Road Trip

I am sure at some point this summer you have loaded up the family in the family truckster and headed out on a road trip.  Here are some great road trip tunes so do not spill your Big Gulp while you are tapping toes and heading on down the road.  Safe travels!

Matt Pond PA - Holiday Road (mp3)

Willie Nelson - On The Road Again (mp3)

John Denver - Take Me Home, Country Roads (mp3)

Old Crow Medicine Show - Wagon Wheel (mp3)

The Replacements - Someone Take The Wheel (mp3)

Steve Earle - Guitar Town (mp3)

James McMurtry - Walk Between The Raindrops (mp3)

Gram Parsons' International Submarine Band - Folsom Prison Blues/That's All Right (mp3)

John Fogerty - Lookin' Out My Back Door (mp3)

Bruce Springsteen - Thunder Road (mp3)

Rolling Stones - Memory Motel (mp3)

Roadside Graves - Holiday Road (mp3)

Under the Covers

You just have to love the Replacements.  Here is Justin Townes Earle (Steve Earle's son), Drag The River and Band of Horses covering "Can't Hardly Wait".

The Replacements - Can't Hardly Wait (mp3)
Justin Townes Earle - Can't Hardly Wait (mp3)
Drag The River - Can't Hardly Wait (live) (mp3)

Here is Paul Westerberg singing live:

Under the Covers

This week's cover is the Bob Dylan song "Like A Rolling Stone".  I have included covers by the Rolling Stones, Jimi Hendrix, Bruce Springsteen and the Drive-By Truckers along with a parody by The Replacements.

Bob Dylan - Like A Rolling Stone (mp3)
The Rolling Stones - Like A Rolling Stone (mp3)
Jimi Hendrix - Like A Rolling Stone (mp3)
Bruce Springsteen - Like A Rolling Stone (mp3)
Drive-By Truckers - Like A Rolling Stone (mp3)
The Replacements - Like A Rolling Pin (mp3)

Bringing Wine to a Dinner Party

We are heading over to friends for a dinner party tonight so I had to go buy some wine to bring.  The new release of Bogle's Phantom is out so I bought a couple bottles.  If you have not had Phantom before it is a great wine you should try.

Here are a few songs about wine that you should check out as well:
The Replacements - Red Red Wine
Eric Burdon - Spill The Wine
Kevin Kerby (Mulehead) - Cheap Red Wine
Otis Redding - Champagne and Wine
Elvis Costello - Down Among The Wine And Spirits

Elvis will be in Dallas at Nokia on Sept 2nd

Suspected Wrigley Beer Tosser Turns Himself In

(photo via Deadspin.com)

On Wednesday night at Wrigley Field a Cubs fan in the Bleachers thru a full beer on Shane Victorino of the Philadelphia Phillies. The beer tosser escaped that night when security apprehended an over exuberant fan who they mistook as the perpetrator. Johnny Macchione of Bartlett, IL turned himself in the following day. The 21 year old college student is being charged with a count of battery and a count of illegal conduct within a sports facility.

The Cubs were getting beat 12-3 at the time so it had no impact on the game.

(photo via Deadspin.com)

(photo via Deadspin.com)

Songs about drinking beer and the Cubs:

Eef Barzelay - I Wasn't Really Drunk

The Handsome Family - Drunk By Noon

The Replacements - Beer For Breakfast

The Two Man Gentlemen Band - Fancy Beer

Steve Goodman - Go Cubs Go!