Noob getting ready to fly & drive!

[stayalert]

Getting ready to fly to Montana and buy '97 V10 4x4 EB350 EB SMB. Will drive 2300 or so miles home to Vermont. :e7:

Need recommendations for playlist (35 some odd hours worth of driving time )...I'll start

- Tonights the night (Neil Young)

 

[Pntyrmvr]

Tulsa time- Clapton. Good trip starter.
Hotel California whole album- Eagles
Mercury blues- David Linley
Live Bullet album- Bob Seger
Highway to Hell- AC/DC
Magic carpet ride- Steppenwolf
Radar love- Golden Earring
Rocket 88- any version
Folsom prison blues- Johnny Cash
Rodeo song- Showdown- fun and nastyish
Truck got stuck- Corb Lund
Run to the hills- Iron Maiden
Breaking the law- Judas Priest
Sausalito shuffle- ? (Blown head gasket mention) !!!!
Unknown "High steppin' hemi with a four on the floor"... - Springsteen
Convoy- CJ McCaul
Girl on the billboard. And Road hammer song- The Road Hammers
6 days on the road- find the old, original- guy has some smoky voice
Sweet home Alabama live version- Lynrd Skynrd- for the last half hour

Otherwise no idea. Never done a road trip.


"Talk is cheap. Whiskey costs money."

 

[BeeDub-ClassB]

"Come a long way" by Michelle Shocked

Have a good and safe trip!

 

[Pntyrmvr]

Two six packs away- Dave Dudley


"Talk is cheap. Whiskey costs money."

 

[Flux]

Going Mobile - The Who

 

[gruvn72]

Thats easy.....

Al Dimeola- Elegant Gypsy :b5:

 

[ShuttlePilot]

Stickshifts and Safetybelts by Cake

If played in a new to you vehicle you will have to resist singing along by the second verse.

Congrats on the van
-Eric

 

[rallypanam]

Podcasts. I get tired of music when driving a lot.. last time across the country in a van was solo from Portsmouth, NH to San Francisco, CA in 61 hours. Podcasts were key!

 

[stayalert]

Nitro Express - Junior Brown

 

[dick-SMB]

Passenger Side - Wilco

 

[Leland-ClassB]

Mercury Blues by Alan Jackson

 

[MSD-SMB]

Podcasts - The Minimalists, Terry Gross - FreshAir NPR.
Books on CD or download - Boys in the Boat, Born to Run or anything by John Krakauer.
Have a safe and fun trip.
We did a Coast to Coast when we bought our van as well…

 

[Leland-ClassB]

King of the road Roger Miller

 

[86Scotty]

Podcasts. I get tired of music when driving a lot.. last time across the country in a van was solo from Portsmouth, NH to San Francisco, CA in 61 hours. Podcasts were key!

Another vote for Podcasts.

99% Invisible
Radiolab
The entire (only) season of 'More Perfect' by Radiolab
Reveal
Outside Podcast

If you like history, Dan Carlin's Hardcore History is always a fun ride

:b5:

 

[EmMay]

Great News! What a great Spring treat, have fun, be smart and listen...

Honest Mistake, The Bravery
Rockin Down the Highway, Doobie Brothers
Wrap it Up, Fabulous ThunderBirds
Slow Hands, Interpol
Your Dad Did, John Hiatt
Walkin and Talkin, Marshall Tucker Band
Country Honk, Rolling Stones
You Got It, Roy Orbison
Story of my Life, Social Distortion
No Second Thoughts, Tom Petty

 

[Wanderlust Bus]

My life is filled up with crazy noise. I very much enjoy quiet time. Quite often I drive for hours with no music whatsoever.

 

[skyrat-SMB]

Forget the music.
Get the Unabridged Audio books!!

Because of your sense of adventure...
"Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage" by Alfred Lansing

for Montana and the West...
"Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West" by Stephen Ambrose

Since you are from New England...
"John Adams" by David McCullough

All of them are FANTASTIC yet true stories that are well served in the audio book format.

 

[TomsBeast]

Cowboys From Hell, Vulgar Display of Power, Pantera
Awake! 1000hp, Godsmack

 

[86Scotty]

All this is good stuff.

For books, go for Blue Highways, can't remember the author. I posted on it here years ago and the thread took off. Search away if interested.

Last summer, as is our usual habit, we did about a 5500 mile trip to the West Coast, etc. It occurred to me on the way back across the plains that we hadn't turned on the radio once. I just kept it off to be able to say I did it. Didn't miss it at all. I listen to podcasts and audiobooks every day though. 30gb of music at least on my phone and didn't turn it on once.

:b5:

 

[BeeDub-ClassB]

William Least Heat Moon is the author of Blue Highways.

Road Fever by Tim Cahill is a great, fun read too.