Wanderlust can become a serious problem if not treated properly. The best remedy is to get out there and travel! This week in part one of our feature we focus on great songs of the road and the long steel rails: just the cure for the need to explore. We’ll hear great music from Chuck Berry, Bela Fleck and Abigail Washburn, Tom Rush, David Hamburger, and of course, Steve Goodman. So, ditch those blues and come on the road … this week on The Sing Out! Radio Magazine.

LISTEN:

Artist/”Song”/CD/Label

Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer” (excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian
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Kristin Scott Benson / “Farewell Blues” / Stringworks / Mountain Home
Chuck Berry / “No Particular Place to Go” / Rock N’ Roll Rarities / Chess
Bela Fleck & Abigail Washburn / “Railroad” / Bela Fleck & Abigail Washburn / Rounder
John O’Connor / “Big Bend Boulevard” / Rare Songs / Self Produced
Roger Miller / “King of the Road” / All Time Greatest Hits / Mercury

Tom Rush / “On the Road Again” / Take a Little Walk with Me / Elektra
Guy Davis & Fabrizio Poggi / “Sonny and Brownies Last Train” / Sonny & Brownie’s Last Train / M.C. Records
Red Squirrel Chasers / “New River Train” / Shakin’ Down the Acorns / Vigortone
Kristin Scott Benson / “Travelers Rest” / Stringworks / Mountain Home

Steve Goodman / “City of New Orleans” / The Original Steve Goodman / Buddah
Tim & Mollie O’Brien / “Wichita” / Away Out On The Mountain / Sugar Hill
The Young’uns / “Ghafoor’s Bus” / Strangers / Hereteu Records
After the Flood / “Illinois Central” / After the Flood / Self Produced

Billy Bragg & Joe Henry / “KC Moan” / Shine A Light / Cv 30 Records
David Hamburger / “Pennsylvania Station Blues” / Pennsylvania Station Blues / Lounge Side
Commander Cody and his Lost Planet Airmen / “Hot Rod Lincoln” / Lost in the Ozone / MCA
Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer” (excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian
              Folkways