stop opened in 1928 and the lunch counter started out with just 6 stools.

After finding the geocache, it was time to find a motel. I found one in Atlanta that was reasonable and not Route 66 related, but for the life of me, I can’t remember the name.

The next morning I had a blast. There are some fun places to stop and take pictures and enjoy some of the fun on Route 66.

One of my favorite things on The Mother Road are the Muffler Men. They have one in Atlanta called Bunyon that holds a large hot dog.

Here is what theroadwanderer.net says about it,

The Route 66 Park will also become the home of the famous Route 66 Bunyon Giant from Cicero, Illinois. Another fiberglass giant from the hey-day of the Mother Road, for 37 years the Bunyon Giant, holding an enormous hot dog, once drew customers into the Bunyon Drive In. The passing of time had not been kind to this Mother Road relic. When the drive in closed the giant was in danger of being lost forever. In stepped the Illinois Route 66 Preservation Committee to save the day. The Bunyon Giant has been restored and now will become a part of Atlanta's proud Route 66 heritage.

Another fun place to stop in town is the Atlanta Museum. 

It’s hosts a large room of vintage video games like Asteroids, Ms Pac Man, old style pinball machines, etc... I can’t believe I am at the point in my life where the games that I spent hundreds of quarters on are now called vintage. Down below is a link to a Facebook Live post I did while I was downtown Atlanta. It starts out in a park that celebrates Route 66, shows off Bunyon, and for the most part ends at the museum. The deeper I go into the Atlanta Museum, the grainer the video gets, so apologizes ahead of time.

https://www.facebook.com/RichHavlik/videos

In the video I mentioned a geocache was hidden the park that is across the street from the museum. I couldn’t find and evidently the geocache got archived and now I can’t find it on the geocaching map.

Outside of that cache, there is only one other in town that I did go for, Glad You’re Here! (GC2CP99, hid by dolly1397, 1 favorite point). Another easy find, but you may want to wait until after normal business hours to get it.

That’s it for Atlanta. My next stop is in Lincoln, Illinois where I find a large wagon and get stopped for geocaching by the local police.

Thanks for taking the time to read this. If you like what you see, please share it on your favorite social media. Speaking of social media, you can find me on Facebook and Twitter (@richhavlik).

I am coming up close to another milestone with my blog. Soon I’ll be hitting over 5000 reads of my posts. So please share this with your friends.

Got any questions or comments, feel free to post them down below. I’d love to hear what you got to say.

If you read all of this so far, I have a bonus link to another Facebook Live I did in Pontiac when I was at a place called Octane 66. Enjoy.

https://www.facebook.com/RichHavlik/videos

I had the time of my life on Route 66. I think you would too. But don’t take my word for it. Experience it for yourself.

Thanks

Rich